From the Blast Zone: Body found on 210, Burglaries in La Cañada and Dream Dinners fundraiser

Body Found on Foothil (210) freeway early Friday morning
By Mary O’KEEFE
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that the body of a male adult was discovered on the westbound 210 Freeway near the Ocean View exit around 1:35 a.m. this morning.
“Crescenta Valley Station was called by the California Highway Patrol to the 210 Freeway regarding a possible [...]

Make an Informed Choice when you go to the Polls

Voting is less than a month away here in Montrose, Verdugo City and La Crescenta. It’s time to meet your candidates, read up on the special ballot measures and be prepared to make an informed choice. So many times I have gone to cast my ballot to fill political seats or vote on bonds and [...]

The Big City

In the 60s and 70s, we typically shopped in Montrose and La Crescenta. Once in a while, however, we’d make a trip downtown to the big city – Glendale. Heading south towards downtown, we’d pass landmarks like the “Keyhole” swimming pool, Pikes Verdugo Oaks and the International House of Pancakes.
Near the IHOP was a supermarket [...]

“Operation Power Outage” Deals Powerful Blow to SoCal Armenian Organized Crime

By Ted AYALA
The Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force (EOCTF) – a group comprised of nine different law enforcement agencies including the Los Angeles County Sheriffs and the police departments of Glendale and Los Angeles – conducted a massive sweep against local organized crime yesterday morning Feb. 16. Their target was the Armenian Power (AP) gang, [...]

Body Identified as Missing Man

By Mary O’KEEFE
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office has confirmed  the body found by searchers today near Scholl Canyon was that of missing Rancho Palos Verdes man Yoshiya Watanabe, according to Lt. Joe Bale, LA Coroner’s office.
Members of the Glendale police department and Los Angeles Search and Rescue units discovered the body of a man [...]

Getting ready for Colorado (boulevard)

By Brandon HENSLEY
Santa’s workshop has nothing on the Rose Palace.
The Pasadena hideout is a place where New Year’s dreams are born; a place not for elves but for student volunteers who paint and meticulously place beads and flowers onto enormous floats, proud representations of different regions in Southern California.
The payoff will come Saturday on Colorado [...]

From GFD:Boy falls in CV Park wash

Glendale Fire Department responded to a call on Sunday concerning  a male in the wash at Crescenta Valley Park. It was confirmed that a 16-year-old boy had fallen into the wash at CV Park.
He had apparently entered the wash to retrieve a basketball. The water was just deep enough (2″) and fast enough to take [...]

Glendale city schedule including Christmas tree recycling:

**ALL MEETING AND BROADCAST TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE**

All City meetings during the weeks of December 20th and December 27th have been cancelled.
A regular schedule of City meetings will resume January 3.
All City offices and library branches will be closed on Friday, December 24 and re-open for business at their usual times on
Monday, December [...]

Glendale sponsored drug drop off program

By Mary O’KEEFE
Glendale Police are partnering with Glendale Fire and public Works departments to conduct a temporary prescription drug drop off in the city’s municipal parking lot at Honolulu Avenue and Wickham Way in Montrose on Saturday, Nov. 20.
“It will be a drive-thru and drop off for medication for the North Command area,” said Lt. [...]

President visits Glendale

Photo by Leonard COUTIN
During his quick Los Angeles trip on Friday, President Barack Obama fulfilled a
2009 promise he made and granted an interview to Eddie “Piolîn” Sotelo, a Latino radio personality.
Listeners heard the president’s interview on Monday morning on the radio program “Piolîn por la Mañana.” The show is taped at the Unum building in [...]