Montrose Jewelry Store Robbed

By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Police are continuing searching for two or three African-American men who are suspected of robbing a Montrose jewelry store on Saturday. At about 11:30 a.m. a man impersonating a Federal Express employee entered Honolulu Jewelry store at 2250 Honolulu Avenue. When the employee, 53, went to sign for a package the […]

High Flying Found in ‘Bring It On’

A review by Mary O’KEEFE There is one word to describe “Bring it On – The Musical” and that is energy. Opening last week at the Ahmanson Theatre and continuing through Dec. 10, the 2000 film starring Kirsten Dunst inspired the production. From the time the lights are brought up through curtain call, this cast […]

Time To Reflect, Time To Prepare – Honoring our Veterans

By Mary O’KEEFE “Whereas the 11th of November 1918 marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals and the resumption by the people of the United States of peaceful relations with other nations, which we hope may never again be severed.” With those words the United States Congress […]

Missing Man in Glendale

By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police are asking for the public’s help with a missing man who suffers from mild retardation. Tyler Henson, 22, reportedly walked away from an adult facility in Glendale sometime Wednesday morning.  He was reported missing at 6 a.m. Henson is described as having black hair, brown eyes, 5’ 10” tall weighing […]

Crowder’s June 2010 Parole Grant Reversed

By Mary O’KEEFE Citing safety concerns, Gov. Jerry Brown issued a decision this week to reverse convicted murderer Paul Crowder’s June 2010 grant of parole. Crowder was convicted of second-degree murder for the shooting death of Crescenta Valley High School senior Berlyn Cosman (shown at right) in 1991. In 2010, the California Department of Corrections […]

School Kids Accept Challenge

By Mary O’KEEFE Mountain Avenue Elementary students were asked to start a chain reaction of kindness at an assembly on Friday. The Rachel’s Challenge program was presented to the elementary school kids as part of Red Ribbon Week and a year-long, district-wide anti-bullying campaign. Rachel Scott was the first person killed at Columbine High School […]

Building a Safer Community

By Mary O’KEEFE On Nov. 14, the CV Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition will present a seminar on marijuana including past and future attempts to legalize the drug in California. Current law about medical marijuana will also be discussed. “I believe this is one more step to educate our community of the hazards of prescription […]

Trader Joe’s Opens, Ready for Business

Sixty-two parking spaces – yes 62! – that are not on a hill and with enough room to back up. This really is the new Trader Joe’s. By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday, the calypso music was playing, Hawaiian shirts were donned and shoppers were everywhere at the Trader Joe’s in Montrose. “I do a lot […]

A Community Tragedy Remembered

By Mary O’KEEFE In 1991 Berlyn Cosman was a 17-year-old senior at Crescenta Valley High School who had her future in front of her. She was a Falcon basketball stand-out who had just been awarded a scholarship to Missouri Western State College, a beloved sister and daughter and by all accounts a well-known, well-liked kid. […]

DUI Driver Hits Tree in Montrose, Four Passengers Transported with Injuries

By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police responded to a traffic accident in the early morning hours on Friday. They discovered a vehicle had collided head on into a large tree on the southeast corner of Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard. Police found two victims sitting on the curb, one lying on the ground and one […]