Evacuation orders have been issued today, Tuesday, Dec. 21, by the Foothills Unified Incident Command for 147 residences in La Cañada Flintridge and 85 residences in La Crescenta due to the possibility of debris flows resulting from forecasted rain storms in the area. Residents are urged to follow the evacuation orders as a safety precaution. Residents are asked […]
Glendale Fire Department responded to a call on Sunday concerning a male in the wash at Crescenta Valley Park. It was confirmed that a 16-year-old boy had fallen into the wash at CV Park. He had apparently entered the wash to retrieve a basketball. The water was just deep enough (2″) and fast enough to […]
Around 2 p.m. this afternoon (Sunday), the 5300 block of Pineridge Road was blocked off as Los Angeles County firefighters and workers from Los Angeles County Department of Public Works responded to a call of flooding. When they arrived they found the flooding occurred not because of full debris basins but due to debris trapped […]
Orders are now being taken for DVDs of the 2010 Montrose Christmas Parade. The DVDs can be ordered at the Glendale City Clerk’s office at 613 E. Broadway or by emailing the Parade Association at montroseparade@charter.net. DVDs are $15 each. The parade is now on cable network on Glendale TV6 and Charter Cable Channel 382. The […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Emergency responders and public works employees are driving up and down the streets of Crescenta Valley and La Cañada, keeping updated on the weather reports and closely watching the hillsides. In anticipation of the brunt of the storm that is expected to come through the area late Saturday night into Sunday, all […]
The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Department is asking for help to identify the suspects involved in a Christmas decoration theft and vandalism at a home in the 4900 block of Indianola Dr. in La Canada on Dec. 10. The security camera footage was provided by the victim, catching two suspects on camera. Please contact Detective Todd […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two men were arrested on Tuesday for assault with a deadly weapon and suspected of residential burglary. On Tuesday about 10:45 a.m. a resident returned to her home in the 1200 block of Descanso Drive and noticed an unfamiliar blue pick-up parked in her driveway. She stopped her car in front of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s deputy kept a hiker on the phone Sunday keeping him calm after he had fallen off a cliff in the Angeles National Forest. A call came into the CV Sheriff’s Station Sunday about 4 p.m. Dep. Steve Toley took the initial call of an injured hiker who wasn’t […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday at 5:13 p.m. a man was arrested for being found in possession of burglary tools and bringing a controlled substance into a jail. Deputies from Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to a call of a suspected burglary when a witness reported seeing a man, later identified as Albert Montoya, 62, […]
By Ted AYALA On any given morning in Montrose and especially on the weekends, you’re likely to see them. Whether they’re relaxing along Honolulu Avenue or pedaling up Verdugo, Montrose has become a very popular center for local bicyclists. So when the city of Glendale passed its revision of the city bicycle master-plan on Dec. […]