CRIME BLOTTER
July 5 300 block of Baptiste Way in La Cañada, a power sprayer was stolen from a driveway between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. July 4 3000 Hopeton Road, a valuable coin collection was stolen from a home between May 4 and July 4. July 3 3900 block of Alta Vista Drive in […]
Council Welcomes Back Quintero
By Julie BUTCHER With the noise from the anti-Grayson demonstration outside echoing into the chambers, the Glendale City Council met on Tuesday night, welcoming back former mayor and councilmember Frank Quintero. Quintero was appointed by the rest of the council to fill the seat of Councilmember Zareh Sinanyan who resigned to serve as the High […]
A Story of Identity Theft
By Mary O’KEEFE CVW was recently contacted by a reader who was a victim of identity theft. The reader wanted to share her story as a cautionary tale of the impact identity theft can have on everyday life. It should be noted that because this ID theft was so extreme the victims do not want […]
Getting Ready for the Big One: Earthquake Preparedness
By Jake BOWMAN Natural disasters are not something that the public generally thinks about on a daily basis. Except for those living in an area where disasters are likely to occur or those who have experienced one first hand, thoughts of preparing for such an event can seem far off and not an immediate priority. […]
Holiday Quakes Shake the Southland – and the Crescenta Valley
Despite epicenters that were miles away, the Crescenta Valley was not immune to the shaking caused by the Ridgecrest earthquakes. By Charly SHELTON At 10:33 a.m. on July 4, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck just outside of Ridgecrest, California, in the China Lake area of the Mojave Desert. The next morning, a M 5.4 aftershock […]
Independence Day Parade in Sunland-Tujunga
By Mary O’KEEFE Fifty-three entries walked, drove and rode down Foothill Boulevard on Thursday for the annual Sunland-Tujunga Fourth of July Parade. The event, which is hosted by the Sunland-Tujunga-Shadow Hills Rotary Club, brought out everyone’s patriotic spirit. The parade began with Los Angeles Police Dept. flying overhead in an LAPD helicopter then motorcycle officers […]
Another Great Fourth of July Show
By Mary O’KEEFE “It went fabulous,” said Robert Wollenwebber, president of the Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association, summarizing how well the annual fireworks display went. Fireworks lit up the sky over Crescenta Valley as full dark came upon the valley. Wollenwebber said the July 4th show had the largest participation in the event’s history, he thinks […]
Behind the Scenes of a Large Scale Search
By Mary O’KEEFE From June 22 to June 29, Montrose Search and Rescue led one of its biggest operations when team members searched for a 73-year-old man who was missing. The incident had a happy ending when the hiker, Eugene Jo, was found alive and well after spending a week in the Angeles National Forest […]
NOTES & NODS
This Week at LCIF All are invited to Lutheran Church in the Foothills on Sunday, July 14 at 9 a.m. for a time of education for all ages. Family worship time begins at 10 a.m. led by the women of LCIF who will be sharing “The Modern Parable of the Good Samaritan” based on the […]