By Mary O’KEEFE “The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was a typical Wednesday afternoon last week for Artur Poghosyan. He went to work at his office on the corner of Honolulu and La Crescenta avenues then, around noon, headed out for lunch. During his walk back to his office his day turned anything but typical. “It happened very fast,” Poghosyan […]
By Julian MITCHELL The Crescenta Valley Water District is again considering raising its usage rates. The CVWD will hold a public hearing on June 11 at the CVWD boardroom at 2700 Foothill Blvd., La Crescenta to present its case and hear responses by the public. If the board feels that enough of the public has […]
Sept. 24, 1926 to April 21, 2019 The 62 years that Raymonde Lewis lived in the Crescenta Valley were a radical departure from everything she knew her first 17 years growing up in a tiny village in France. Five of those years the town was under German occupation during WWII. Raymonde spoke no English when, […]
May 2, 2019 John Guy Gurley passed away on May 2. He was 70 years old. John was the son of Ester and Guy Gurley. He lived in La Crescenta most of his life. He graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in 1967. He worked in various occupations, primarily in construction. However, he was better […]
The Glendale Police Dept. arrested Sergio Castillo, 27, of Los Angeles for residential burglary. On April 13 at 3:44 p.m., Glendale officers responded to the 1700 block of Hillside Drive regarding a male, later identified as Sergio Castillo, 27, of Los Angeles, who made entry into the home. The investigation revealed children at the residence […]
By Julie BUTCHER This week’s meeting of the Glendale City Council concluded late into the night with the approval of a controversial boutique hotel proposed in the Riverside Rancho neighborhood, contingent on the addition of two feet to the alley adjacent to the property. The project has engendered strong opposition from the neighbors who live […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose is getting closer to having two new restaurants soon … hopefully. The former site of Rocky Cola in the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue has been vacant since the diner closed in 2012. In 2017, the space was acquired by restaurateur Tom Christopoulos who announced he would open the restaurant as […]
After the rains, fire fuels abound and residents need to reduce brush and dead vegetation from their houses. By Mary O’KEEFE From Jan. 1 to Dec. 30, 2018 there were 6,284 wildfires across California that destroyed a total of 876,147 acres. The combined CAL FIRE and U.S. Forest Service area had 7,571 fires that destroyed […]
May 4 Angeles Crest Highway at mile marker 62 in the Angeles National Forest, the rear passenger window was smashed and several items were stolen from a vehicle between midnight and 10 a.m. Switzer Falls Trail, Angeles Crest Highway at mile marker 34.2 in the Angeles National Forest, the rear passenger window was shattered […]