The Glendale Police Dept. arrested two suspects involved in an organized retail theft ring. In February 2019, GPD Downtown Policing Unit conducted an investigation relating to a shoplifting case at The Americana at Brand. As a result of the extensive investigation, officers identified Carlos Rivera of Los Angeles and Monica Paredes of Van Nuys as […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A water service leak at a house in the 2500 block of Whittier Drive temporarily closed the street to traffic. A section of the street near the home is now open to single lane vehicular traffic. Water will be shut off to just the one house affected by the leak. According to […]
Rosés are springing up – along with chardonnay, cabernet and more – at the Spring Wine Walk hosted by the MSPA. By Charly SHELTON Spring is in the air and hors d’oeuvres, wine and the chance to know Montrose and its merchants have arrived. It’s all part of the Spring Wine Walk. “We have 29 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Nationally in 2018, 16.7 million people in the U.S. alone were victims of identity fraud,” said Assemblymember Laura Friedman. “Thirty percent of U.S. consumers were a part of the data breach of companies in 2018.” Friedman presented these statistics during a Scam Stopper Town Hall meeting last week held at the community […]
The County of Los Angeles is closing the La Cañada Flintridge Library, 4545 N. Oakwood Drive, for maintenance beginning April 1. The last day of service will be Saturday, March 30. All books, even those in the storage shed, will be stored and shelves removed and new carpet and ceiling tiles installed. Closure will last […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There have been recent concerns about tree trimming in the foothill communities by Southern California Edison. Some residents in areas like Altadena have shared concerns that their trees had been trimmed in an extreme method leaving the branches bare. “We have always done vegetation management,” said David Guzman, manager with the Vegetation […]
The annual Smart-A-Thon was held on Wednesday, March 13, hosting a room of delighted quizzers at the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. Mary Pinola, of the Mary Pinola Education Fund, crafted a head-scratching collection of over 75 trivia questions with a local spin for the players to answer. The top 15 teams received prizes of chocolate […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In June 1963, Valentina Tereshkova from Russia became the first woman in space. She spent about three days orbiting the Earth, completing 48 circuits. This was during the “space race” when Russia and the United States were in daily competition for space dominance. Even though the race of “firsts” was intense, the […]
On Sunday at about 3:36 a.m., Glendale officers stopped a vehicle at Foothill Boulevard and Boston Avenue for speeding and equipment violations. The officers approached the vehicle and saw that the driver, later identified as Michael Shakhgeldyan, 30, of Sylmar was sitting on a firearm with the grip exposed. Shakhgeldyan was detained and a subsequent […]
March 16 3100 block of Evelyn Street in La Crescenta, a catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle between 12:15 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. March 15 800 block of Green Lane in La Cañada, a woman returned home to find a glass door broken, several rooms ransacked and jewelry and other […]