Glendale police responded to an apartment in the 3200 block of Fairesta Street on Thursday concerning a residential burglary. When police arrived they discovered the rear glass door had been pried open. Several rooms in the home had been ransacked. Cash and jewelry were stolen. The burglary occurred between 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
The Community Development Department’s Building & Safety Division was recognized as the “Building Department of the Year” during the California Building Officials’ (CALBO) Annual Business Meeting this month. The award recognizes a building department’s exceptional accomplishments in four key categories: education, state affairs, community involvement and innovation. Several programs set the City of Glendale Building […]
Officers from the Glendale Police Department, San Marino Police Department, San Fernando Police Department, South Pasadena Police Department and Burbank Police Department will be deploying on Monday, March 17, 2014 as part of the Avoid 100 Campaign. The purpose is to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers in the department’s ongoing traffic safety […]
FROM NIXLE, LA County Sheriff’s Department: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives and jail deputies are searching for 37-year old suspect Christopher Lee Brown, who escaped from the Inmate Reception Center Release area at approximately 10:00pm Wednesday, March 12th, 2014. “As a result of the inmate’s actions, and that it appears that mandated security practices […]
Former Glendale councilmember John Drayman will face jail time and must pay restitution. By Mary O’KEEFE On Wednesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephen Marcus accepted a plea agreement in the case of John Drayman, ending an ordeal that lasted over two years and brought down a once-respected member of the community. Drayman originally had […]
March 8 4400 block of Cornishon Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge, a purse was stolen and the front passenger window was smashed on a vehicle reported at 9:20 a.m. March 6 4400 block of Commonwealth Avenue in La Cañada, when a resident arrived home she discovered the bottom pane of glass in a door had […]
The Montrose Search & Rescue Team is comprised of local community members that are sworn reserve deputies and high risk volunteer members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. In addition to being certified EMTs, the team has members that are specially trained for underground/mine rescues as well as ice rescue. This results in the […]
Glendale’s City Clerk announced that five candidates qualified for the ballot in the upcoming June 3 Special Municipal Election. Seven individuals had expressed interest in running but only five submitted papers to qualify. The city clerk’s office confirmed that all five candidates who returned their papers had the requisite 100 signatures from registered Glendale voters […]
By Jason KUROSU When Damian Kevitt set out for a bike ride on Feb. 17, 2013, he did not anticipate that his ride would go unfinished for over a year. But as circumstances played out, a minivan struck Kevitt and subsequently dragged him for 600 feet when Kevitt became lodged underneath. Kevitt survived but was […]
Goodbye to a CVW Friend I’ve shared with you over the last four and a half years some of the challenges and successes I’ve had since launching the Crescenta Valley Weekly in 2009. The decision to bring a newspaper to the foothills after the Los Angeles Times, which owns the Glendale NewsPress, La Cañada Valley […]