By Mary O’KEEFE From June 22 to June 29, Montrose Search and Rescue led one of its biggest operations when team members searched for a 73-year-old man who was missing. The incident had a happy ending when the hiker, Eugene Jo, was found alive and well after spending a week in the Angeles National Forest […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was an orchestral world tour that included Budapest, Vienna and Prague. Any musician would feel honored to be part of such an exciting tour but for an 11-year-old girl the experience was especially awe-inspiring. Eyla Najafi, a local violinist, performed for these European cities with students from her music school Classical […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Sunday hundreds of “gear heads” (car enthusiasts) shared their favorite hobby with thousands of people at the Montrose 18th Annual Car Show along Honolulu Avenue. There were 264 classic cars that lined the 2200, 2300 and 2400 blocks of Honolulu Avenue providing a variety of automobiles to be admired. Each year […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was a long and difficult week of searching through the Angeles National Forest for Eugene Jo. Search and rescue teams from Marin and Contra Costa County to San Diego responded to a statewide call for assistance in searching for the 73-year-old Jo who disappeared on Saturday, June 22 during what was […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Dr. Vivian Ekchian spent her first day, July 1, as Glendale Unified School District superintendent visiting several district schools. She spoke with students, teachers and staff in an effort to familiarize herself with the district and its needs. She will continue her tour of local schools in the upcoming weeks. Ekchian is […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Gary Quick, 41, a transient, has been arrested for starting a fire on June 22 in the 3600 block of La Crescenta Avenue. Two officers responded to the call concerning a “transient” who may have started the fire. A neighbor was at home around the time the fire started. The neighbor said […]
By Mary O’KEEFE More than 65% of LA County is unincorporated and is governed by the LA County Board of Supervisors with County departments providing municipal services. The County is divided into five supervisorial districts; La Crescenta/Montrose is in the fifth district. In some areas town councils, or neighborhood councils, have been in place since […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Honolulu Manor Senior Apartments owner Elias Shokrian and Montrose LP pled not guilty on July 1 to a criminal misdemeanor charge of inadequate maintenance. The charges stem from a complaint by residents of the apartment complex after both of the complex’s elevators stopped working in May. One elevator broke down in October […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The saga of the non-working elevator, at times elevators, continues for the residents of Honolulu Manor Senior Apartments in the 2500 block of Honolulu Avenue. Some background: In October 2018 one of the two elevators at the senior apartment complex stopped working. Residents were worried about having only one working elevator and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last month a new captain was assigned to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept.-Crescenta Valley Station after former captain Christopher Blasnek was promoted to commander. Blasnek had been at the station about two years before being promoted. Captain Todd Deeds was promoted to the CV Station in May. Readers have contacted CVW […]