By Mary O’KEEFE California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has canceled a three-year contract with a company that provides firefighting water dropping planes. “It was a surprise. We knew there were budget negotiations going on but we thought we had survived the cuts,” said Rick Hatton, president and CEO of 10 Tanker […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Aram Sarukhanyan, 27, of Tujunga has pled not guilty to the charge of murdering his cousin and dumping her body on the La Crescenta Avenue off ramp of the westbound Foothill (210) Freeway. Sarukhanyan has been accused of shooting his cousin Adriane Arzumanyan, 33, and then shoving her body out of his […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “It’s the flight of the disc.” That is how professional disc golfer Catrina Allen described how disc golf became her sport of choice. On a recent weekend, disc golfers participated in a two-day tournament titled Canon Ball Run. It began on July 9 at Veterans Park in Sylmar, and then moved to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A La Cañada family has gone solar in a big way and invited friends to stop by last weekend to see how the sun is saving them money. “Equal reasons of environmental and financial,” said Bob Stauffer of his family’s decision to go solar. Several panels line one side of the roof […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale City Manager Jim Starbird announced his retirement on Wednesday. When Starbird leaves the position in December he will have been with the city for about 14 years. “It is a good time [to retire],” Starbird said. “I am at the age where my children are having children.” Starbird said he and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The California Attorney General announced this week that a Montrose assisted living facility along with its former administrator have been indicted on charges of felony abuse and neglect after the death of a 34-year-old patient. “Skilled nursing facilities and other health care institutions should honor the trust that is placed in them […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriffs from the Crescenta Valley station responded to a call at about 8:45 p.m. Saturday concerning a robbery occurring at Ralphs Market in La Crescenta. The caller reported that several men had entered the store and an armed robbery was in process, said Sgt. Tunstra. “When we arrived we […]
By Mary O’KEEFE California Department of Transportation District 7 will be monitoring L.A. County freeways from the Transportation Management Center for the 53-hour closure of the 405 Freeway. Caltrans will be in communication with other transportation and emergency response agencies in receiving up-to-date information on freeway conditions. From late Friday to early Monday a section […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The body in a Las Vegas morgue has been identified as the husband of murder victim Renata Klein. Hikers in a desert area east of Las Vegas discovered the body of Dusan Klein, 59, an apparent suicide victim. “His body was discovered on June 16 but he had no identification and was […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On June 3, the California Department of Transportation opened the seven-mile stretch of Angeles Crest Highway (SR2) from La Cañada Flintridge to Wrightwood and State Route 138. Since then countless motorcycles and motorists have traversed the windy, scenic road. Unfortunately in its few weeks of being opened, there have been three fatal […]