By Mary O’KEEFE Luckily for the Crescenta Valley High School band, what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas. The band brought back a myriad of awards after their Las Vegas festival weekend trip. “We took 99 students with us, along with eight chaperones and myself,” said band director Mathew Schick. The jazz, orchestra and […]
Annual Baker to Vegas Relay Race may be a privilege to some, but was hot for all. By Mary O’KEEFE It was hot. A relay run through Death Valley is not what most people would choose to do with their weekend, but for one weekend a year, for thousands of law enforcement officers, it has […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Monday a moving and personal commemorative ceremony took place at the Armenian Sisters Academy in Montrose. The students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade sang songs of remembrance and placed flowers at a memorial to honor victims of the Armenian Genocide. Many of those in attendance including speakers, teachers and students could […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, Glendale police arrested two burglary suspects after a pursuit that led from the Montrose area to the 105 Freeway/Hawthorne Boulevard exit. The incident began at 6:18 a.m. when police responded to a call at the Pro-Italia Motorcycle Shop, 3319 N. Verdugo Road. A witness reported seeing three men loading leather […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue members responded to a dog rescue on Sunday night in the Switzer Falls area. “We got a call about 6:30 p.m. that a dog couldn’t keep up with his two owners,” said John Camphouse, MSR captain. Brad Kurtz along with his 15-year-old son Jackson and friend Scott Seiffert […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last weekend’s Hometown Country Fair sponsored by the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce was a fun-filled day that gave community members a chance to see old friends, shop, be entertained by local talent and learn about organizations that help support the area. “We had double the booths of last year,” said Julia […]
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By Mary O’KEEFE The 27th Annual Challenge Cup/Baker to Vegas Relay Race will be held this weekend. The 120-mile course challenges teams comprised of law enforcement agencies to race from Baker, Calif. to Las Vegas, Nev. The race is divided into 20 legs with each runner averaging six miles. Chuck Foote, general manager of the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Deputies responded to call concerning shots fired in the 1900 block of Waltonia Drive at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday morning. When deputies first arrived on scene, a person in a gold colored van approached them and said the suspect, who was nearby, had fired at his vehicle. The deputies saw evidence of bullet […]
By Mary O’KEEFE L.A. Police Department detectives have released the name of the man whose body was found in a burned out vehicle on Sister Elsie Drive in Tujunga on March 31. Jacob Burns, 21, of San Gabriel Valley was found after firefighters had extinguished the flames that engulfed a 1992 two-door white Honda. The […]