Loving the Ride As I’ve grown older I have learned to stop and smell the roses – literally and figuratively. For example, when walking through our local neighborhoods, one might wonder what the heck I’m staring at as I peer skyward. Often it’s how blue the sky looks or cloud formations – nothing earth-shattering (as […]
Officials across Southern California have seen an increase in coyote activity in residential areas and public parks. Coyotes live throughout the region and are often seen year round. Normally, coyotes pose no threat to humans and keep their distance. But if they have access to food and garbage, they lose their fear of humans and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At 3:38 Wednesday afternoon, Glendale Police Dept. received a call of an overturned van, according to Tahnee Lightfoot, spokeswoman for GPD. When they arrived on the scene they realized there was another silver compact vehicle crushed between a utility pole and the van. The driver of the van was traveling southbound on […]
Update Thursday, Oct. 22 at 11:35 a.m. According to Tahnee Lightfoot, Glendale Police Dept. spokeswoman, the father and daughter are still in the hospital in serious condition but with non-life threatening injuries. Update 5:18 p.m. At 3:38 Glendale Police Dept. received a call of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE An accident involving an overturned big rig carrying produce has closed down all lanes of the eastbound Foothill (210) freeway at Ocean View Boulevard. California Highway Patrol has diverted traffic to the 2 Freeway as hundreds of boxes of produce are being cleared from the roadway. CHP received a call concerning the […]
UPDATE 10:05 a.m. Eastbound traffic on the 210 is slowed beyond Sunland Boulevard due to the morning accident at Berkshire Avenue. Lanes one and two are open but lanes three and four remain closed. Tow trucks are on the scene. Still no information about injuries; CHP is investigating. An accident on the eastbound Foothill […]
Photos by Mary O’KEEFE UPDATE: Crescenta Valley Water District crews continue to work on the broken water pipe at Pennsylvania and Community avenues as of 4:15 p.m. today. “There was a two inch hole in an eight inch pump line,” said Christy Scott, CVWD […]
Detectives are investigating a second burglary in La Crescenta that appears to be related to a burglary that occurred on Oct. 7 in the 4600 block of Lowell Avenue. On Wednesday at about noon in the 3800 block of El Moreno Street, a woman walked out of her front door and was approached by a […]
Looking for ghosts and goblins? Much more will be found at this year’s Haunted Jail. By Jason KUROSU This Halloween, the select few intrepid enough to brave the annual Haunted Jail at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station will find more than bedsheet ghosts and tissue paper bats lurking in the darkness. This year’s theme will […]
Oct. 13 3000 block of Alabama Street in La Crescenta, a laptop computer and modem were stolen from an unlocked vehicle overnight. 4800 block of Angeles Crest Highway in La Cañada, a 37-year-old La Cañada woman was arrested for posession of a controlled substance resembling methamphetamine after a routine traffic stop. The woman had several […]