- Rep. Adam Schiff is convening a congressional panel today to investigate the Station Fire, at the Chambers Court of Appeals Building, 125 S. Grand Ave., Pasadena. It starts at 9 AM and will go on until about noon. His panel will supplement a separate investigation by the General Accounting Office called for by Schiff.
- Also on today's calendar: the interfaith "Daniel Pearl Harmony for Humanity" interfaith concert, 11 AM at the Weizmann Day School, 1434 N. Altadena Dr., Pasadena. St. Mark's School in Altadena will participate.
- From the Kansas City Star (!) comes an article on the recently-chosen Rose Princesses. Among them: Altadena resident Tenaya Miyoko Senzaki, 17, who attends Pasadena High School. The Rose Queen will be announced Oct. 19.
- Get your talent on: this Sat., Oct. 16, starting at 9 AM, auditions are open for the We've Got the Beat Talent Show and Contest at the Library, 600 E. Mariposa. Culminating a week of Teen Read week activities, the talent show itself will be Oct. 22.
- Speaking of the library, it's one week until the "Read Like a Writer" workshop with Alta-novelist Michelle Huneven. The workshop starts at 7 PM Oct. 19, but Michelle would like to you have a couple of works under your belt before then -- details in our earllier story here.