By Mary O’KEEFE As kickoff for the Rose Bowl game drew near, the Tournament of Roses and Rose Bowl Stadium staff were dealing with a lot of different issues including a few surprises from Mother Nature. At 2 p.m. Dec. 31, the Fan Fest event at the Rose Bowl was the site of an “erratic […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Just as if she were about to compete in a track and field event, La Crescenta resident and Special Olympics athlete Antonia “Toni” Gonzalez was pumped up and ready to go, as she prepared to ride on the Kaiser Permanente Rose Parade float moments before the start of the 126th […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two suspects were arrested on burglary charges on Monday after Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies from the Crescenta Valley Station responded to a call concerning a possible burglary in a La Crescenta neighborhood. “We received a call at the Crescenta Valley Station of a possible burglary [in progress] in the 3100 […]
Jan. 4 5000 block of La Crescenta Avenue in La Crescenta, two pairs of shoes were stolen from the front porch of a home between midnight and 6:45 a.m. Jan. 2 1000 block of Salisbury Court in La Cañada, a man reported while he was looking out the front window of his home office he […]
Workday at Rosemont Preserve The community is invited for a restoration day at the Rosemont Preserve on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. New deer cages around some of the newly planted trees will be built. There will also be more invasive plant removal along with some trail maintenance. The Preserve is located in […]
By Isiah REYES a Crescenta native Sara Muriello will be heading back to her home in Zambia, Africa this Friday, where she will continue to volunteer for Kitwe Animal Welfare Society, a safe sanctuary for abused and neglected animals as well as a community welfare kennel. Her connection to Zambia began in 2005 when she […]
On Tuesday, Assemblyman Mike Gatto announced that he is continuing his groundbreaking opportunity to allow individual citizens to draft a piece of legislation directly via an online Wiki. Citizens can visit the “Wiki bills” website and, by using an interface similar to Wikipedia, can propose, draft and edit a bill, which Gatto has committed to […]
On Sunday at 4:15 p.m., five Glendale Fire units (one battalion chief, one engine company, one truck company, one urban search and rescue company, and one basic life support ambulance), along with the Glendale Police Dept. Airship under the direction of Battalion Chief Thomas Propst, responded to a mountain rescue located at Honolulu Avenue and […]
The City of La Cañada Flintridge has completed improvements to the Caltrans overpass parking lot of Foothill Boulevard across form Memorial Park. The lot will reopen this Saturday in time to welcome back the Farmers Market. Improvements to the lot include re-paving, enhanced parking layout, replacement of the chain link fencing with lighted iron and […]
On Sunday at about 9 p.m., a Glendale police officer received an Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) to a stolen vehicle, a four-door 2012 Prius, which had driven past him on Foothill Boulevard. The officer caught up to the vehicle as it was making a right turn onto northbound New York Avenue. The officer confirmed […]