Crime Blotter

Oct. 26 2200 block of Florencita Avenue in Montrose, a plasma television home theater system and computer were stolen from a vehicle parked in an apartment carport overnight. Oct. 22 4400 Woodley Lane in La Cañada, an air conditioning unit was stolen at a home under construction overnight. 1400 El Vago Drive in La Cañada, equipment […]

Scam alert

By Mary O’KEEFE Local law enforcement is alerting the public to a possible scam artist in the area. Lt. Larry Landreth of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station said that the station has received calls about a man who is approaching shoppers for money. “This man walks up to people in the parking lot and says he has […]

Obituary

Obituary

Sean Canavan Aug. 31, 1966 – Oct. 20, 2009 Sean Canavan was born in Burbank and attended Crescenta Valley High School. He was the owner of Crown Gutters. He is survived by his wife Monique VanBeekom and daughters Deryn, 14, and Miranda, 12; father Jim Canavan; sister Shannon Truskett and brother-in-law Robert Truskett; and brother Casey Boone Canavan. A celebration of life and gathering of family and friends is taking place […]

Ducks make a splash at park

By Mary O’KEEFE It was all about the ducks on Saturday as the Glendale Kiwanis Club, with help from the Glendale Fire Department, transformed Verdugo Park into Lake Glendale and the day was filled with races. Anticipation would build at the beginning of each heat as a skip loader scooped up thousands of little rubber ducks and dumped them into the Kiwanis made lake. As the pliable fowl […]

Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council receives grant

By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council on Oct. 12 received a check for $2,500 to cover its One Call Notification Program. The funds came through the California Fire Safe  Council via a Farmers Insurance grant. “It was all just perfect timing,” said Roger Young, president of the CV Fire Safe Council. The […]

Disaster avoided on Maryland Disaster avoided on Maryland

A runaway truck travels through the side yard of one residence and stops just short of slamming into the side of another home By Mary O’KEEFE Safety officials say that tragedy was averted on Monday afternoon when a driverless dump truck near Valley View Elementary School traveled south on Maryland Avenue, plowing into the side […]

City creates fire recovery fund

Glendale is still trying to add up the price tag for the city’s costs in dealing with the largest fire in L.A. County history, the Station Fire. The council on Oct. 20 approved creating a $550,000 fund out of the unappropriated reserve. The money will be allocated to public works and parks and recreation, and will […]

Local dentist and assistant honored by Glendale Fire

Local dentist and assistant honored by Glendale Fire

Ruth Ann Berry loves her dentist Dr. Terry Webber and his assistant Norma Lopez. Not only do they take care of her teeth but on a particular April day they saved her life. By Mary O’KEEFE Dr. Terry Webber DDS and his assistant Norma Lopez were honored by the Glendale Fire Dept. recently for their […]

In Brief

Two lots approved on Willowhaven The L.A. Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a lot split to create two residential parcels at 2716 Willowhaven Drive in La Crescenta. The board previously rejected a proposal to create three lots on the property, a former single family site on three-quarters of an acre. Neighbors complained the three lots would […]

Halloween transitions

I’ve written in the past about the transitions that we parents go through as our children grow and leave the nest. Sometimes these experiences are expected: being done with diapers and bottles, sending our children off to school, changing the household routine as our kids get jobs or their driver’s license and are rarely home anymore. Steve […]