Property Recovered from Burglaries

By Mary O’KEEFE Investigators from the Los Angeles Police Department West Valley Burglary have recovered more than 3,000 pieces of jewelry and other items during their investigation related to the “Knock Knock” burglaries. The suspects received this name because, as seen on surveillance video, they would go to the front door of a victim’s residence […]

UPDATE: Missing Hikers Found

UPDATE MONDAY 1:15 p.m.: Montrose Search and Rescue found the four missing hikers at about 12:30p.m. The four men were schedule to return after a hiking/camping trip on Sunday. “They had gotten lost,” said Sgt. Gonzales, Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. MSR members found the men about 2 and a half miles from Switzer Falls and […]

Bolshoi Ballet at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Hurry there are only a few tickets left for the Bolsoi Ballet’s “Swan Lake” performance at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.    The 9th season of Glorya Kaufman presents Dance at the Music Center season will conclude with Bolshoi Ballet’s “Swan Lake” staged by Yuri Grigorovich after Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov and Alexander Gorsky, […]

GAMC Hosts “Live & Learn” at Y

Glendale Adventist Medical Center and the Crescenta Canada YMCA will present a morning of health education lectures and free blood pressure and spine checks on Thursday, June 7, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m  This “Live & Learn” event is free and open to the public and will be held at the YMCA, 1930 Foothill […]

Memorial Day Observed in the Crescenta Valley

Locals turn out to remember those who died in service to their country. By Jason KUROSU, Mary O’KEEFE and Sammi SLAYBACK “They fell like brave men, true as steel. And pour’d their blood like rain. We feel we owe them all we have. And can but kneel and weep again.” These lyrics, written by Mrs. […]

Montrose Hydroponics Busted for Marijuana

By Mary O’KEEFE Employees at Greenlight Hydroponics Store have been linked to an illegal marijuana grow. Plants, cash and weapons were found at the store, a Van Nuys warehouse and two residences. The marijuana found by Glendale investigators is valued to be more than $200,000. Glendale police in the North Command area (La Crescenta, Montrose […]

Early Retirement to Mitigate Lay Off Woes

By Ted AYALA City Council on Tuesday voted to approve the use of early retirement benefits to help curb the pain of having to effect lay offs on the city workforce. The lay offs, which have come as a result of the continued recession and shrinking city revenues, are set to begin in June before […]

from the desk of the publisher

How to Give Thanks I was out of town for Memorial weekend and was unable to attend any of the local observances. Thankfully, CV Weekly reporters were out en masse to cover these solemn events and their reports can be found on our front cover. However, I did get a glimpse of what Memorial Day […]

Weather in the Foothills

“Tis rushing now adown the spout, and gushing out below,   Half frantic in its joyousness, and wild in eager flow.   The earth is dried and parched with heat,   And it hath long’d to be released from out the selfish cloud,   To cool the thirsty tree.”  – Elizabeth Oakes Smith Early last […]

CV Sheriff Explorers Earn Honors

By Mary O’KEEFE Once again the Crescenta Valley Sheriff Station Explorers have gone to a competition and returned with trophies. The competition was held at Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic and hosted by the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station. This was the first time Palmdale has hosted the LASD Region 1 Explorer Competition, which challenged the Explorer […]