By Mary O’KEEFE Elementary school students throughout Glendale Unified School District received an early Christmas present – a gift that opened up an entire world. “What state was President Lincoln born in?” asked Joe Allen, member of the Glendale Elks Lodge, of an audience of third graders at Mountain Avenue Elementary School. “Don’t know? We […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Mike Lawler sat down in a chair Monday night to answer questions about his decision to step down as president of Crescenta Valley Historical Society. The way he talked about how eager he was to move on, it’s no wonder he sat; he’s been standing way too long. Lawler was honored at […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The new year will see a large class of freshman legislature filling the seats in Sacramento. In the November election, the Democrats attained a two-thirds majority in both the senate and the assembly and Assemblymember Mike Gatto is ready to get back to the Sacramento. “It will be really interesting,” he said […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Dec. 13 at 12:55 p.m., Glendale police were called to the 2300 block of Honolulu Avenue in the Montrose Shopping Park concerning a man who had attempted to use a counterfeit bill to obtain change at Revelation Tops. The suspect, later identified as Ronald Golden, 46, of Hawthorne had allegedly gestured […]
Photo by Mary O’KEEFE Members of the congregations of St. George and St. Luke’s place candles in the play yard in remembrance of the victims of Sandy Hook. By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday, as the news of the shooting in Newtown, Conn. was being released, it was almost impossible to believe. Adam Lanza, 20, walked […]
CVHS water polo player gets more than he expected when called to principal’s office. By Mary O’KEEFE While most will be watching Stanford battle Wisconsin at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 from their living room, one lucky, deserving Crescenta Valley High School student will have some choice seats at the game. Robbie Menke, a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police responded to a possible carjacking on Dec. 13 at 9:30 p.m. at La Crescenta and Montrose avenues. When the officer arrived he found a man, later identified as Trevon Lofton, 19, of Arcadia standing in a fighting position toward a witness. When Lofton saw the officer arrive, he walked eastbound […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Dec. 13 at 12:55 p.m., Glendale police were called to the 2300 block of Honolulu Avenue in the Montrose Shopping Park concerning a man who had attempted to use a counterfeit bill to obtain change at Revelation Tops. The suspect, later identified as Ronald Golden, 46, of Hawthorne had allegedly gestured […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Michael ARVIZU Really there is nothing to it. You simply slip into the harness, hook up the ropes, sit on the top of the bridge and go over. Yes, crawl over the top of the bridge and dangle from the end of one rope while you rappel down about 120 feet. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies from the Crescenta Valley Station responded to a 911 hang up call and discovered several marijuana plants in a home. The 911 call came into the station about 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 1. Deputies were sent to the residence where the call originated to make certain there […]