UPDATE SUNDAY 7:39 p.m. That bear that was roaming La Crescenta and Montrose earlier this morning has been safely transported into the Angeles National Forest. “It was a female bear about 200 pounds,” said John Camphouse, Captain of Montrose Search and Rescue Camphouse and another MSR member traveled with California Fish and Game into the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two-story buildings may soon replace bungalows at 11 Glendale Unified School District schools with help from a state grant program and Measure S. The grant will match close to half of what the district will pay for the removal of aging portable buildings, like bungalows, said Alan Reising, director of Facility and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE As of Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., the Wiliams Fire had burned 4,180 acres and was 48% contained. There were eight air tankers, 10 water dropping helicopters, two water tender trucks, eight bulldozers, 40 engines and 34 hand crews equaling to 1,131 personnel battling the blaze. The fire began about 2 p.m. Sunday […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Meatball, the CV-loving bear, will not be moving to a wildlife Colorado sanctuary as planned, according to Andrew Hughan, spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Game. Meatball, the bear who received his name for his fondness for meatballs, had been a fixture in Crescenta Valley for several months. Though he […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Local residents near the 5000 block of New York Avenue are invited to an informational meeting concerning the purchase by The Olson Company of the Central Christian Church property. “This is just an introductory meeting,” said Eric Everhart, vice president of Community Development at The Olson Company. The purchase is in the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Alert local residents have helped Sheriff’s deputies from Crescenta Valley Station conduct a drug arrest and reunite a custom bike with its owner. “We really appreciate what the neighbors have done,” said Sgt. Debra Herman. The neighbors referred to are residents who began to notice some unusual and suspicious activity at a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A brush fire along the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway ignited a Jeep and set small fires in the brush in the 3000 block of Encinal Avenue shortly after noon on Tuesday. Los Angeles County Fire Department continues to investigate the cause of the fire that began in the dry vegetation along the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a pit bull Monday morning after it attacked a small dog in a La Crescenta neighborhood. The incident occurred about 9:30 a.m. when a resident was walking his two small dogs near Mountain Pine Drive and Ramsdell Avenue. “As I approached Ramsdell and Markridge […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Documentary producer Brian Gerber, 41, has been found dead near his vehicle that plunged off a cliff on the Angeles Crest Highway. On Wednesday at about 7 a.m., Montrose Search and Rescue recovered Gerber’s body that had apparently been thrown from his vehicle as it went over a cliff at mile marker […]
Meatball, the bear that just couldn’t stay away from the Crescenta Valley, now has a new – and permanent – home. By Mary O’KEEFE The sounds of trashcans being knocked over in the night couldn’t be denied – Meatball was back in the Crescenta Valley. The meatball-loving bear, also known as Glen Bearian, had once […]