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The sheriff's copter is flying over approx. NW part of town. A horse is on the loose, and they're afraid its rider may have fallen off.
But something's going on at the golf course and Eliot Middle School area, too that's involving the chopper. We're keeping the ear on the scanner.
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This note to town councilor Alice Wessen from Ernest J. Brambila of Alliance Commercial Properties is being passed around the newsgroups. Altadena Plaza is presently wrapping up construction on Lincoln Ave. and Altadena Drive:
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breaking the wall again:
Thank you for your prayers and good thoughts. Our little friend Jolie got to leave the hospital, and will be recovering at home. We're very grateful that she and her family dodged a bullet.
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PSN's Citybeats column tells us that a mass was held last week in Simi Valley for Tommy Bowman, the eight year old boy who vanished in the Altadena foothills fifty years ago. It was likely that Bowman was the victim of serial child-killer Mack Ray Edwards. Pasadena author Weston DeWalt, who was writing a book about the boy's disappearance found the connection to Edwards and ended up writing about the killer's career (Edwards hanged himself in prison, boo hoo). A sad story from our local past.
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The Altadena Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual banquet and officer installation Jan. 23 at the Altadena Town & Country Club. Highlight of the festivities is honoring Altadena's Citizen of the Year, who this year is Sara Carnahan.
Sara has been active in Altadena for years and years. She was born in Altadena and attended Eliot Jr High and Pasadena High School. She has served on many community boards; including two terms as President of the Altadena Historical Society, Altadena Meals on Wheels, Altadena Senior Center, ACCAB board, American Association of University Women and much more She is currently a member of League of Women Voters, Pasadena area.
Reserve your table or seat now by calling the Chamber office at (626)794-3988 or sending a check.
Tickets are $75.00. A table of ten (10) is $700.00.
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Minor quake just hit. Per scanner, various sheriff stations have just been put on standby, including Crescenta Valley.
KFWB website says 5.0, epicenter at San Bernardino, at 7:49 PM.
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The Altadena Sheriff's Station and Community Advisory Committee are sponsoring a forum on parenting resources in the community center. Click on the graphic to see the details.
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(You SF geeks know the reference).
Bill W. sends us this article from NASA that Saturday we will experience a "perigee moon," the largest full moon of the year. (The largest full moon of 2008 was last month!) We're definitely going to see it AND keep the police scanner on!
(Pictured: last year's perigee moon in Wisconsin, courtesy NASA.)
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Breaking down the wall to deal with personal stuff:
Our little friend Jolie, 7, is a classmate of our son's and resident of Sierra Madre. Jolie is a bright, social child, and a close friend to our boy. She had a heart transplant before she was a year old. Now, she is in Children's Hospital/LA, as her body is rejecting the heart. Please keep your thoughts and prayers with this girl and her amazing family.
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The Razor has a great story in this week's PWeekly about the kerfluffle involving small low-income apartments on Raymond south of Woodbury. Tenants have complained about nonattention to rodents, cockroaches, and bad plumbing, and many complaining tenants have been served with notices of eviction. Reason for eviction? Nonpayment of rent (altho' it goes into an escrow account pending repairs), and plans to subdivide the apartments into even smaller units. It's all in court, of course. Solid piece.
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Capt. Bob's rockets and robots? We're so there!:
7 PM at the Altadena Library Community Room, 600 E. Mariposa.
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Jeremiah Small's fine Stonehill News blog has spotted some new signs up on the ACT this week.
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There's been much chatter in the online newsgroups in recent weeks about young people soliciting for magazine subscriptions. Greg Stanton's Meadows blog reports that a young man has also started soliciting for books in his neighborhood.
Many of these are scams of one sort or another. This has also been used in other places as a cover for casing houses for later burglaries. If this arouses your suspicions, give a call to the sheriff at 798-1131. (We have more magazines than we can read anyway, and restrict our at-the-door purchases to schoolchildren and Girl Scouts selling cookies).
UPDATE 1/08: Dennis Bridwell writes to tell us that "Craig Trautman," the name used by the guy working the Meadows, is about as real as "Betty Crocker" -- it's a name they use in a nationwide scam.
UPDATE 1/9: Apparently they hit Harding in the President Streets neighborhood Thursday, according to newsgroup alerts.
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Check out Petrea Burchard's essential Pasadena Daily Photo today for a great composition of the ice house behind Webster's. Just let the shadows do the talking!
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At about 8:45 PM, sheriff's deputies are looking into a disturbance near New York and Allen, about 1700 block New York Ave. According to the scanner, apparently some kind of domestic dispute, but they're talking about having tasers available. Lots of sirens. We're monitoring the situation.
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Do not mess with Beatrice Maullin. The 87-year-old Altadenan holds the world record in the bench press for people aged 85-90. She may need a cane to walk, but she can handle herself around the machines. PSN has all the details.
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Lots of thefts this round of the Crime Log:
Dec. 8: 2916 N. Emerson Way, two adult males arrested for residential burglary.
Dec. 18: Man forcibly steals items from victim on 2615 N. Fair Oaks Ave.
Dec. 18: Several perps use a simulated handgun to steal several thousand real dollars from a victim at 1521 N. Allen Ave.
Dec. 19: A laptop computer is stolen from an unlocked car at 962 Wapello St.
Dec. 25: 2408 Lincoln Ave., adult male arrested for vandalizing the wall of a business (Merry Christmas!)
Dec. 27: 233 E. Calavaras St., man arrested for possession of narcotics for sale and assaulting a peace officer.
Dec. 27: 350 W. Mountain View St., man assaulted another man with a crowbar.
“The Altadena Station crime log is published for the purpose of providing the community with a sampling of reported crimes within the Altadena Station jurisdiction. This report does not include all criminal activity occurring within the parameters of this report. The objective of this report is to enhance community awareness and assist its members in taking proactive steps towards ensuring their safety and the safety of others within the community.”
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Join the Altadena NAACP Annual Jubilee Celebration with music, song and special guests. The theme is “Hope, …Yet the Struggle Continues.” Sun., Jan. 11, 3-5 PM at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 2283 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Altadena.
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Sid Gally's Monday PSN excursion into Pasadena history looks at dispatches from the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition and Fair (a precursor of the Word's Fair, and whatever happened to those, anyway?) Ray Conger and Isabelle Bates WInslow covered it for the Pasadena Daily Evening Star.
There are a few Altadena connections to the Fair. One of them is that (legend has it) the Turkish pavilion was shipped here after the fair and turned into the smoking room at the McNally House. Of course, the Brothers Green were inspired by the Oriental architecture on display and exercised that inspiration in several notable Pasadena and Altadena locations. Gally ends by telling us that the largest searchlight at the exhibition ended its days on top of Echo Mountain (just out of range of the Weathercam!)
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Author Nat B. Read reveals the amazing tale of the "pioneer, beaver trapper and trader, grizzly bear hunter, Indian fighter, justice of the peace, farmer, rancher, politician, horticulturalist, vinter, real estate entrepreneur, and one of the great landholders in Southern California," Don Benito Wilson. This is a joint presentation of the Altadena Historical Society and Friends of the Altadena Library, and it will take place at the Community Center, 730 E. Altadena Dr., starting at 7:30 PM.
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Details are in the flyer (click to enlarge) about the program starting next week at Danny's Farm for ages 5-17. (And it can be vendored thru Regional Center).
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Altadenan Ramses Barden, a senior at Cal Poly SLO and receiver for the Mustangs, has opted to play in the Senior Bowl. Says the SLO Tribune:
The Cal Poly senior receiver will be the first-ever Mustang to play in the Senior Bowl after opting out of his previous commitment to play in the East-West Shrine Game, which will be held Jan. 17 in Houston, Tex.
The Under Armour Senior Bowl will be played in Mobile, Ala. and is scheduled to be televised on the NFL Network at 4 p.m. on Jan. 24. The annual event features the country’s best senior NFL Draft prospects.
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This blog would not be what is is without the ever-energetic and ubiquitous Bill Westphal. Just want to make that clear at the outset, and thank him for yet another spectacular picture.
The B-2 bomber made its usual appearance at the Rose Parade this morning, an hour delayed due to frost on its wings at Palmdale, according to the stories. Shortly after 9 AM, it finally swooped over the parade route and turned back home to its Kansas hangar. Picture here from this morning, making a turn over the Verdugos.
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There was so much going on this year, it’s hard to keep it all sorted, and hard to decide what to leave out! But here, listed in no particular order, are Altadena’s Top Ten stories of the past year:
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