By Mary O’KEEFE “Pathfinder was the first successful mission to the surface [of Mars],” said John Callus, project manager for MER at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Now landing on Mars seems easy, right? With each successful landing, rovers have become larger and have more equipment. It seems like a walk in the park – well, it’s […]
By Mary O’KEEFE From July 31 to Aug. 31 last year, the Montrose Search and Rescue team searched for three teens from Fontana who were reported missing after they told family and friends they drove to “the mountains.” The team searched for two days before finding a vehicle over the side and, unfortunately, the three […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On June 23, homicide investigators arrested Aramazd Andressian Sr., 35, for the murder of his son, 5-year-old Aramazd Andressian. The young boy, who was known to family and friends as Piqui, was last seen at 1 a.m. on Friday, May 21 after spending the day with his father and his father’s family […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police officers responded to a call recently concerning a disturbance by a homeless person. Although this is not an unusual call, when the officers arrived at the scene they discovered there was something different about this call. “They met [Chris] and, due to their health training, realized he needed some help,” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police have released their findings concerning a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred on May 30. GPD determined that the cause of the accident that occurred at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and New York Avenue was due to a female driver making an unsafe left hand turn. The driver, a La […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Elsie Hughes celebrated her 100th birthday with a party on Saturday at the American Legion Post 288. She sat at her table as guests came by, shook her hand and wished her well. She sat calmly with an elegance not often seen in these modern times. She smiled as folks greeted her, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Amateur radio, or ham radio, enthusiasts from the Crescenta Valley Radio Club will be at Verdugo Park in Glendale on the weekend of June 24-25 to join other ham radio operators throughout North America as they participate in the annual Field Day, described as a ham radio’s open house. Every June since […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Opioid overdose rates have tripled since 2000 with more deaths reported in the United States in 2014 than in any previous year on record, according to a report issued in 2016 by the Food and Drug Administration titled “Naloxone for Treatment of Opioid Overdose.” According to the FDA, there were a total […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The student speeches at the commencement at Crescenta Valley High School’s Osborne Field on Thursday night reflected a generation that may have grown up in turbulent times, surrounded by negativity and where world violence is a more commonplace occurrence than in the past, and yet instead of combating negativity with more negativity […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The 34th Annual Montrose Arts and Crafts Festival filled the shopping park last weekend with booths of food, handmade crafts and clothing. This year, as most years, the temperatures were high but not too bad so spending a few minutes in the shade gave visitors enough energy to keep on shopping. There […]