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 […]

Crowder Denied Parole

UPDATE THURSDAY SEPT. 20: Paul Crowder, the man convicted of the 1991 murder of Crescenta Valley High School senior Berlyn Cosman, has been denied parole for five years. His next parole hearing will be in 2017. Crowder, 40, is currently being held at Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy. He was sentenced on Nov. 1, 1999 […]

» Introducing the Candidates

Meet Congressman Adam Schiff By Mary O’KEEFE Congressman Adam Schiff is back in La Crescenta. Not that he was ever that far away, but due to redistricting if elected this November he will once again represent the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, La Crescenta. Since he began serving as a congressman in 2001, he […]

Running (or Walking) to Help Support Local Schools

There’s still time to take part in Saturday’s event. By Mary O’KEEFE soccer try-outs were this week for Rosemont Middle School kids. The soccer teams of both boys and girls are part of an afterschool sports program that is supported by donations and volunteers from the community. The afterschool sports program has several opportunities for […]

IN Brief

Family Bowling Tonight Tonight, Thursday, Sept. 20, the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 1st Annual Family Bowling Night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Montrose Bowl. The cost is $20 per player, which includes bowling and food. It is $10 for kids 6 to 12 and non-bowlers. Register as a team […]

Weather in the Foothills

Weather in the Foothills

“So extraordinary is Nature with her choicest treasures, spending plant beauty as she spends sunshine, pouring it forth into land and sea, garden and desert. And so the beauty of the lilies falls on angels and men, bears and squirrels, wolves and sheep, birds and bees….”  ~ John Muir That face … on the front […]

from the desk of the publisher

Festival, 5K and Finest Without a doubt, Saturday was one of the hottest days I’ve spent outdoors in some time. But I couldn’t resist heading down to Crescenta Valley Park for the inaugural Korean Armenian Cultural Festival. It was, after all, the only one of its kind in the nation if not the world. Attendance […]

A Festival for All

By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley was able to do something last weekend that several countries in the world have not been able to achieve – cultural unity and true respect for diversity. The first Korean Armenian Festival was held on Saturday and Sunday at Crescenta Valley Park. It was a unifying sight with rows of […]