“We’re closing. Thank you for 57 great years,” Sport Chalet told customers in an email message Saturday morning. The news hit especially close to home in La Cañada Flintridge, the town ...

Sport Chalet started in 1959 when German immigrants Norbert and Irene Olberz bought a tiny La Cañada Flintridge ski shop, which they built into a publicly traded retailer with more than 50 locations.

Sport Chalet is closing all its stores and has already shut down its online sales, the La Canada Flintridge sporting goods company announced Saturday. The decision affects four stores in San Diego ...

A memorial service for Norbert Olberz, the founder of the Sport Chalet retail chain, is scheduled for Friday in La Canada Flintridge. Olberz, 86, died of natural causes last Friday. He founded ...

will continue in his current position and Sport Chalet will continue to operate from its La Canada Flintridge headquarters. Vestis, which is owned by funds advised by Versa Capital Management LLC ...