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 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A fatal traffic accident occurred shortly after 1:45 a.m. Sunday on the 210 Foothill Freeway at Angeles Crest. California Highway Patrol received several calls concerning a wrong way driver traveling eastbound on the westbound 210, said CHP Officer Brandt. The first call came in at 1:45 a.m., then more calls shortly […]
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 Glendale police responded to a call concerning a person not breathing in the 400 block of North Columbus Street in Glendale at about 11 p.m. on Thursday night. When police arrived, they found four people unresponsive. The four were transported to the hospital. Two were treated and released, and two remain in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The excitement felt by two Rosemont Middle School teachers on having a minimum work day today, Friday, ended when they left the school to go to their cars where they discovered they had been victims of a hit-and-run incident. Both were parked on Rosemont Avenue north of Rosemont Middle School. It appears […]
By Mary O’KEEFE About 2 p.m. this afternoon a truck was attempting to back out of a driveway just west of Christie’s Liquor in the 3000 block of Foothill Boulevard when it hit a light pole. The light pole fell across the two eastbound lanes of Foothill Boulevard. The two eastbound lanes on Foothill was […]