By Sue KILPATRICK Late Breaking News: Unexpected rain, lightning and thunder comes to Crescenta Valley on Wednesday evening. Double rainbow at sunset spotted. “We’re having a heat wave…” — Irving Berlin 1933 – American composer As this week began, the influence of an early Fall heat wave was upon us. Stretching form San Francisco to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A local resident wants to warn neighbors of a new spider in town – the brown widow. La Crescenta resident Jay Eatherton had seen a news report on the brown widow spider invading California. The report noted the spider’s poisonous and painful bite. “I had heard of black widows but this was […]
Taking care of the trees on Foothill Boulevard On Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., community members will be watering and caring for trees along Foothill Blvd. (both north and south sides) from Briggs to Lowell avenues. This is a community project and is not part of any organization. Volunteers from the Crescenta Valley […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A year ago the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department began its “Safe Drug Drop-off” program. Mailbox-like receptacles were first placed at the Lomita Station where residents could drop off prescription drugs, hypodermic needles and illegal drugs – no questions asked. The program has expanded to 20 stations including the Crescenta Valley Station. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Fundraising efforts for the Crescenta Valley Sheriff Memorial will officially kickoff on Friday morning, Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. at the station, 4554 Briggs Ave. The memorial will be installed in the grassy area of the station’s parking lot entrance. It will be dedicated to two CV Sheriff deputies who died in […]
Sept. 19 3800 block of Park Place in Montrose, someone scratched words into the body of a vehicle overnight. Sept. 16 2800 block of Prospect Avenue in La Crescenta, a white 1996 Chevrolet suburban was stolen from the location overnight. Sept. 14 4400 block of Oak Grove Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a purse was […]
On Sept. 28 at 4:51 a.m. A 38-year-old Saugus man traveling eastbound on the Foothill (210) Freeway fell asleep at the wheel of his Nissan. His vehicle veered to the right across the path of a tractor-trailer truck driven by a 36-year-old Montclair man. The truck driver applied his brakes but was unable to avoid […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Montrose Search and Rescue team found the body of a teacher from the Los Angeles Unified School District at Big Tujunga Canyon mile marker 6.6 on Sunday at 8:40 a.m. Team members were training in the area when they discovered Rigoberto Ruelas, 39. “The team discovered [Ruelas’] vehicle parked […]
By Mary O’KEEFE U.S. Forest Service has released transcripts that chronicle from the first few hours of the Station Fire through Sept. 4. Congressmen Adam Schiff and David Dreier were among California representatives who requested the transcripts be released. The tapes paint a picture of how the fire began with calls from U.S. Forest personnel […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Montrose Search and Rescue team found the body of a teacher from the Los Angeles Unified School District at Big Tujunga Canyon mile marker 6.6 on Sunday at 8:40 a.m. Team members were training in the area when they discovered Rigoberto Ruelas, 39. “The team discovered a [Ruelas’] vehicle […]