Identity Theft Investigation Nets Suspects

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, Aug. 13, the Glendale Police Dept. – Financial Crimes Unit executed search warrants on a ring of identity theft suspects. Over the last several months, an investigation of nine locations and nine suspects was conducted in cooperation with Orange County Sheriff’s Department, LASD – Identity Theft Task Force, […]

Labor Day Crackdown Planned

From mid-August through Labor Day, Glendale police, Los Angeles County Sheriff and California Highway Patrol officials will be out in force as part of the annual nationwide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” crackdown on drunk driving. The crackdown, which will include high-visibility enforcement throughout Los Angeles County, will run from Aug. 16 through Sept. […]

Crime blotter

Aug. 19 5500 block of Godbey Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a 19-year-old La Cañada man was arrested on suspicion of possession of concentrated cannabis (hash oil) and marijuana at 1:45 a.m. 3700 block of Inverness Drive in La Cañada, a 21-year-old Glendale man was arrested on suspicion of possession of concentrated cannabis (hash oil) […]

This Has Got To Stop!

Stop This! These are just some of the photos of the garbage bins around the area taken by members of the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. Most notably are the bins in the alley behind the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue but also bins throughout the shopping park area that appear to be used by those […]

First a Bear, Now a Rattler

First a Bear, Now a Rattler

Warm weather may mean pools, beaches and sunscreen, but Tim MacDonald was reminded that it’s also rattlesnake season. MacDonald, who lives in Upper Briggs Terrace, was using a Havahart trap for ground squirrels when he caught a five-foot long rattler with an astounding 17 rattles. He said that in 40 years, this snake was probably […]

Labor Day Crackdown Planned

From mid-August through Labor Day, Glendale police, Los Angeles County Sheriff and California Highway Patrol officials will be out in force as part of the annual nationwide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” crackdown on drunk driving. The crackdown, which will include high-visibility enforcement throughout Los Angeles County, will run from Aug. 16 through Sept. […]

Flower Shop Burglary

By Mary O’KEEFE A local flower shop was burglarized sometime overnight between Friday and Saturday. Glendale police responded to the 3400 block of Ocean View Boulevard after receiving a report of damage to the front door of the Glendale Flower and Gift Shop. When the officers arrived they found the front glass door had been […]

Welcoming Students During Back to School Week

Welcoming Students During Back to School Week

By Mary O’KEEFE Students in the Glendale Unified School District headed back to school on Monday. At elementary schools across Crescenta Valley, kindergartners all had one thing in common: excited, nervous and sometimes tearful parents. “At our kindergarten tea, I asked who was having a harder time [with the first days of school] – the […]

Getting a SMAP Mission Update

Getting a SMAP Mission Update

NASA administrator Charles Bolden toured JPL clean room in anticipation of the year of Earth science. By Mary O’KEEFE and Molly SHELTON On Monday, NASA administrator Charles Bolden visited Jet Propulsion Laboratory to see the progress of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission that will be launched in 2014. “It’s the year of Earth […]