By Jason KUROSU The 76 gas station at 2384 Foothill Blvd. has been desolate for months, cordoned off by traffic poles and caution tape, prompting questions about its closure and whether a reopening is in its future at all. La Cañada Enterprises, Inc., which owns the station, was recently posted on the California Board of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles Police Department is continuing its search for victims of the so-called “Knock-Knock” burglaries. Over 3,000 items have been recovered by LAPD from a Beverly Hills home. They have developed a website that has photos of all of the recovered items. The department is encouraging those who may have been victims […]
By Timithie NORMAN Four local schools will have new solar panels installed this summer, resulting in an energy cost savings of over $360,000 in the first year and up to $8 million over 30 years. Crescenta Valley High School, Clark Magnet High School, Rosemont Middle School, Mountain Avenue Elementary and Monte Vista Elementary will all […]
1924 – 2012 Helen Mae Siebert, nee Gross, 87, was born Oct. 14, 1924 in O’Fallon, Ill. and passed away on Tuesday, June 12 at Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale from complications of emphysema. A graduate of Belleville Township High School, she was married on Nov. 26, 1949 at Christ United Church of Christ in […]
1927 – 2012 Warren Charles Miller was born July 13, 1927 in Glendale to Roscoe and Elizabeth. Warren grew up in Glendale and attended Hoover High School. He enjoyed playing the violin and was part of the Glendale Youth Orchestra. He joined the army in 1946 and received the WWII Victory Medal. He worked for […]
July 16, 1925 – June 5, 2012 Robert “Bob” Kelly, 86, beloved husband, father and grandfather, died peacefully at home in La Crescenta on June 5. Bob is survived by his wife Joan, son James, grandson Jasper, sister-in-law Catherine (Al) Magnanini, brother-in-law George (Virginia) Brown, nieces Kathryn (Gary) Hulzebos, Andrea Kelly and numerous other nieces […]
1948 – 2012 Sharon A. Saurer, 63, of Montrose passed away June 11. Sharon was born in Chicago, Ill. and moved to La Cañada with her family. She married Bob Saurer at St. Bede Catholic Church. Sharon volunteered at Verdugo Hills Hospital and she was a secretary at Verdugo Hills Contact Lens. Sharon and […]
By Timithie NORMAN The Glendale Teachers Association recently rejected a proposal by the Glendale Unified School District to defer five previously agreed-upon furlough days for the 2012-13 school year into the 2013-14 school year after negotiations broke down over other issues including collective bargaining agreements and health care. GUSD offered to defer five previously agreed-upon […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Another bear sighting was reported in the La Cañada area on Wednesday morning. A resident contacted the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station after witnessing a bear in a tree in a Pomander Place neighborhood, according to Lt. Edwards at the CV Sheriff’s Station. By the time deputies arrived the bear was gone. “Seeing […]
June 18 6600 block of Shady Grove Street in Tujunga, a 21-year-old Sunland woman was arrested after she was stopped by sheriff deputies driving a truck without license plates. After an investigation it was found that truck had been reported stolen. The arrest was made at 5:50 p.m. 470 block of Foothill Boulevard in La […]