CRIME BLOTTER

July 26 2600 block of Prospect Avenue in La Crescenta  a resident reported that he had received a motion-detection notification from his security camera. He reviewed the footage and observed a person wearing a dark-colored sweater and light-colored pants tampering with the bed of his pickup truck. He went outside and found that numerous tools […]

Pursued Vehicle Stops for Gas in La Crescenta

By Mary O’KEEFE A vehicle pursuit involving a reportedly suspected DUI driver occurred on Sunday evening about 8:59 p.m. Although pursuits on the local freeways are not unusual, this one took a twist when the driver got off the freeway and stopped for gas at a service station on the corner of Honolulu and La […]

Foothill Car Wash to Be Automated

Foothill Car Wash to Be Automated

By Mary O’KEEFE Foothill Car Wash, located at 2355 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada Flintridge, is presently being demolished. The new owner plans to reorient the assisted car wash to an automated one.  The design review has been approved by the City of La Cañada Flintridge. It has been a project that has been in […]

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures

As NASA’s Curiosity rover recently began climbing up a Martian valley, nicknamed Valle Grande, it sent back images that were a familiar sight to mission scientists: honeycomb-like textures called polygonal fractures, each one about 1.5 to 3 inches (4 to 8 centimeters) across. The mission has spotted small patches of these geometric shapes several times […]

Donations Needed for Local Organizations

By Mary O’KEEFE Recently CV Weekly wrote two articles about organizations that need support from the public: iMPACT Foundation LA/CV Cares and Marine Mammal Care Center.  The iMpact Foundation LA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by addiction, mental health challenges and emotional isolation. Based in the foothill community of Los […]

YMCA Quarterback Club Prepares for Another Year of Promotion and Service

The YMCA Quarterback Club begins its 85th year of promotion and service to local area schools during the football season as a non-profit organization in association with the YMCA of the Foothills. Pete Smith of Bob Smith Toyota will be taking over as the organization’s president. He will oversee the board and directors as well as welcoming the […]

Silva Promoted by ALC

The Allen Lund Company announced that Isabella Silva has been promoted to director of the Marketing and Communications Department. Silva graduated from St. Edward’s University in 2022 with a BA in communication, complemented by minors in psychology and health communication. In July of the same year, she began her career at the Allen Lund Company […]

Fire House Youth Center Seeks Volunteers and Donations

Fire House Youth Center Seeks Volunteers and Donations

By Mary O’KEEFE When the 2026-27 school year begins on Aug. 19 the Fire House Youth Center, located at 2563 Foothill Blvd. on the campus of St. Luke’s of the Mountains, will again open its doors to Rosemont Middle School students on their late start days, which has been every Wednesday morning.  For over a […]

Communities Prepare for National Night Out

Communities Prepare for National Night Out

Local neighborhoods go all out for annual event. By Clare BUCHANAN National Night Out takes place this year on Tuesday, Aug. 4. It is a time that encourages families to spend an evening with local safety enforcement personnel and fellow community members. Here in the Crescenta Valley, several organizations are hosting their own National Night […]

Council Welcomes New Poet Laureate

By Julie BUTCHER On Tuesday night, the Glendale City Council celebrated the “passing of the typewriter” between the city’s inaugural poet laureate Raffi Joe Wartanian and its newest poet laureate Tina Demirdjian.  Appointed in March 2023, “Raffi has built a poetry community in Glendale, encouraging poets of all levels to express themselves in times of […]