LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Beyond the 710   Beyond the 710 is a subregional community-based effort to reimagine how to solve congestion and mobility problems created by the present configuration of SR710 between Alhambra and Pasadena without the destruction and disruption caused by a freeway tunnel. Beyond the 710 supporters include cities, elected officials, organizations, and community […]

From the desk of the Publisher

Defecate Etiquette Steve and I have had dogs pretty much since we first were married over 30 years ago. Right now we have just two – Bear and Kona – but with all the hair they shed you would think we had a dozen. I love to walk our dogs though sometimes it can be […]

Weather in the Foothills

“The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfillment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.” ~ Helen Garner, Australian writer “There is going to be an El Niño this winter.” “We going to have a lot of rain this winter.” “Maybe the drought will […]

Stengel Field Razed, Fundraising Plans to Come

Stengel Field Razed, Fundraising Plans to Come

Asbestos and an electrical fire were among the issues that workers had to deal with in the demolition of the local stadium. By Brandon HENSLEY tengel Field will look much different for the foreseeable future once it reopens in the fall, but plans are already underway for what a remodeled stadium could look like. The […]

LASD Deputies Find Missing Girl in Sex Offender’s Garage

  The parents of a young teenage girl reported her missing to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. after they discovered her missing from home. Due to the minor’s age, the missing girl was considered to be a “Critical Missing Person.” Deputies from Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station began a search […]

Olympian Celebrations Planned for World Games

By Mary O’KEEFE About 7,000 athletes from all over the world will be heading for Los Angeles next week to participate in the Special Olympics World Games 2015. About 2,000 coaches will join the athletes who represent 165 countries. The 2015 Special Olympics World Games is from July 25 to Aug. 2 and will be […]

Price Tag Stengel Field Demo Rises

By Ted AYALA Unforeseen events at Stengel Field forced the city to swallow a significantly higher price tag for the demolition project currently underway at the site. The company awarded the contract to demolish the field’s backstop and grandstand, Triangle Enterprises, Inc. of Burbank, discovered materials containing asbestos at the site, as well as a […]

Louise Marie Forbes

Louise Marie Forbes

July 14, 1925 – April 1, 2015 Louise Marie Forbes, our beloved mother, passed away on April 1 at the age of 89. She was a well-known artist in the community, whose best-known works were wildlife painted on wood using the grain to capture their natural surroundings. Louise was born on July 14, 1925 in […]

CRIME BLOTTER

July 13 Lowell Avenue in Glendale/La Crescenta, a driver parked his vehicle at the Park and Ride lot. A Glendale officer contacted the male driver, a 43-year-old Lake Balboa man, dressed in military clothes. There was an odor of marijuana emitting from the vehicle. After investigating, the officer discovered four knives, an ax, what appeared […]

Celebrity Sighting at Local Restaurant

Celebrity Sighting at Local Restaurant

Local diners were surprised Sunday morning when actor Lou Ferrigno (right) and the Montrose Search and Rescue team stopped by Ocean View Restaurant for some quick food to go. Ferrigno is a reserve deputy with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept. and was training with the Montrose Search and Rescue team. Shown with Ferrigno is Montrose […]