This Sunday, May 1, is a big day in town. The Montrose Shopping Park is hosting five different events! Last week I shared about Kids ‘N Kritters, Wags & Whiskers, the Harvest Market, and the Thieves Market. This week it’s all about the food. The annual Taste Of Montrose event will be going on from […]
By Alan DER OHANNESSIAN The Crescenta Valley Falcons beat North Saxons in Torrance 1-0 in a temper flared match to advance to quarterfinals. Having barely won their last match in overtime, the Falcons faced a tougher challenge against North (12-5-8 overall, 8-0-2 league) who had finished the season at the top of their division. Both […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Following their noses, Glendale police were lead to a room behind a store on Honolulu Avenue and found a sophisticated hydroponic marijuana operation. “We smelled it,” said Det. Toby Darby. What they smelled were over 300 marijuana plants varying in sizes and variety. Five suspects were in custody late Wednesday night as […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It appears that efforts to save the Moreton Bay Fig tree have failed. The Foothill Boulevard icon, which has been at the center of a community effort to thwart plans for its destruction, was being cut down on Friday despite reported assurances from the property owner to town officials that it would […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Crescenta Valley Water District customers will likely have their rates increased soon, and the Sept. 30 CV Town Council meeting was the place for residents to voice their concerns. Inside the La Crescenta Library community room, Dennis Erdman, general manager for CVWD, spoke to the audience and said an average increase of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Wednesday, the Government of Accountability Office accepted a request for a full investigation of the Station Fire from its beginning on Aug. 26, 2009 to its containment Oct. 16, 2009. Congressmen Adam Schiff, David Dreier and “Buck” McKeon “lead several of their California colleagues, including Senators Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein, […]