Linda A. Thompson

Sept. 14, 1959 – June 13, 2019 Linda A. Thompson was born and raised in La Crescenta until she graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in 1977 and went off to college at Arizona State University. She graduated ASU in 1981 and attended law school at the University of San Francisco that same year. In […]

Cody

May 30, 2019 Cody, a beloved senior golden retriever lab, passed away peacefully at home in Tujunga on Thursday, May 30, with his family by his side.  Born from the puppy boom of stray dogs after Hurricane Katrina, Cody, among numerous others, was sent to Southern California on behalf of an animal rescue organization in […]

Chris Robert Western

Dec. 6, 1956 – May 15, 2019 Chris was born at Glendale Memorial Hospital on Dec. 6, 1956 to his parents Bob and Shirley Western. He was raised in Glendale and attended both Lincoln and Fremont elementary schools and then Rosemont Middle School where he served as class president of both seventh and eighth grades. […]

Ann Archer

May 2, 2019 Our beloved mother, Ann Archer, sadly passed away on May 2 at the age of 86. She was a mother and friend to many, leaving her home open to many of her children’s friends when they had nowhere to go, and family and friends who might need a place to place their […]

Nicholas Francis Whalen

Nov. 21, 1941 – April 25, 2019 Nicholas (Nick) Whalen, loving husband and father, passed away suddenly on April 25. He spent his last afternoon eating his favorite lunch of hot dogs and working in his beloved backyard garden. Nick was born to Nicholas and Rose Whalen on Nov. 21, 1941 in Manhattan, New York. […]

Raymonde Lewis

Sept. 24, 1926 to April 21, 2019 The 62 years that Raymonde Lewis lived in the Crescenta Valley were a radical departure from everything she knew her first 17 years growing up in a tiny village in France. Five of those years the town was under German occupation during WWII. Raymonde spoke no English when, […]

John G. Gurley

May 2, 2019 John Guy Gurley passed away on May 2. He was 70 years old. John was the son of Ester and Guy Gurley. He lived in La Crescenta most of his life. He graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in 1967. He worked in various occupations, primarily in construction. However, he was better […]

Michael Joseph Tebbs

Dec. 22, 1955 – April 21, 2019 Michael Joseph Tebbs, loving husband and father, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 21 at the age of 63. Michael was born on Dec. 22, 1955 in Burbank to William and Zenaida Tebbs. He graduated from Alemany High School in 1974, where he distinguished himself as an athlete […]

Gail Sandra Francis Girard

Nov. 3, 1937 – April 23, 2019 Gail Sandra Francis Girard, 81, of Glendale passed away on Tuesday, April 23. She was originally from Minnesota, born on Nov. 3, 1937. Gail came to California in search of a new life and, after working as a mortgage broker, she fulfilled her lifelong dream of entrepreneurship and […]

CRIME BLOTTER

  April 26 2600 block of Fairway Avenue in Montrose, the passenger side window was shattered but nothing reported stolen in a vehicle between 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.   April 21 500 block of Dartmouth Place in La Cañada, new clothing was stolen from an unlocked vehicle at 2:34 a.m.   April 19 5200 […]