Montrose News

Fashion and play meet at the hopscotch door of It Takes a Village...Kids . Kids and parents enter a bright, green room surrounded with framed children's drawings, spiked and futuristic Mad Pax backpacks and pale pink tutus by Color Me Casey - a design by local mom Casey Primo.

Notice anything different? We hope so - and we hope you're as excited about it as we are! As of today, we are expanding our coverage area to officially include La Crescenta! We'll now be featuring all the latest news, information and local business listings from both towns.

Three men with ties to a Montrose irrigation business were arrested Wednesday night after police seized 700 marijuana plants from a warehouse in Van Nuys and 200 more at the home of one of the men.

Former Glendale councilman John Drayman, center, walks with community members in Montrose during the 2008 National Night Out.

Three men with ties to a Montrose irrigation business were arrested Wednesday night for allegedly growing 700 marijuana plants, hundreds of which were seized in a warehouse in Van Nuys.

Authorities called off the active search in the Verdugo Mountains area for a Burbank FBI agent who went missing on May 11, and will orient their search around any help the public can provide, authorities told the Burbank Leader on Wednesday.

A gunman with a reputation for cleaning up corrupt backwater towns has taken up residence in La Canada Flintridge, with an eye on north Glendale and the whole Crescenta Valley.

La Crescenta teens inspired a decade-long study about adolescence for Chap Clark, Ph.D., who spoke at Crescenta Valley's first prayer breakfast Tuesday.A Clark first began substitute teaching at Crescenta Valley High School from 2001 to 2002.

The Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, a group with local ties that began as the Altadena Foothills Conservancy, has a May 31 deadline to buy land for a nature preserve above Montrose.

A new jewelry store is set to open in Montrose on Honolulu Avenue.A The building owner will apparently run the store, said Melinda Clarke, Executive Director of Montrose Chamber of Commerce.A The location is Paper Rabbit's former spot at 2269 Honolulu Ave.

This week is the nationalA Bike to Work week, a week intended to promote cycling as a commuting alternative to driving and to encourage bicycle use in general.

A California black bear that weighed an estimated 400 lbs. was taken out of a backyard at 2469 Montrose Ave.

An 18-year-old Montrose woman was arrested Monday on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol after losing control of her car and crashing into a light pole on Canada Boulevard, officials said.

By Laurisa White Reyes for Cynthia Leitich Smith 's Cynsations Once Upon A Time in Montrose, California is the oldest children's bookshop in America.

Local residents board the La Crescenta/La Canada Flintridge Beach Bus to start the Summer's first run at Two-Strike Park in La Crescenta in 2010.

The online newspaper WeHo News apparently shut down March 1 and now has returned .

Former Glendale Mayor John Drayman has been charged with 28 felony counts stemming from allegations that he embezzled as much as $880,000 from a Montrose farmer's market between 2004 and 2011, according a grand jury indictment unsealed on Tuesday.

Author Laurisa White Reyes, left, briefly talks about the plot of her book, 'The Rock of Ivanore, Book I: The Celestine Chronicles,' during a book signing, at Once Upon A Time book store in Montrose.

As anyone who lives within a few miles ofA KinneloaA Mesa in Altadena can attest, Thursday's bear media circus included about six or seven hours of helicopter noise from media outlets taking aerial footage of the mama bear and cubs who climbed a tree in the area.

Green. White. Red. These are the colors that you'll see waved proudly on Saturday for Cinco de Mayo.