Chairman concerned about pre-built projects Glendale Design Review Board #1 chair Ivan Insua expressed concern at the board’s most recent meeting over the number of projects coming to the board for design approval when previous approval had not been sought or obtained. The latest local project presented to the board for belated action is an […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday Curiosity took its first steps across the “clean floor” at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. To be more accurate the future Mars rover rolled across the floor. Scientists and engineers working on the Mars Science Laboratory, named Curiosity, are preparing for its launch in 2011. At present it is in the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Police officers along with Crescenta Valley Sheriff and Los Angeles Police enjoyed a cup of coffee and conversation with residents at the monthly Glendale Coffee with the COPPS (COmmunity Police PartnerShip). On Tuesday the coffee was freshly made and served at City Hall Café on Honolulu Avenue in Montrose. Law enforcement […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Ten years ago the murder of two local boys, Christopher McCulloch, 13, and Blaine Talmo, 14, sent chills across La Crescenta. Their deaths were brutal and in the end another young boy, Michael Demirdjian, 16, was convicted of their murders. For the past 10 years family and friends have had to deal […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A 55-year-old Montrose woman was struck and killed while walking on the eastbound lanes of the Foothill (210) freeway early Tuesday morning. Los Angeles County Coroner’s office has released the name of the victim, Linda Georgette Saunders. The woman had parked her car on the right shoulder of the eastbound 210 near […]
July 27 400 block of Knight Way in La Cañada Flintridge, a sidewalk was painted with graffiti at Paradise Canyon Elementary School overnight. July 26 Oakwood Avenue and Houseman Street in La Cañada, a skip loader parked along the curb was stolen between July 23-26. 4400 block of Oakgrove Drive in La Cañada, a storage […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two women were transported to the hospital and a woman driver was arrested for driving under the influence after the green Kia Spectra they were traveling in hit a parked car and became airborne before landing on its side on Ramsdell Avenue Friday night about 11 p.m. Ed Lovato was traveling southbound […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For the second weekend in a row a La Cañada school’s campus was vandalized and bronze plaques were stolen from the high school. The weekend of July 9 to 12 four bronze plaques at an estimated value of $5,400 were stolen from various areas on the La Cañada High School campus. “One […]
July 20 2900 block of Community Avenue in La Crescenta, a gym bag was stolen from the track and field at Crescenta Valley High School. A man reported he placed his bag at the edge of the field while playing soccer with friends and when he returned the bag was gone between 8:30 p.m. and […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Now appears to be the summer of Crescenta Valley’s discontent, worsened at the Town Council meeting July 15. There, inside the community room at the La Crescenta Library, some residents were up in arms over the news of a possible remodeling that would be done to the La Crescenta Community Trail next […]