My, How Time Flies! Happy anniversary to … us! This week CV Weekly celebrates 10 years of serving the foothill communities. Our first newspaper hit the streets on Sept. 4, 2009 – a Friday. Why a Friday, you ask. Because the Station Fire was blazing away and many of our local streets were barricaded off […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A man was arrested last week for allegedly selling drugs near Crescenta Valley High School campus. “We were notified by students they had been approached by a young adult male asking if they would like to buy drugs,” Dep. Wurzer, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept./CV Station. LASD School Resource Officer Deputy Scott […]
By Mary O’KEEFE According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept.-Crescenta Valley Station, the Crescenta Valley Summer Crime Enforcement Team arrested a male adult near Foothill Boulevard and Marnice Avenue in Tujunga for possession for sale of heroin. “The suspect was parked in his vehicle by the Goodwill with the car door wide open. We […]
By Mary O’KEEFE California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles County Fire Dept. responded to a vehicle verses pedestrian at 6:35 p.m. Thursday in the 2500 block of Fairmount Avenue. Neither agency released any additional information; however, witnesses reported seeing paramedics responding to a male on the ground after being struck by a vehicle. The vehicle’s […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police responded to a carjacking today, Friday, Aug. 30 at 7:45 a.m. at Verdugo Road and Paloma Avenue in the Sparr Heights area. There were no weapons seen but the suspect, described as a male Hispanic in his 30s, simulated a gun when he took the victim’s vehicle. The victim […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police Community Advisory Panel met on Saturday to learn how police respond to situations, how they are trained and how misconceptions affect the department. The Advisory Panel has been a part of the GPD for several years; however, in 2012, the committee was put on hold. But when Carl Povilaitis […]
The Colorado Fire stirs memories of the Station Fire of 10 years ago and reminds residents of just how deadly wildfires can be. By Mary O’KEEFE On Sunday the all-too-familiar smell of smoke from a wildfire filled the air. It was about 4 p.m. when the Los Angeles Fire Dept. responded to a brush fire […]
By Julie BUTCHER This week the Glendale City Council accepted an $18.5 million grant from the State of California for a bridge over the Los Angeles River as part of the ongoing Riverwalk project. According to design documents, Phase 3, “otherwise known as the Glendale-Los Angeles Garden River Bridge Project, includes the planning, development, design, […]
Aug 26 3700 block of Chevy Chase Drive in La Cañada, deputies responded to a home regarding the activation of a burglary alarm. When they arrived they found a backyard gate open and a jewelry box on the ground with a bracelet lying next to it. After an investigation deputies discovered the rear bedroom window […]
Basking in the Afterglow It’s been three weeks since the announcement of The Finest winners for 2019 and the distribution of our annual The Finest magazine. Three weeks ago we hosted a fabulous party for the winners in the courtyard and fellowship hall of St. Luke’s of the Mountains. As it was also nearing the […]