Community Turns Out for “Drew’s Voice” Benefit

By Timithie NORMAN More than 250 people flooded into the parking lot of Leo’s All-Star Sports Bar & Grill on Sunday afternoon to raise money for Drew’s Voice, a nonprofit organization recently founded in memory of Crescenta Valley High School student Drew Ferraro who took his life on campus on Feb. 10. Families ate barbecued […]

Body of Missing Man Found

By Mary O’KEEFE Henry Richard Derusha, 76, of Silverlake told his family he would be camping for a few days in the Angeles National Forest, a common event for the avid hiker. However when he did not return by Monday morning his family became worried. Montrose Search and Rescue responded to the call at 8 […]

CRIME BLOTTER

March 3 3100 block of Brookhill Street in La Crescenta, stereo headphones and a Bluetooth device were stolen from an unlocked vehicle overnight. 4600 block of La Crescenta Avenue in La Crescenta, the rear driver’s side window was smashed on a vehicle between 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. 4600 block of La Crescenta Avenue in […]

BREAKING NEWS: GPD Responding to Suspicious Device

FINAL: 7:32 p.m. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad has detonated the grenade twice to render it safe. The device was determined to be a World War II grenade and because of the thickness of the casing, bomb squad members could not determine whether the grenade was active or not. As a safety […]

Support Robotics and Dine Out

Crescenta Valley High School Robotics Falkon Team 589 is holding a fundraiser at Panda Express in La Cañada (700 Foothill Blvd., at the corner of Foothill and Oakwood Avenue) on Wednesday  from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm. Come for lunch! Come for dinner! Print the coupon above, take it to Panda Express and 20% of […]

Body of Missing Man Found

Body of Missing Man Found By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Lt. Majory Jacobs has confirmed that the body found in Angeles National Forest was the missing hiker that teams had been searching for since early Monday morning. The family has been notified that the body discovered is their missing family member. Henry Richard […]

Body Found at Switzer Campground

By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue team members are in the process of recovering a body that was found at a campground near Switzer Falls in Angeles National Forest tonight. “It is a man’s body,” said Dep. Mark Pope, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesman. The MSR is still in the process of recovering […]

MSR Looking for Lost Hiker

Montrose Search and Rescue is responding this morning (Monday) to a call concerning a 70-year-old missing hiker in Angeles National Forest. “The [70-year-old man] man started hiking on Friday from Switzer Falls to Bear Canyon Junction,” said Lt. Angela Shepard, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. He is reportedly an experienced hiker […]

TRAFFIC ALERT: San Diego (405) Freeway Closures Start Tonight

TRAFFIC ALERT: San Diego (405) Freeway closures start tonight, Friday, at 7 p.m. from Ventura (101) Freeway to Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles Construction notice from Caltrans & Metro, Mulholland Bridge at 405 Freeway http://www.metro.net/projects_studies/I405/images/notice_2012_0302.pdf San Diego (405) Freeway Sepulveda Pass Improvement Project The contractor is scheduled to implement additional full directional freeway closures in […]