By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept.-Crescenta Valley Station received a call on Saturday at 8:52 p.m. According to the CV Sheriff’s report, the caller stated to the dispatcher that he had shot and killed his parents. When he was asked where he was located he stated “at my house.” The caller gave an exact […]
By Mary O’KEEFE When people devote a lot of time volunteering for their community, they rarely see the impact they are making. Normally they are so busy working on whatever event or with whatever organizations they have aligned with they don’t have time to step back and look at the big picture. That is until […]
CHP is out in force in order to keep school kids safe. By Mary O’KEEFE Back to school in Crescenta Valley means bumper-to-bumper traffic at school drop zones, kids appearing from nowhere to run across streets at every angle, creative parking and 16-point U-turns in the middle of the road. It is this behavior that […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Customers of the Orchard Supply Hardware [OSH] on Foothill Boulevard were shocked and sad to learn this week that the local home maintenance store will be closing. “The store closing sales will begin on [Thursday, today] and run for approximately 10 weeks,” said Jackie Pardini Hartzell, director of Public Relations for the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Construction will soon begin on the medians along Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta. “The contractor has been given the go-ahead to start work as early as Sept. 4,” said Lisa Woung, project manager, Los Angeles County Public Works. Construction is expected to run through November, ending by Thanksgiving. “The contractors will start […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police have arrested a woman and man suspected of recent vehicle battery thefts in the Crescenta Valley, Glendale and other areas in Southern California. GPD has not released any other information as the investigation is ongoing. Several residents in the area have had their car batteries stolen. The batteries were taken […]
By Mary O’KEEFE An investigation into an officer involved shooting in Pasadena near Old Town is underway after a suspect was wounded on Tuesday at 5:05 p.m. The initial investigation involved U.S. Marshals Southwest Regional Task Force and law enforcement agencies including Glendale Police Dept. The U.S. Marshals task force focuses on finding fugitives with […]
The sound of wheels on the sidewalk can mean only one thing: school is back in session! Students in the thousands, many pushing or pulling backpacks down the street, could be seen on Wednesday as Glendale Unified School District teachers and staff welcomed students back to the classroom. As always, drivers are reminded to be […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On the agenda of the Glendale City Council meeting on Tuesday night was voting on the final approval of the Armenian Museum Cultural Center and the Council did vote, but it wasn’t a quick vote and it wasn’t approved by the museum board. The Council added five additional provisions to the original […]
By Mary O’KEEFE According to the California West Nile website, to date there have been 19 reported human cases of West Nile virus in the state, seven reported as recently as last week. Of those 19 cases, four were in Los Angeles County, specifically the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valley regions. This number is […]