Rosemont Preserve Open Gate Morning All are invited to the first of two monthly “open gates” at the Rosemont Preserve on Sunday morning, Dec. 2. This is a chance for guests to visit the Preserve and wander the trail at their own pace, enjoying the tranquil setting, the wildlife and the natural beauty. Photographers: Bring […]
“Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer when they complained about the heat.” Unknown Author I have often wondered, “A home with an interior temperature of 74 degrees can feel vastly different to those living there depending on the season. Why?” As […]
Busy Day in the Neighborhood Tuesday was crazy in the Crescenta Valley. First, there was robbery in the afternoon at the Montrose Wells Fargo Bank that, after a brief search by Glendale police, resulted in the apprehension of a 31-year-old transient. While Mary O’Keefe was on the phone with me making her report, she […]
Update 4:33 p.m. The name was released of the Wells Fargo Bank robbery suspect apprehended today by Glendale police. Raul Gutierrez, 31, is a transient. He was booked on robbery by GPD. Update 3:55 p.m. A call came out at 2:50 p.m. today, Tuesday, of a robbery in progress from inside the Wells Fargo Bank […]
“Today [Nov. 26], I contacted Alex Villanueva to offer my best wishes for his administration as the 33rd elected sheriff of Los Angeles County. We are in the process of arranging an orderly transition and a series of briefings to assist the new administration and it is my hope that the sheriff-elect will come to […]
The 76 Gas Station’s convenience store is open but the pumps have all been shut down after an accident involving a fuel truck, a car and pump number 5 occurred today at about 4:20 p.m. “My back was to the [gas] truck,” said the man who was fueling his vehicle on the outside […]
By Charly SHELTON Earth is 4.6 billion years old. That number is nearly unfathomable to the human mind, which deals more frequently in days than in eons. It was so long ago that many of the rocks created in the early throes of the planet’s forming have since been either remelted by another geologic event […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Housing is an issue in California. The costs of rent have climbed faster than the national average and city councils across the state are discussing the issue of rent control. Even though the official election results are not in, it does appear that Prop. 10, the rent control measure, did not pass […]
By Charly SHELTON This is the second article in a three-part series on fire and fuel management in the local area. Last week, we learned about the restorative necessity of wildland fires and the management techniques of native Californians for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. In the modern day, the U.S. Forest […]
Nov. 24 700 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a bag was stolen from the trunk and personal items from the interior of a locked vehicle between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Nov. 16 600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a woman was shopping and placed her purse in the shopping […]