By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Dept. of Parks and Recreation removed seven silver maple trees from the parking lot area near the entrance of Two Strike Park as well as one sawleaf Zelkova tree from inside the park. “Seven of the silver maple trees were dead. The sawleaf Zelkova was in severe decline,” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At the end of May, Girls on the Run donated $400 to Crescenta Commons as part of a community service project. Girls on the Run is a national girl empowerment program that is active at Monte Vista Elementary School. “We sold ice cream sandwiches for $1 and raised money for the Commons,” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The immigration issue has divided people but one local business hopes to unite communities using a method that is as American as apple pie – an old fashioned quilting bee. Dating back to Colonial times women within communities would gather and help each other make quilts for their families. Many used leftover […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Local ham radio operators spent the night at Verdugo Park over the weekend as they participated in the annual Field Day. As reported in the June 15 issue of CV Weekly, Field Day is a 24-hour time period when hams, as amateur radio operators are commonly known, from across North America contact […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Pathfinder was the first successful mission to the surface [of Mars],” said John Callus, project manager for MER at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Now landing on Mars seems easy, right? With each successful landing, rovers have become larger and have more equipment. It seems like a walk in the park – well, it’s […]
By Mary O’KEEFE From July 31 to Aug. 31 last year, the Montrose Search and Rescue team searched for three teens from Fontana who were reported missing after they told family and friends they drove to “the mountains.” The team searched for two days before finding a vehicle over the side and, unfortunately, the three […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On June 23, homicide investigators arrested Aramazd Andressian Sr., 35, for the murder of his son, 5-year-old Aramazd Andressian. The young boy, who was known to family and friends as Piqui, was last seen at 1 a.m. on Friday, May 21 after spending the day with his father and his father’s family […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police officers responded to a call recently concerning a disturbance by a homeless person. Although this is not an unusual call, when the officers arrived at the scene they discovered there was something different about this call. “They met [Chris] and, due to their health training, realized he needed some help,” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police have released their findings concerning a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred on May 30. GPD determined that the cause of the accident that occurred at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and New York Avenue was due to a female driver making an unsafe left hand turn. The driver, a La […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Elsie Hughes celebrated her 100th birthday with a party on Saturday at the American Legion Post 288. She sat at her table as guests came by, shook her hand and wished her well. She sat calmly with an elegance not often seen in these modern times. She smiled as folks greeted her, […]