By Mary O’KEEFE A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s sergeant has been arrested pursuant to a LASD internal criminal investigation and subsequent criminal filing by the LA City Attorney’s Office, according to a statement from LASD. The City Attorney’s Office confirmed it has filed four misdemeanor charges against Michael Spina, a LASD sergeant, on July 28. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Anthony Keller was at his home recently when there was a knock on the door. He answered and the man standing on his porch said he was with a real estate firm. Keller said he rented his home and began explaining how he did not think the home was for sale. […]
The Montrose Shopping Park Association invites everyone to some family fun movies in the shopping park. By Mary O’KEEFE The Montrose Film Festival is this weekend and will feature four films: “Ice Age: Collision Course,” Ratatouille,” “The Princess Bride” and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” The Montrose Film Festival was just an idea […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Oct. 18, the Montrose Search and Rescue team will be celebrating its 70th anniversary. The search and rescue team is composed of volunteers who have been trained through the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. MSAR members are dispatched from the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. The volunteers receive $1 a year as […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Local public schools are back in session and it is time to remind drivers that traffic has increased. Parents are rushing to drop their children off and teen drivers are searching for elusive parking spaces near Crescenta Valley High School. California Highway Patrol, Glendale police and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies will […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The last time it was seen here was February 1979. That was the last time the moon crossed in front of the sun, totally blocking it out in some areas. There are often two eclipses somewhere in the world during a calendar year, sometimes there are as many as five, but that […]
By Mary O’KEEFE While many students at Crescenta Valley High School are busy buying backpacks and squeezing in the last little bit of summer fun, members of the CVHS band are getting ready for the 2017-18 school year. For two weeks before school begins, 132 musicians and color guard members set their alarms for “early” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The large east-facing window at Christian Life Church was damaged by what Pastor Randy Foster described as what appeared to be a gunshot. Foster said he is not certain if it had anything to do with Tuesday night’s fatal shooting in the 2900 block of Montrose Avenue. The church is in the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Police Department homicide detectives continue their investigation into the murder of a Montrose woman that occurred on Tuesday night. Glendale police have released the name of the woman that was shot and killed in the parking garage beneath her Montrose Avenue apartment. Hy Soon Oh, 67, owned South Los Angeles business […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was an exciting day for the Historical Society of Crescenta Valley on Aug. 4 when it finally received a unique piece of Montrose history. In 1915, the citizens of the newly-formed town of Montrose honored the man who was responsible for their town’s existence. Robert Walton was a local real estate […]