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Baker to Vegas This Weekend
By Mary O’KEEFE The 27th Annual Challenge Cup/Baker to Vegas Relay Race will be held this weekend. The 120-mile course challenges teams comprised of law enforcement agencies to race from Baker, Calif. to Las Vegas, Nev. The race is divided into 20 legs with each runner averaging six miles. Chuck Foote, general manager of the […]
Shots Fired on Waltonia
By Mary O’KEEFE Deputies responded to call concerning shots fired in the 1900 block of Waltonia Drive at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday morning. When deputies first arrived on scene, a person in a gold colored van approached them and said the suspect, who was nearby, had fired at his vehicle. The deputies saw evidence of bullet […]
Body Found in Burned Vehicle Identified
By Mary O’KEEFE L.A. Police Department detectives have released the name of the man whose body was found in a burned out vehicle on Sister Elsie Drive in Tujunga on March 31. Jacob Burns, 21, of San Gabriel Valley was found after firefighters had extinguished the flames that engulfed a 1992 two-door white Honda. The […]
Burned Body Found on Altadena Sidewalk
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide unit detectives are asking for the public’s help with any information concerning a burned body found in an Altadena neighborhood on Sunday morning. At about 6 a.m. on Sunday, a passerby saw a burning object on the sidewalk in the 2600 block of North Windsor Avenue. […]
Preparing for Special Olympics
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday morning at 8 a.m., athletes from around Southern California will gather for a friendly, and inspiring, competition at the Susan Osborne Field in the 4300 block of Ramsdell Avenue at Crescenta Valley High School. This is the third year that CV CAN (Crescenta Valley Committed to Athletic Needs) will sponsor […]
The Baptism
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, my daughter Molly and I attended a baptism at St. Bede’s the Venerable in La Cañada. After two years of classes, Josh Lacey was to be baptized and we were honored that he wanted to share it with us. Josh is 19, and he has dedicated every Wednesday for two […]
Montrose Search and Rescue Responds to Missing San Diego Hiker
By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue team members are assisting other search and rescue teams near San Diego for a missing desert hiker. Guillermo Pino, 24, has been missing since Sunday at about noon. He and his family were exploring the caves in an area called Arroyo Tapiado, two miles from the mouth of […]
Bear of Crescenta Valley has a New Home
By Mary O’KEEFE The bear that has been dining on garbage and causing a few nervous moments in the Glenwood Oaks and Mountain Oaks areas has been transported to a new home in the Angeles National Forest, but only after visiting one last neighborhood. Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station received a call about a bear sighting […]
Time to Run to the Hometown Country Fair
By Mary O’KEEFE It is time again for the annual Hometown Country Fair being held at Crescenta Valley Park at 3901 Dunsmore Ave. on April 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is the seventh year the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce has sponsored the event that gathers entertainers, information booths and vendors. “We […]