By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Police Dept. detectives continue their investigation and are requesting the public’s assistance with identifying a group of suspects involved in a grand theft from a Montrose jewelry store. On Wednesday, June 14 at about 6:15 p.m., a distraction grand theft occurred at Honolulu Jewelers located in the 2200 block of Honolulu […]
July 8 3000 block of Prospect Avenue in Montrose, a man arrived home from work around midnight and parked his company car in front of his home. When he awoke a few hours later he discovered his vehicle was missing. The vehicle had a Global Positioning System that tracked the vehicle to the 4200 block […]
By Charly SHELTON Lightning strikes in the boreal forest of Canada are a common occurrence as are the forest fires caused by them. But they are becoming more commonplace and frequent as the years go by and it is starting to change the landscape itself, a new study shows. A NASA-funded study released at the […]
By Brian CHERNICK The entire Glendale City Council reconvened Tuesday for a nearly six-hour meeting after a two-week hiatus. The bulk of the time was spent hearing the appeal of the Design Review Board’s (DRB) approval of a 2,515 square-foot hillside single-family residential project at 1410 Colina Drive. The project, which was initially proposed in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A suspect who was arrested for the stabbing death of a Glendale man has apparently committed suicide while in custody. Ernest Culbertson, 31, of Tujunga was arrested on July 1 by the Glendale police on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 51-year-old Glendale man on June 30. He was charged with one count […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Most who have lived in the Crescenta Valley for a while will admit that it is a pretty unique community. Volunteerism seems to come from a sense of responsibility rather than something people do to make themselves look good. There are organizations like the CV Chamber of Commerce that go beyond their […]
By Brandon HENSLEY In an age when residents are increasingly skeptical about door-to-door salesmen, there was one man earlier this month you might have seen around the neighborhood. Don’t worry – the only thing he was selling was American Pride. For three days leading up to the Fourth of July, Paul Barnes spent his free […]
Outdoor Lighting Survey Los Angeles County residents of La Crescenta-Montrose can soon take part in a Community Lighting Survey. The County Dept. of Regional Planning will be mailing a survey form to all property owners. The purpose is to assess whether the current regulations for outdoor lighting along residential streets in the community should be […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday morning, as community members were volunteering at the monthly scheduled cleanup of the La Crescenta off-ramp of the Foothill (210) freeway, they found more than just the typical discarded fast food trash. They came across garbage bags that were filled with what looked like marijuana. “It was marijuana,” […]
The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for Southern California in effect from through July 8. Glendale Water & Power is encouraging all residents to conserve as much energy as possible this week, without jeopardizing their health or the health of their pets. The most effective ways to reduce power usage are […]