While local residents should always be careful when walking through the Crescenta Valley, a friendly reminder to use caution is this bear that was seen on a recent morning in Mountain Oaks. Photo by Mary O’KEEFE
Male and Female Arrested for Identity Theft and Possessing a Controlled Substance for Sale On Feb. 22 just before 10 p.m., a Glendale PD patrol officer observed a vehicle parked in a handicap stall with no handicap placard on the 3900 block of San Fernando Road. Moments later, 26-year-old Mckenzie Trahan of Glendale exited a nearby […]
July 24 600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, an informant told a deputy that he had witnessed a man carrying a full bag of purses that still had their tags on them walk out of a store without attempting to pay for the items. He was able to film the suspect with […]
On July 22, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 1327, a major gun reform bill jointly authored by Senators Bob Hertzberg and Anthony Portantino. SB 1327 allows private citizens to sue a person who manufactures, distributes, transports, imports or sells assault weapons, .50 BMG rifles, ghost guns or ghost gun kits in California. It allows citizens to sue […]
US Forest Service in the Angeles National Forest is responding to a brush fire in the Bailey Canyon area of ANF. The fire began about noon today, Thursday. Los Angeles County and City fire departments are assisting US Forest Service. So far it is a one acre fire in light grass and shrubs in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The CV Chamber relaunches its bingo event with a pre-game barbecue and chance to meet the captain of the CV Sheriff’s Station. The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce is hosting a bingo fundraiser on Saturday at a new location: St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church. The CV Chamber is an active […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The community is preparing for National Night Out, an annual event when the public can meet and speak with emergency responders and other safety personnel. With the recent divisions between law enforcement and the public, this night gives community members the chance to get to know those who serve their area and […]
By Ruth SOWBY At a meeting of the Glendale City Council on Tuesday, Mayor Ardy Kassakhian announced that the City of Glendale Community Services & Parks was awarded $285,000 in Measure A Technical Assistance grant funds to support planning and pre-development services to create new parks and facilities in and around Glendale. Former councilmember […]
A Partisan World As most readers know who read my column, I’m not much of a politico. Whereas in my (much) younger days I subscribed to a particular party, I find that these days I don’t affiliate with one party or the other. To me, both have major flaws that I just can’t ignore – […]
Heat Waves Across the World There may be divisions in the nation and in the world but one thing all of us on Earth experience in common: climate change. We can’t run from it and we can no longer pretend that humans have nothing to do with rising temperatures. Humans have accelerated the evolutionary cyclical […]