By Mary O’KEEFE The largest Mars science laboratory to date is well on its way to the red planet. The journey will take the spacecraft, carrying the rover Curiosity, 254 days to get from Earth to Mars. The launch on Nov. 26 was picture perfect, and the mission is off to a great start […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The 35th Annual Christmas Parade will roll down Honolulu Avenue on Dec. 3 at 6:10 p.m. This year’s grand marshals are Jack and Helen Nethercutt who will be riding in their red 1934 Packard LeBaron Sport Phaeton “Hussy” car. Jack is the great-nephew of cosmetic founder Merle Norman and the son of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE From the looks on the faces of the kids, and adults, who were playing in the snow and shoppers with packages walking down Honolulu Avenue, White Friday was a success. Black Friday is the name given to the busy shopping day after Thanksgiving that is supposed to bring business into the “black.” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue member Cindy England celebrated an anniversary over the Thanksgiving holiday. It wasn’t the normal anniversary celebration – England was celebrating getting lost … and found. “It was a lot warmer [this time] than it was 20 years ago,” England said. England with friends and family summitted Mt. Baldy […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue members received a call on Saturday asking for a team with mine rescue training and experience to travel to an old gold mine near Sacramento. “The co-owner of a mine apparently had a heart attack while working his claim,” said John McKently, MSR team member. The team knew […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Law enforcement and utility companies are receiving calls of multiple outages throughout the foothills area due to wind conditions. “Due to the strong winds we may have power lines go down,” said David Ford, spokesman for Southern California Edison. As of Wednesday at 8:08 p.m. about 2208 customer in Montrose, La Crescenta […]
Friends, family and team members – past and present – bid farewell to a man who shaped not only a sports program, but the lives of those he touched. By Brandon HENSLEY To know Dan Berry was to know a man who loved corny jokes, fast food, and one who valued relationships on a level […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Several Glendale residents in the 91208 area have reported seeing a mountain lion in their area. Posters warning community members of sightings will begin to go up in local neighborhoods tomorrow. One resident in the 2300 block of Bonita Drive reported seeing a mountain lion jumped a six-foot fence at her home […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Montrose Shopping Park Association is inviting all to join them for the first annual Tree Lighting Ceremony to kick off the holiday season. The tree, which will be located at the southeast corner of Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard, is just part of the White Friday celebration for the shopping […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Dr. John Garcia, deputy superintendent for Glendale Unified School District, presented information concerning the possible lunch closure of the Crescenta Valley High School campus to the school board at their Nov. 15 meeting. Garcia gave a timeline that will lead to the board’s decision on whether to keep the open campus lunch […]