By Mary O’KEEFE Ten years ago the murder of two local boys, Christopher McCulloch, 13, and Blaine Talmo, 14, sent chills across La Crescenta. Their deaths were brutal and in the end another young boy, Michael Demirdjian, 16, was convicted of their murders. For the past 10 years family and friends have had to deal […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A 55-year-old Montrose woman was struck and killed while walking on the eastbound lanes of the Foothill (210) freeway early Tuesday morning. Los Angeles County Coroner’s office has released the name of the victim, Linda Georgette Saunders. The woman had parked her car on the right shoulder of the eastbound 210 near […]
July 27 400 block of Knight Way in La Cañada Flintridge, a sidewalk was painted with graffiti at Paradise Canyon Elementary School overnight. July 26 Oakwood Avenue and Houseman Street in La Cañada, a skip loader parked along the curb was stolen between July 23-26. 4400 block of Oakgrove Drive in La Cañada, a storage […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two women were transported to the hospital and a woman driver was arrested for driving under the influence after the green Kia Spectra they were traveling in hit a parked car and became airborne before landing on its side on Ramsdell Avenue Friday night about 11 p.m. Ed Lovato was traveling southbound […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For the second weekend in a row a La Cañada school’s campus was vandalized and bronze plaques were stolen from the high school. The weekend of July 9 to 12 four bronze plaques at an estimated value of $5,400 were stolen from various areas on the La Cañada High School campus. “One […]
July 20 2900 block of Community Avenue in La Crescenta, a gym bag was stolen from the track and field at Crescenta Valley High School. A man reported he placed his bag at the edge of the field while playing soccer with friends and when he returned the bag was gone between 8:30 p.m. and […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Now appears to be the summer of Crescenta Valley’s discontent, worsened at the Town Council meeting July 15. There, inside the community room at the La Crescenta Library, some residents were up in arms over the news of a possible remodeling that would be done to the La Crescenta Community Trail next […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley Water District approved its budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year during its board meeting Tuesday night, and signs may point to a rate increase for customers. The district adopted a scenario in which revenues will be based on 5,000 acre-feet of water sold. Projections came out to total revenue […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN The problems surrounding the development project at 3600 N. Verdugo Road have reached a boiling point as the property has entered bank foreclosure. The medical building, which has struggled to find tenants since reopening, is easily recognizable in Montrose mostly because of the stark architectural contrasts to its surroundings. It is reportedly […]
City eyes future of “The Deuk” The city is making plans with local community groups for future use of “The Deuk,” nickname for Crescenta Valley’s Deukmejian Wilderness Park. The park, which was largely destroyed during the Station Fire and heavy rains that followed, has been reopened for some community use as a project to renovate […]