As a thank you to independent booksellers, best-selling author James Patterson is bestowing $250,000 in holiday bonuses on 149 bookstore employees spread across the 50 states of the U.S. The list of recipients includes Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse manager Rob Gibbs. Patterson’s gifts of $1,000 to $5,000 (with no strings attached) recognize individuals who help […]
update: An alert was issued that a child reported earlier has been located. Glendale Police have issued an alert for a child who went missing today, Tuesday, at 2:30 p.m. in the 300 block of South Glendale Avenue. She is female, […]
GFD is battling a residential fire on Dublin Avenue in the Emerald Isle area in Glendale. All residents in the home have been evacuated. Traffic affected in the Emerald Isle area.
UPDATED. From GPD: Chevy Chase/Emerald Isle has been resolved, the suspect is in custody and there is no threat to public safety. LAPD is searching for a male felony suspect in Chevy Chase Cyn near Emerald Isle. Please remain indoors and lock your doors.
By Pat KRAMER For those who have seen a purple piggy bank on the counter of a local eatery or business in Sunland-Tujunga, you may have wondered what it was all about. “The Purple Pig is the California-Hawaii Elks major project,” explained Earl Bouchard, past officer of the Sunland -Tujunga Elks Lodge 2098, located at […]
The suspect shown here is responsible for several ID theft and fraud cases in the Crescenta Valley Station area. The suspect opens fraudulent credit cards to make online purchases and has the items sent to the victims’ address. Prior to arrival, the suspect re-routes the items to local postal and shipping stores for pickup. The […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Today, Thursday, Glendale police and staff went to Home Depot and picked up 20 Christmas trees that will be given to 20 families. Some may take for granted that the holidays include a tree but for those in need and wondering how to feed their family – let alone buy presents […]
Wind gusts up to 35 mph have caused trees to topple throughout the Crescenta Valley. In the 2300 block of Honolulu Avenue in the Montrose Shopping Park, a good sized tree succumbed to the winds. According to MSPA business administrator Dale Dawson, an arborist has been sent for. “The way the tree fell has not […]
A driver that was traveling southbound in the 3300 block of Verdugo Road this afternoon apparently lost control of her c ar. She hit a parked car on the shoulder on the west side of the street. The impact pushed the parked vehicle into another vehicle which in turn sideswiped another car before coming to […]
On Oct. 21 a woman was shopping at the Marhsall’s at 2065 Verdugo Blvd. She placed her purse in the child seat area of her shopping cart. A young man, described as Hispanic, 5’7” to 5’9” tall with a thin build and medium complexion, approached her. The man told her he was shopping for his […]