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 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide unit detectives are asking for the public’s help with any information concerning a burned body found in an Altadena neighborhood on Sunday morning. At about 6 a.m. on Sunday, a passerby saw a burning object on the sidewalk in the 2600 block of North Windsor Avenue. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Local skateboarders from the Fire House youth center spent Saturday at Belvedere Community Regional Park in East Los Angeles. They were there at the invitation of the L.A. Department of Parks and Recreation to check out the design of Belvedere’s skate park. The teens have formed a committee to bring a skate […]
By Ted AYALA The annual Glendale Cruise Night, which has proven to be one of the city’s most popular civic events, has been the latest program to get hit by the fiscal crunch felt by the city and state. Approved by the City Council on Tuesday is a measure that reduces the costs of the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday morning at 8 a.m., athletes from around Southern California will gather for a friendly, and inspiring, competition at the Susan Osborne Field in the 4300 block of Ramsdell Avenue at Crescenta Valley High School. This is the third year that CV CAN (Crescenta Valley Committed to Athletic Needs) will sponsor […]
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 […]
CV lights up the scoreboard all week at Stengel vs. non-league foes. By Brandon HENSLEY For some Southern California students, spring break might be about hitting the beach and riding the waves. For the Falcons baseball team, spring break is about hitting grand slams and riding waves of offense. CV hosted the 46th annual Babe […]