By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue members received a call on Saturday asking for a team with mine rescue training and experience to travel to an old gold mine near Sacramento. “The co-owner of a mine apparently had a heart attack while working his claim,” said John McKently, MSR team member. The team knew […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Law enforcement and utility companies are receiving calls of multiple outages throughout the foothills area due to wind conditions. “Due to the strong winds we may have power lines go down,” said David Ford, spokesman for Southern California Edison. As of Wednesday at 8:08 p.m. about 2208 customer in Montrose, La Crescenta […]
Friends, family and team members – past and present – bid farewell to a man who shaped not only a sports program, but the lives of those he touched. By Brandon HENSLEY To know Dan Berry was to know a man who loved corny jokes, fast food, and one who valued relationships on a level […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Several Glendale residents in the 91208 area have reported seeing a mountain lion in their area. Posters warning community members of sightings will begin to go up in local neighborhoods tomorrow. One resident in the 2300 block of Bonita Drive reported seeing a mountain lion jumped a six-foot fence at her home […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Montrose Shopping Park Association is inviting all to join them for the first annual Tree Lighting Ceremony to kick off the holiday season. The tree, which will be located at the southeast corner of Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard, is just part of the White Friday celebration for the shopping […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Dr. John Garcia, deputy superintendent for Glendale Unified School District, presented information concerning the possible lunch closure of the Crescenta Valley High School campus to the school board at their Nov. 15 meeting. Garcia gave a timeline that will lead to the board’s decision on whether to keep the open campus lunch […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Toy and Food Drive, sponsored and organized by the station’s volunteers, is off and running – literally – with help from the La Cañada Flintridge Thanksgiving Day Run and Food Drive. “La Cañada [Run officials] contacted all the elementary schools and they all participated in food [donations],” said […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Third graders from Mountain Avenue Elementary received an academic treat last week when members of the Glendale Elks Lodge 1289 gave each of them a new student dictionary. The Glendale Elks Lodge joined The Dictionary Project five years ago, said Joe Allen, Glendale Elks member. Allen along with fellow Elks member Marc […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Shopping Park Association will be spinning Black Friday into White Friday on Nov. 25 – snow white, in fact. The old town Montrose shopping park is a small town in the shadow of large cities. The charm of the area has been its reflection of a time forgotten and longed for, […]
With the holidays fast approaching, local food banks are experiencing unusually high requests for kitchen staples. By Mary O’KEEFE A week away from Thanksgiving and thoughts of turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie are in the minds of most, but some folks are just hoping they can feed their family any type of dinner. And […]