By Nicole MOORE Members of the Montrose Shopping Park Association voiced concerns at the Sept. 6 meeting of the MSPA regarding the leasing of properties to non-commercial retailers within Montrose’s Commercial Retail Zones. Merchants’ qualms were directed to Philip Lanzafame, director of Community Development in the City of Glendale. “We want to keep retail alive. […]
On Sept. 6, Rep. Adam Schiff announced that the Verdugo Regional Crime Laboratory (VRCL) in Glendale has been awarded $150,000 through the FY18 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) program administered by the Dept. of Justice (DOJ). This funding will help the lab increase capacity and more quickly process DNA evidence, including sexual assault […]
‘It’s Not There Anymore’ On Tuesday, I was honored to once again take part in the annual 9/11 Patriot Day motorcade. The CV Chamber of Commerce and the Early Rodders organize the motorcade, which features classic cars and emergency vehicles making their way through La Crescenta, Montrose and La Cañada. The event is an […]
Sept. 10 2300 block of Pickens Canyon Road in La Crescenta, while residents, husband and wife, slept in their bed they heard the sound of glass breaking. The husband ran immediately in the direction of the sound. He entered the hallway of his home and was confronted by a man wearing a grey sweatshirt, black […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The excitement felt by two Rosemont Middle School teachers on having a minimum work day on Friday ended when they left the school to go to their cars where they discovered their cars had been hit. Both were parked on Rosemont Avenue north of Rosemont Middle School. It appears that one of […]
The Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD) will begin using chloramine instead of chlorine to disinfect drinking water supplies beginning on or after Oct. 1. The CVWD board of directors voted to switch to this popular disinfection method because of a buildup of byproducts from the chlorine treatment process. Persistent drought and diminishing groundwater supplies have […]
On Aug. 31, the U.S. Marshals Task Force arrested 36-year-old Ryan Alvarez in the city of Lancaster. Glendale Police Dept. detectives identified Alvarez as the suspect wanted on several felony charges stemming from an incident that occurred in La Crescenta on Aug. 21 at approximately 10:25 a.m. On Aug. 21, Glendale officers received a call […]
By Mary O’KEEFE California Highway Patrol is continuing its investigation into the early Sunday morning fatal crash that killed two people. CHP began receiving multiple calls of a person driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of the Foothill (210) Freeway. The first calls came in at 1:46 a.m. Callers stated they witnessed the wrong way […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At about 11 a.m. Sunday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. received a call concerning an injured mountain biker in the Haines Canyon area. Montrose Search and Rescue team was called out. LASD Air 5 arrived prior to MSAR and was able to hoist the 58-year-old man into the helicopter. The […]
The CHP issued the following release regarding the fatal collision that happened on the 210 Foothill Fwy early Sunday: On Sunday, Sept. 9 at approximately 1:46 a.m., the California Highway Patrol received multiple reports of a vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-210 freeway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue. CHP units immediately responded in […]