LASD Detectives Looking for Victims of Residential Burglaries Who Are LA Times Newspaper Subscribers

Sheriff’s Detectives from the Major Crimes Bureau are looking for victims whose houses were burglarized while they were on vacation and had instructed the Los Angeles Times to hold delivery of their newspapers while they were gone. Investigators believe that Duane Van Tuinen (51 of Azusa) obtained the vacation lists and passed them on to […]

Rep. Schiff Congratulates La Cañada Winners of National Medal of Technology and Innovation and National Medal of Science

Today, Rep. Adam Schiff  congratulated Dr. Frances Arnold of La Cañada, a professor at the California Institute of Technology, was chosen as one of eleven recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, and Dr. Solomon Golomb of La Cañada, a mathematician and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California, was […]

Community Alert from GPD: Restaurant Patio Furniture Stolen

On Jan. 7 from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m., two male suspects removed all of the patio furniture and propane heaters from an open, unlocked restaurant patio in the 2100 block of Verdugo Boulevard. They made three loads, leaving for 30-minute intervals. It is believed they are utilizing a white passenger van, possibly a GMC […]

MSR Training Session Becomes a Snowy Rescue

MSR Training Session Becomes a Snowy Rescue

Photos by John RODARTE By Mary O’KEEFE On Sunday while members of Montrose Search and Rescue were training near Little Jimmy Trail Camp, they received a call concerning a camper who needed help. Linda Navroth is not new to camping. She knows how to prepare to go into the wilderness and has all the right […]

FBI Arrests Glendale Man in ‘Sextortion’ Case

By Mary O’KEEFE A Glendale man accused of hacking into hundreds of Facebook, Skype and email accounts and extorting women into showing him naked bodies was arrested on Tuesday on federal computer hacking charges. Special agents with the FBI arrested Karen “Gary” Kazaryan, 27, of Glendale on Tuesday morning on federal computer hacking charges. Kazaryan, […]

Checking Out ‘Images of America: Montrose’

By Natalie MAIER Did you know that inside Julian’s Dog Gone Cute store in the 3800 block of Oceanview Boulevard are old jail cells from when it was a police station in the 1920s until the 1970s? Or that the building that Polkatots Cupcakes occupies in the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue was the first […]

In brief

Candidates Forum Includes VHGC On March 5, the City of Los Angeles primary election will include four candidates running for City Council District #7. This district includes the Verdugo Hills Golf Course. On Feb. 2, a candidates’ forum is planned to give voters the opportunity to learn about the individuals running for the office. The […]

Weather in the Foothills

“Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”~ Maori Proverb On Feb. 2, we urge a sleepy little groundhog to wake up and climb out of his cozy winter underground burrow. Phil hibernates at this time of year. So why ask this of him? We depend on his expertise to decide […]

Living – and Loving – the Crescenta Valley

By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Last week I had the chance to celebrate some folks in the Crescenta Valley who were showcased by the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce as going above and beyond, benefiting us all and making our community the envy of many. The occasion was the installation of officers and directors of the MVCOC […]