By Jason KUROSU The GUSD Board of Education covered more proposed and potential updates from the Measure S bond in their Tuesday board meeting. The board discussed updates and developments in terms of whole facilities at GUSD campuses, such as auditoriums, athletic facilities and cafeterias, rather than technological or infrastructural upgrades. Jennifer Chin, GUSD’s director […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Rosemont Middle School may have been closed to seventh and eighth graders on Monday but it was still a place of learning. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department used the school as a place for an active shooting training session. The department’s Special Enforcement Bureau, the sheriff’s version of SWAT (Special Weapons […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the Verdugo Regional Crime Laboratory located in Glendale. It is a collaboration that will allow Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena to work together to solve crimes, both cold cases and active. It is expected to be fully operational in May. The idea for the […]
The public is invited to come and enjoy a car show, dog parade, all types of booths, not to mention all the great food and fun rides for the kids at the annual Hometown Country Fair. The fair is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Crescenta Valley Park, 3901 Dunsmore Ave. in La Crescenta. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The 27th Annual Challenge Cup/Baker to Vegas Relay Race will be held this weekend. The 120-mile course challenges teams comprised of law enforcement agencies to race from Baker, Calif. to Las Vegas, Nev. The race is divided into 20 legs with each runner averaging six miles. Chuck Foote, general manager of the […]
April 16 2700 block of Orange Avenue in La Crescenta, a makeup case and duffle bag were stolen and the rear driver’s side window was smashed overnight. April 14 5500 Alta Canyada Road in La Cañada Flintridge, a paint spraying machine was stolen from a truck between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. April 13 300 […]
Aug. 24, 1932 – April 17, 2012 Joseph J. Gallant passed at the age of 79. Born Aug. 24, 1932 in Lawrence, Mass. he passed on April 17 in Pasadena. Joseph worked as a salesman of sporting goods and vinyl for 37 years. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 21 […]
May 25, 1930 – April 9, 2012 Phyllis McLean passed away on Monday, April 9 at 11 a.m. at Verdugo Vista Health Care Center in La Crescenta. Although she had suffered with dementia for the past five years, her death came quickly and peacefully. Her family had the opportunity to be by her side, to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Deputies responded to call concerning shots fired in the 1900 block of Waltonia Drive at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday morning. When deputies first arrived on scene, a person in a gold colored van approached them and said the suspect, who was nearby, had fired at his vehicle. The deputies saw evidence of bullet […]
By Mary O’KEEFE L.A. Police Department detectives have released the name of the man whose body was found in a burned out vehicle on Sister Elsie Drive in Tujunga on March 31. Jacob Burns, 21, of San Gabriel Valley was found after firefighters had extinguished the flames that engulfed a 1992 two-door white Honda. The […]