By Mary O’KEEFE For those who remember their parents or grandparents baking brown bread or who love a good Irish breakfast and real English tea, there is a store close to the Crescenta Valley that is filled with these hard-to-find foods and items that awaken memories from across the pond. Kitty O’Shea’s Irish Imports is […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In 2013, Home Advisor conducted a survey of over 2,000 adults, of whom 1,314 were identified as homeowners, asking them their fears or concerns when hiring a contractor for home repairs or improvements. Of those surveyed, 50% said they were most concerned about poor workmanship and 36% were concerned about fraud. Those […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Four days before the Mueller Report was given to Attorney General William Barr, Congressman Adam Schiff held a town hall meeting sponsored by the Los Feliz Improvement Association where he predicted that, although he hoped the AG would release the full report, he was concerned that would not happen. Days earlier the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A La Crescenta man and two others were arrested for allegedly using the Darknet to traffic narcotics. Joseph Gifford, 43, of La Crescenta, and Anh Pham, 49, and Carlos Gallardo, 59, both of Hawaiian Gardens, are facing federal criminal conspiracy charges that they conspired to use the Darknet to illicitly and secretly […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “In 2016, 10% of persons age 16 or older had been victims of identity theft during the prior 12 months. For 85% of identity theft victims, the most recent incident involved the misuse or attempted misuse of only one type of existing account,” according to the Dept. of Justice. The study by […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The term “policewoman,” for those of a certain age, may bring to mind Sgt. Suzanne “Pepper” Anderson, portrayed by Angie Dickinson, arresting bad guys. Or maybe even an earlier Anne Francis as Honey West, the private detective chasing down bad guys in the most stylish of outfits. Those were the television versions […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Anyone who has tried to build or remodel their house in the City of Glendale knows it is anything but easy. Few know this as well as Jodi Deranja who experienced the trials and tribulations of remodeling her Glendale residence. Glendale has a design review board that, according to the city website, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Nationally in 2018, 16.7 million people in the U.S. alone were victims of identity fraud,” said Assemblymember Laura Friedman. “Thirty percent of U.S. consumers were a part of the data breach of companies in 2018.” Friedman presented these statistics during a Scam Stopper Town Hall meeting last week held at the community […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There have been recent concerns about tree trimming in the foothill communities by Southern California Edison. Some residents in areas like Altadena have shared concerns that their trees had been trimmed in an extreme method leaving the branches bare. “We have always done vegetation management,” said David Guzman, manager with the Vegetation […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In the wake of the announcement by the Dept. of Justice that 50 people are being charged in connection with a nationwide college admission scam, the conversation of how the system works for the haves and have-nots has become a common topic. On Tuesday, the DOJ held a press conference that laid […]