By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley has long been a place where people see a need and fill it. They volunteer, help their neighbor and, if they feel something needs to be done, they simply do it. No one embodied that spirit more than Vito Cannella. Vito, the former Montrose postmaster, the neighborhood barber, one of […]
The completion of the remodeling of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station at 4554 Briggs Avenue is almost complete. By Mary O’KEEFE “It’s about 98% done,” said Lt. Mark Slater, LASD Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. The remodeling and redesign project of the sheriff’s station began with an update of the front desk area, but then, as […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Trader Joe’s recently celebrated its 50th anniversary by offering items for 50 cents that disappeared quickly. What would become the California-based chain actually began in 1958 when it was called Pronto Markets, but it wasn’t until 1967 when the store’s named changed to Trader Joe’s that it became a California icon. According […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For 70 years, the Montrose Search and Rescue team has traveled the Angeles National Forest ready to search for any lost hikers, respond to cars over the side of the road, recover those who met a tragic end and even rescue a dog … or two. It is easy to take their […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A routine traffic stop garnered more than just a citation for the driver and passengers. On Monday, at 1:05 p.m. Glendale police officers stopped a vehicle at Foothill Boulevard and Dunsmore Avenue for not displaying a license plate. According to a GPD statement, officers smelled marijuana when they approached the vehicle. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It used to be that California wildfire season began in October; however, with temperatures rising each year, the season has started earlier. “In the [Los Angeles] County over the last few months we have already witnessed several brush fires. We have seen fires in Malibu, Castaic, Santa Clarita, La Verne and Lancaster […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Ocean View Bistro is a little greener, even in the recent heat, thanks to two local gardeners. Patty Serrano and Deanna Ailes are community horticulturists. They also enjoy sitting on the exterior patio of the Ocean View Bistro, but there was something missing. “The planters were empty,” Ailes said. The planters set […]
By Mary O’KEEFE School has been back in session for a few weeks and traffic is back to its chaotic normal in the Crescenta Valley, with a little more chaos added with the construction on the Foothill (210) Freeway. Every elementary school, as well as Rosemont Middle School, has a designated drop-off area for students. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police have made an arrest in the Aug. 8 murder of Hy Soon Oh, 67, of La Crescenta. Forensic evidence led investigators to 20-year-old Devon White of Lynwood. The suspect is a previously convicted felon who was on probation at the time of his arrest. White is also a documented gang […]
By Mary O’KEEFE As reported previously, a Target is moving into the now vacant Sport Chalet at 2 Sport Chalet Drive in La Cañada Flintridge. Sport Chalet was the anchor store within the Town Center complex, but closed its doors in 2016. Last week, Target announced it would be bringing a 45,865-square-foot store to the […]