By Mary O’KEEFE At 8 p.m. on Saturday, Glendale Police Department responded to the 3400 block of Markridge Road concerning a call from residents reporting a bear in the neighborhood going through trash and entering residents’ backyards. GPD helicopter and patrol units responded to the Markridge Road and Frederick Avenue area, west of Deukmejian Wilderness […]
The Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council sponsored Clean Up day was in full swing early this morning. Members of the council began arriving at about 6 a.m., community member and neighbor volunteers were there an hour later and the clean up began. Volunteers with hats, gloves and clippers helped local residents clear dry vegetation from […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The announcement that motorcycle riders, bicyclists and motorists have been waiting for – for about a year and a half – was announced on Friday morning: The Angeles Crest Highway is now open. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) opened a seven-mile stretch of Angeles Crest Highway (SR2) between La Cañada Flintridge […]
The body of a man has been found in Chantry Flats in the area of an ongoing search for a murder suspect. A handgun was found nearby. Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has yet to release the identity of the man. Several divisions of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Deparment including Special Enforcement Bureau, Crescenta […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office has identified the woman who was shot and pushed out of a car on the La Crescenta Avenue offramp on Friday. Adriane Arzumanyan’s body was allegedly shoved out of a vehicle that was traveling westbound on the Foothill (210) freeway about 5:15 p.m. Her body was […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “(Southern California United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770) members have spoken. Strike Authorization vote overwhelmingly approved by huge turn out.” This according to a text message from UFCW late Wednesday night. From 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, local workers from Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons voted on the Strike Authorization. […]
Body Found on Foothil (210) freeway early Friday morning By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that the body of a male adult was discovered on the westbound 210 Freeway near the Ocean View exit around 1:35 a.m. this morning. “Crescenta Valley Station was called by the California Highway Patrol to the 210 Freeway […]
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 Robin GOLDSWORTHY Temperatures dipped below freezing above the 2,000 foot mark in the foothills of Crescenta Valley around 9 p.m. Saturday evening turning intermittent rain into snow flurries. Although some braved the freezing temperatures, like Danny Ajemian, 15, and his cousin Phillip Shaverdian, 17, (above) most chose instead to check out the fluffy white […]
By Ted AYALA The Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force (EOCTF) – a group comprised of nine different law enforcement agencies including the Los Angeles County Sheriffs and the police departments of Glendale and Los Angeles – conducted a massive sweep against local organized crime yesterday morning Feb. 16. Their target was the Armenian Power (AP) […]