A Costa Mesa man has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend and then leaving her body in a trashcan. Daniel Allen Aldrich, 49, of Costa Mesa, has been charged with one felony count of murder and one felony enhancement of the personal use of a weapon in the death of Julie Anne Sanetra, […]
Glendale police detectives have arrested a man in connection with multiple counts of identity theft and elder financial abuse after a two-month long investigation. On Thursday, Oct. 17, Jesus Cain Medina Leyva, 28, of Glendale, was taken into custody after detectives pieced together Medina Leyva’s scheme defrauding elderly patients from a nursing facility on the […]
On Thursday, Oct. 17, the Crescenta Valley Armenian Community Center and Meher and Satig Der Ohanessian Youth Center has a long history of supporting emergency responders. By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Crescenta Valley Armenian Community Center have served lunch to local firefighters, have donated funds in support of law enforcement and fire and, […]
By Julie BUTCHER The Glendale City Council met Tuesday night for its last October meeting. It first heard a legislative update from Assemblymember Laura Friedman who gave an overview of the 12 bills she authored that were signed into law by the governor as well as budget items of importance to the assembly district. Most […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police captain Robert William graduated from the 291st session of the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. The FBI offers an accredited professional course of study for U.S. and international law enforcement members who are nominated for the course by their agency. It is 10-week program that provides coursework including intelligence […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It is probably to no one’s surprise that I listen to Irish podcasts. I enjoy not only the Irish myths and legends, but historical podcasts that deal with everything from druids to the Great Famine that led to so many people immigrating to the U.S. I learn a lot about why my […]
Deep Fakes and our Election Years ago CV Weekly did a story on “deep fakes,” which (according to Wikipedia) are images, videos, or audio that are edited or generated using artificial intelligence. The idea that a public figure can be impersonated on a broad scale – that is on television or online – is a […]
By Ruth SOWBY Soles4Souls is the catchy title members of the La Crescenta Woman’s Club call its annual shoe drive. Sunday, Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. marked the day the highest number of pairs were donated to the Club in the four years of annual “shoe-raisers.” “Our parent organization, the General […]
CVCA to Meet The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m., via Zoom. The meeting will include discussion on local issues as well as an opportunity for Foothill area residents to bring their own concerns. Contact the CVCA at crescentavalleycommunityassn@gmail.com with questions and for Zoom meeting information. All are welcome. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE CVW was contacted by residents in the Hermosa Avenue area of Montrose. They had read the CVW article regarding candidates for the Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD) board who are on this November’s ballot. The question they asked was regarding who voted for the candidates In the article CVW stated, “Those who […]