Shuttle Flyover Wows California

Crowds turn out for historic final flight of space shuttle Endeavour. By Charly SHELTON Stardate 9.21.2012. Mission 26. Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its 26th and final flight, coming for a touchdown at Los Angeles International Airport. But unlike the other 25 missions when Endeavour flew into space, orbiting the Earth 4,671 times and logging 122,883,151 […]

Residents, Officials Meet Over Panels

By Natalie MAIER A meeting regarding the solar panels at Monte Visa Elementary was held on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Teachers Lounge at the school. Neighborhood residents Bill Ryburn and Sheila Sinning, who both live adjacent to the schoolyard where the panels have been installed, shared some of their concerns with Monte Vista […]

Portantino’s Bills to Increase Early Detection of Breast Cancer and Disaster Planning bills Signed by Governor

Over the weekend, Governor Brown signed Assemblymember Anthony Portantino’s legislation to ensure that more women have access to mammograms (AB 137) and legislation requiring investor-owned electric utilities and water companies to develop an emergency and disaster preparedness plan every two years (AB 1650) and to hold comprehensive disaster preparedness meetings with the counties and cities […]

Fatal Accident on the Crest

  By Mary O’KEEFE California Highway Patrol responded to a motorcycle accident at 11:22 a.m. today on Angeles Crest Highway mile marker 27.65. The driver apparently lost control of his motorcycle. No other vehicle was involved in the accident. “The 38-year-old male was transported to Huntington Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead,” said Officer […]

Skimmer Found on US Bank ATM

By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s have made one arrest concerning “skimmer ” activity at an ATM at a La Crescenta US Bank. “We had a call concerning suspicious activity,” said Lt. Edwards, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, CV Station. The call came in earlier this afternoon.  When deputies arrived at the US Bank at […]

UPDATE: Shuttle Sendoff on Historic Final Flyover

Here are the photos by our CVWeekly Staff from areas around the Crescenta Valley including Sacred Heart, La Canada Country Club and JPL. If you have photos of the flyover, please send them in and we will put up another gallery of reader submitted photos later this evening and tomorrow. Send your photos to Robin […]

Shuttle at Edwards Air Force Base/Fly Over JPL

                  Shuttle to fly over JPL It flew some of the most iconic payloads in the space shuttle program history, including “The Camera That Saved Hubble” and “The Mission That Mapped the World,” both proudly developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Now the spaceship […]

Rep. Schiff Warns Metro of 710 Tunnel Cost and Community Impact

Today, Rep. Adam Schiff  sent a letter to Chairman Michael Antonovich and members of the Los Angeles Metro Board warning them of the likelihood of massive fiscal and community costs associated with a tunnel and urging them to remove that option from further consideration in the “710 North Gap Closure Project.” Instead he called on […]

Burbank PD Asking for Information Concerning Attempted Kidnapping

The Burbank Police Department is asking for anyone that may have had contact with the suspect or vehicle (pictured above)  that were involved in an alleged attempted kidnapping of a teenage girl. This morning at 7:15 a.m., patrol officers responded to Burroughs High School regarding a possible lewd act against a sixteen year old student […]

UPDATE: PAROLE DENIED FIVE YEARS FOR INMATE WHO MURDERED

A statement released by Orange County District Attorney:   17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AS SHE SLEPT ON PROM NIGHT IN 1991 *Inmate next eligible for parole in 2017  SANTA ANA –The Board of Parole Hearings (Board), California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations denied parole for five years yesterday, Sept. 19, 2012, for a man who shot and […]