California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for a male state prison inmate who walked away from the Holton Conservation Camp in Sylmar last night. Jesse Diaz, 24, had been participating in the voluntary conservation camp program since January. He was last seen at approximately 11 p.m. last night during a […]
On Monday at about 5:45 a.m., a resident on Cloud Avenue contacted the Glendale Police Dept. to report two men fighting in the street. Upon arrival, officers found two men down in the front yard in the 3700 block of Cloud Avenue. One man was minimally responsive and the other was unresponsive but breathing. Both men […]
UPDATE Investigation Continues into Death of Elderly Male By Mary O’KEEFE More information has been released about the elderly man who was found deceased in his apartment yesterday (Monday) when Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept. deputies from Civil Management were conducting a court ordered eviction in the 3800 block of Orangedale Avenue in Montrose. “Upon […]
By Mary O’KEEFE LASD was in the process of a serving an eviction in the 3800 block of Orangedale Avenue in Montrose this afternoon (Monday) when they discovered a deceased elderly male at the location, said Sgt. Chu of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. The Homicide Unit is investigating.
By Charly SHELTON The statewide drought is crippling for gardens and lawns, with mandatory water conservation rules in effect to limit outdoor watering. During the summer months, this can be a death sentence for certain plants and grasses. On Sunday, Descanso Gardens in La Cañada, in conjunction with many local water departments, held a “Drought-Tolerant […]
The community is encouraged to take part in an early morning run through the foothills before filling up on pancakes. By Jason KUROSU he Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce annual fundraiser for local schools, the “Running the Foothills” 5K Run, will be held on Saturday, Sep. 19. The run will begin at 8 a.m. at […]
By Charly SHELTON For anyone who has or knows a high school child, complaining goes with the territory. Complaining about friends, work, school, being awake, fashion, backpacks and anything else. The unceasing grumbling eventually is dismissed as the languishing of a teenager. But some of these teenagers are ready to elaborate. There are issues with […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Anyone who has tried to find parking or traveled near La Crescenta and Honolulu avenues lately knows that Crescenta Valley Water District has been busy with construction in the area. Streets and lanes have been closed, parking was been disrupted and workers were seemingly everywhere as work was done on the former […]
“It’s large, it’s warm and, at this point, the drama is will the trade winds relax enough in the next two to three months to make this the El Niño of our generation?” ~ Bill Patzert, JPL climatologist Our once lush backyard lawn disappeared last weekend. Now a dry streambed, banked with California native […]
Ride of Reflection, Commemoration Fourteen years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, Steve and I were awakened by the TV going on (that was our alarm). It was a morning news show out of New York and as I slowly came awake I remember asking myself why they were showing pictures of the World Trade Center […]