Making Memories at the La Crescenta Christmas Tree Lighting

Making Memories at the La Crescenta Christmas Tree Lighting

By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Community members, many in coats and scarves, made their way to the La Crescenta Library on Tuesday night for an event just for them – the annual La Crescenta Christmas tree lighting. “It’s throwing a big party for the community,” said Robbyn Battles, formerly with the Crescenta Valley Town Council, who spearheads […]

The Smiths are Leading the Parade

The Smiths are Leading the Parade

Learning about this year’s ceremonial leaders of the Montrose-Glendale Christmas Parade. By Mary O’KEEFE Community volunteers have been working for months preparing for the 42nd Annual Montrose-Glendale Christmas Parade. The parade is in the tradition of a small town celebration with over 600 Boy Scouts, Girl Scout troops, schools, local organizations and local marching bands […]

»FIRES – Part III Keeping A Safe Distance

»FIRES – Part III   Keeping A Safe Distance

By Charly SHELTON This is the third article in a three-part series on fire and fuel management in the local area. Over the last two weeks, we’ve learned about the restorative necessity of wildland fires, the management techniques of native Californians for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, and how wildland fire fuel […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Nov. 25 900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a large family had dinner at a local restaurant. During the evening the large group became “rowdy” at times and one man in the group was “quite intoxicated.” When the time came to pay, the bill was split into several smaller bills. Some paid with […]

Council Approves Temporary Rent Freeze

By Julian MITCHELL, intern Driving by the Glendale City Hall on Tuesday night, one could not help but notice the large crowd on the steps of city hall. The mass of over 100 people was gathered to protest the lack of rent control within the City of Glendale. “Shame on the greedy landlords!” chanted the […]

A Wild Day in the Crescenta Valley

By Mary O’KEEFE The man who allegedly robbed the Wells Fargo Bank in the 2400 block of Honolulu Avenue on Tuesday may have been the same man who committed two other robberies in Glendale and Burbank on Monday. A transient, Raul Gutierrez, 31, was arrested Tuesday by Glendale police after he was found hiding in […]

Body Identified of Woman Found on the Crest

By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has identified the body of a woman found on Angeles Crest Highway as Karina Alcaraz, 27. The woman’s body was found by U.S. Forestry employees on the Crest at mile marker 31 on Nov. 17 at about 10:30 a.m. “We are investigating it as a suspicious death […]

Celebrating the Season of Giving

By Mary O’KEEFE It is the season of giving and no one takes that to heart better than those in Crescenta Valley. Here are three ways to help others: • Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. and CV Station volunteers are collecting for their annual Food and Toy Drive. Barrels have already been placed throughout CV […]

Lorenz Reflects on a Career Well Spent

By Mary O’KEEFE How to sum up a life of service in a few words is a most difficult task … especially when that life has taken so many paths and has affected so many people. The City of Glendale stated in a release late last week that Tom Lorenz would be retiring. In fact, […]