By Mary O’KEEFE Members of American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1614 took part in assembling and distributing care packages for veterans living throughout Los Angeles County. Chapter Companions completed the deliveries last Thursday and Tuesday. This was done in partnership with Operation Gratitude, which this year observed Veterans Day […]
Nov. 8 1100 Olive Lane in La Cañada Flintridge, a catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle overnight. Nov. 5 1700 block of Bonita Vista Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a resident reported hearing her car alarm then observed, on surveillance footage, a suspect enter her locked vehicle activating the alarm. The suspect immediately exited […]
On Friday, Nov. 6 at approximately 12:30 a.m., a patrol officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that had a headlight out in the area of New York Avenue and Montrose Avenue. The officer contacted the driver of the vehicle, later identified as 19-year-old Jason Chinchilla of Sunland, regarding the violation. Chinchilla did not […]
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger to provide critical funding for the Pasadena Hope Center, a new permanent supportive housing project that will be developed by The Salvation Army in the City of Pasadena. The Pasadena Hope Center will feature a modern, four-story building that will […]
Sheriff’s homicide investigators continue their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the apparent shooting death of a man at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center. Deputies responded to the Eaton Canyon Nature Center at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday regarding a call of a dead body discovered off a hiking trail. Upon arriving they discovered an unidentified white […]
Every year veterans from the American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars 1614 would spend Veterans Day at several events, including at Lincoln Elementary School. This year, due to COVID-19, their outreach will be done virtually as about eight veterans have recorded messages that will be shared with Lincoln students. Veterans of American […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Celebrating Halloween was definitely different this year. After guidelines were released by state health officials discouraging door-to-door trick-or-treating, some thought that the holiday – a favorite of many – was lost. Crescenta Valley Weekly immediately kicked into high gear to counter these restrictions with a fun way to celebrate Halloween while observing […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Local WWII veteran Don Norbut recalls his time in the U.S. Navy. In observance of Veterans Day, CVW reached out to two World War II veterans to learn more about their service and to find out how they see the world […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It has been an election season that seemed to last far longer than any other election season to date. And it is still not over as the ballot counting continues in several states including, as of press time, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Nevada. Lawyers from both sides of the aisle […]
By Julie BUTCHER The Glendale City Council adjourned its shortest meeting of 2020, just before the polls closed on Election Day in California, having taken formal action on items pending, honoring the memory of former mayor Dr. James Perkins, who died on Oct. 10, days before his 96th birthday, and the 100th birthday of Paul […]