By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police Dept. – Traffic Bureau is continuing to respond to the many complaints of individuals on electric bikes/motorcycles. An electric bike (e-bike) is a bicycle equipped with an electric motor and battery. The e-bikes are categorized into three levels: Class 1 and Class 2 have speeds that have a maximum […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For years Montrose Shopping Park merchants have sponsored a unique way of celebrating Valentine’s Day … they have “Charlie Chaplin” hand out roses. Though it may not be the real “Little Tramp” it’s a pretty close doppelgánger. Chaplin is a perfect fit for this event as Charlie (portrayed by Audrey Ruttan) hands […]
On Wednesday, Feb. 4 at approximately 9:04 a.m., Glendale police officers responded to a traffic collision involving a Metrolink train and a vehicle at the railroad crossing located at West San Fernando Road and Broadway. Preliminary information indicated the motorist was traveling northbound on West San Fernando Road and attempted to make a right turn […]
Feb. 1 Orangedale Avenue and Florencita Drive in Montrose, a resident reported that he parked his company car at the location. When he returned he found the catalytic converter was stolen. While the deputy was taking the incident report a witness reported that at about 4:22 a.m. he had heard a loud noise outside his […]
Jan. 26, 1969 was the “End of Watch” for Reserve Sgt. Charles [Chuck] Rea. By Mary O’KEEFE “During an El Niño storm, Reserve Sergeant Charles Dudley Rea drowned in Big Tujunga Creek. Sergeant Rea served as a member of the Montrose Search And Rescue team working out of Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. He and fellow […]
By Julie BUTCHER During a special meeting of the Glendale City Council on Tuesday afternoon, representatives of the Montrose Shopping Park Association presented their annual work plan and budget. Business administrator and events coordinator Dale Dawson summed up some of the area’s iconic events aimed at drawing foot traffic to the shopping park: eight years […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Representatives of Glendale Community College (GCC) have been attending meetings throughout Montrose and La Crescenta sharing a proposal to remodel and rebuild the Professional Development Center (PDC) and former Citibank locations in the 2300 block of Honolulu Avenue. The meetings have raised a lot of questions from business owners and community […]
By Mary O’KEEFE When the internet was new I would feed it so much information just to get back a little bit of information. But as the internet began to take over our lives a situation arose we have been slow to realize – in fact, we now think it is a natural thing. We […]
When Therapy is Needed Steve & I love listening to live music. In fact, for Christmas I got him (us) tickets to Train (“Drops of Jupiter”), which will be performing at Pechanga Resort on March 26. But we often forget that there is a great small lounge on Foothill Boulevard that caters to local bands. […]
In last week’s cover story (Jan. 22), the amount of the prize money that will be distributed at the CV Chamber of Commerce bingo is $100. The money will be split among the winners if there is more than one winner.