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We're listening to the scanner about 7 PM, and sheriff units are massing at the Pinecrest Gate -- Altadena station tells us that a dead body has been found in the canyon, but no other details at this time. We're continuing to monitor.
MEANWHILE -- another unconfirmed scanner call out on an attempted suicide at Altadena & Fair Oaks about 7:15. It's a busy night.
UPDATE 9:30 PM: Per the scanner, the coroner and homicide division are at the location, which apparently is uphill from the bridge,
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Chart: local water companies will have some restrictions in place to curtail water use for ten days in March.
Local water suppliers from Claremont to La Crescenta are asking for voluntary restrictions on household irrigation and other water use for ten days next month as a major plant undergoes upgrades.
In Altadena, those affected include households supplied by Lincoln Ave. Water Co., Las Flores Water Co., and Pasadena Water and Power. Customers of Rubio Canyon Land and Water have ample reserves and will not be affected by the restrictions.
Foothill Municipal Water District General Manager Nina Jazmadarian told Altadenablog this morning that the Metropolitan Water District's F.E. Weymouth Water Treatment Plant in La Verne will be shut down from March 18 through 27, which will affect 1.7 million customers in the area. The Weymouth plant treats a blend of waters from the Metropolitan Water District's Colorado River Aqueduct and State Water Project.
During the shutdown, Metropolitan plans to make needed reliability upgrades, prepare the plant for ozone treatment, and inspect structures that are inaccessible when the plant is in service.
Metropolitan supplies Pasadena Water and Power as well as Foothill, which in turn supplies many other water districts around the area, including the ones in Altadena, La Crescenta, and La Canada. Foothill's service to Pasadena, which affects some neighborhoods in Altadena, will be taken out of service for six days during this period to replace certain components.
Bob Muir, press office manager for Metropolitan Water District, recommended that gardeners delay putting in spring plantings until after the La Verne plant goes back online.
MWD has established a website with more information. Links to Foothill are here.
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... or at least this last weekend! While we were still recovering from our fifth head cold this season, Gary Altadena was taking pictures of St. Elizabeth's Mardi Gras festival, which went on despite the wet weather. Hipstamatic is an iPhone app that makes your 21st century digital photos look like crappy old Polaroids, and here it is in full blossom!
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A couple of crime/scam items have crossed the transom this weekend that you should be aware of. Here's the first:
A Lawndale man met with a man he had contacted through Craigslist to purchase an iPhone on Feb. 19. They met at a parking lot in Temple City, where the Lawdale man planned to purchase an iPhone that was advertised for sale for $500.
According to the sheriffs, "Instead of selling the victim the iPhone, the suspect pointed a handgun at the victim and demanded that he hand over all his money. Fearing for his life, the victim gave the suspect the $500 in cash, which he had brought with him to pay for the iPhone. The victim then turned and ran for his life. The victim was not injured."
Investigators from the Asian Gang Team at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office and the Temple City Station conducted an investigattion that lidentified the suspect as Daniel So, 19, of South Pasadena.
So was arrested after a stakeout on Feb. 25 where he left his home with another man, Garrett Helstrom, 20, of South Pasadena. Deputies stopped their vehicle, and found deputies found an exact replica of a semi-automatic handgun and suspected stolen property. Both men were arrested and are being held at Temple City Sheriff's station under $100,000 bail.
Investigators believe that So and Helstrom may have committed similar robberies in the San Gabriel Valley area. If you were a victim of this type of robbery, please contact sheriff's investigators or your local law enforcement authorities and report it.
Partner to prevent or report crime by contacting your local Sheriff’s station. Or if you wish to remain Anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
Safety considerations from the sheriff's office, after the jump:
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The sheriffs have also sent us this scam going around. We thought it sounded a little urban legend-ish, but a trusted source says her organization was victimized by this to the tune of $300, so it's worth repeating:
Members of the public are being tricked by jail inmates and others through a telephone scam.
The increasing pattern was noticed by deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, who have been receiving an increasing number of phone calls from people who have been scammed.
Members of the public have been calling the Sheriff's Department and asking to talk to a specific deputy, detective, or sergeant who had just called them. The real deputy who answers the phone explains they are mistaken, as the named deputy does not exist or is not on duty.
The scam begins by the victim caller receiving a call from a person claiming to be a deputy. This imposter tells the victim that one of their family member's has been incarcerated or involved in an accident. The imposter then informs the victim caller that their family member provided the victim caller's name as an emergency contact.
The victim caller is then instructed to call a number that begins with *72 (Example: *72-323-555-1212) to get the information they will need. When the victim caller hangs up and dials the number provided, they are told they have a wrong number.
Concerned for the safety of their family member, the victim caller then calls an information line (4-1-1) and asks for a number to the Sheriff's Department. They are then connected with a real deputy.
However, since the victim caller used the prefix *72 to initiate their last phone call, they have just automatically forwarded all their incoming calls to the scammer's phone number (These include collect calls from inmates who want to avoid paying for collect calls). The billing for these forwarded calls goes to the victim caller until they turn off call forwarding on their phone (usually by dialing *73).
If not careful, victims can be scammed out of a lot of money in collect-call fees before they find this out.
Do Not Dial *72 unless you want to forward your calls.
If you have been involved in this scam, and you have already dialed a number beginning with *72, contact your phone service provider to learn how to shut off automatic call forwarding.
For more information regarding this scam, please read the below alert from the California Public Utilities Commission for further details, recommendations and recourse.
Continue reading "Crime story 2: Dial *72 inmate phone scam making the rounds" »
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The Friends of the Altadena Library has launched a membership drive and the Membership Committee would like to acquaint your club or organization with what’s possible in a short 5-10 minute presentation at your next meeting.
You could be missing out on many life-changing events (all FREE) just because you don’t know what’s going on at the Altadena Library. The library has programs for everyone from toddlers to job seekers to aspiring writers, and events the whole family can enjoy. Whether you want to learn the computer or get your kids to like reading, or even find your voice as a writer, the library can help make it so.
Individual memberships to the Friends are only $10 a year. Family memberships are $25. Call the Membership Committee Chair Loreydean Sullivan today at 626-296-0961 to arrange a presentation for your club or organization.
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The Pasadena Unified School District has opened up another window to enroll in the Spanish and Mandarin dual language immersion programs (it runs today through Friday). Click here for more information or to sign up.
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Altadena artist Edward Beckett will join Oscar-winning composer Mark Isham in a joint presentation of their works at Wildfire Studios in Los Angeles.
We've talked about Beckett's ekphrastic art on this page before. On Sat., March 12, Wildire will hold a reception for Beckett and Isham at their studios 640 S. San Vicente Blvd. in the Mid-Wilshire area, from 2-7 PM. Call 323-951-1700 with any questions.
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The Sheriff's Support Group of Altadena has just unveiled the final poster (albeit in black and white) for this summer's concert series at Farnsworth Park. Click for acts, dates, and sponsors
July 9 – Irish Volunteers & the Irish Pride Dancers
July 16 – The Downbeat Express
July 23 – The Brian Hughes Quintet
July 30 – Upstream Music
Aug. 6 – The Blue Breeze Band
Aug. 13 – Lisa Haley & the Zydekats
Aug. 20 – The Last Chance Band
Aug. 27 – The Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Sept. 10 – The Beach Toys
This year's concert is sponsored by Warner Brother Pictures, Rotary Club of Altadena, Supt. Michael D. Antonovich, Biaetti Seyffert Dickson Podley Realtors, Georgia Rutherford, Toyota of Pasadena, Irish Pride, and Altadenablog.
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Coming a little early for St. Patrick's Day, Dr. Vanessa R. Sheldon, award-winning Celtic harpist and composer, will appear in a free concert at the Altadena Library's Community Room on Fri., March 11, starting at 7 PM. Dr. Sheldon has performed for Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelous, and at the Kennedy Center with Masatoshi Mitsumoto.
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Come to the Altadena Main Library, 600 E. Mariposa St., as Mad Science presents a fun and educational night filled with fanastic displays and fun experiments. Suitable for kids 6 and over, Science Night includes hands-on exhibits and take-home projects. It's on Tues., March 8, at Library Community Room, starting at 6:30 PM.
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PSN has come out to endorse incumbents Renatta Cooper and Tom Selinske, and Altadena's Gene Stevenson for seats on the school board at the March 8 election, which sounds right to us. We love Seat 2 write-in candidate Cushon Bell, but we think that the candidate forums that she avoided are actually a very important step in vetting potential candidates and we think voters need a fair chance to size up the competition. We look forward to Bell mounting a full campaign to show her mettle in 2013.
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.. seems to be the word of the day: graupel, aka granular snow pellets, also known as soft hail. There seems to be an emerging consensus that that's what we had falling in different neighborhoods today.
So, we're willing to call that we had snow in Altadena on Feb. 26, 2011. Yes, it didn't look like a picture frame from Currier and Ives, and there probably wasn't enough to build a decent sized snowman, but there seems to be no argument that we were snowed on today.
Our proof: reader Robert sent this picture -- and you can make a decent size snowball from the stuff, and that's good enough for us!
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Had some scattered sightings of solid precipitation around town this morning -- Altadeablog World Headquarters south of Altadena Dr. collected some of this sleet/snow/hail/whatever it is about 8:30 this morning.
Elliot "Cameraman" Gold took some pictures of the stuff falling down around the Upside-Down T neighborhood:
Isaac Garcia shares video when it hit his neighborhood around Loma Alta and Porter shortly after noon:
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Pictured: a simulation of the monopine cell tower on Loma Alta Drive.
A group of neighbors have filed an appeal with the LA County Board of Supervisors to put a stop to a proposed cell phone tower at 147 E. Loma Alta Dr.
The county Department of Regional Planning approved the cell tower Feb. 9, but some residents directly surrounding the site are claiming that the full story about what was to go on the site was never made public, according to Pilar Goeders, one of the residents behind the appeal, which was filed Wednesday. According to Goeders, they were told the appeal would be heard by the supervisors in April or May.
The basis of the appeal, Goeders said, was "multipronged," but included claims that the approved plan was not just for the planned 100 foot ATT monopine, but another tower on the site, 85 feet hight, that would subleased by T-Mobile. The appeal also calls for a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) report, and an arborist report -- Goeders said that a tree had recently fallen over on the property, and the neighbors are concerned that other trees could knock down the cell towers and endanger residents.
"It's very multi-pronged, but certainly a general issue is that there were issues that weren't addressed -- people immediately close to the tower weren't brought in ... there are a lot of unanswered questions. Really, that's the issue."
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PUSD elections: we commend to all Andre Coleman's piece in the Pasadena Weekly about some of the behind-the-scenes drama in next month's school board election. Former Altadena Town Councilman Keith "Sarge" Gibbs is a player in the drama as well. Good work by Andre.
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The Occidental-Caltech Symphony Orchestra will hold two free concerts this weekend under the direction of Allen Robert Goss.
Misha Raffiee will be solo violinist during the program.
The concerts will be held Sat., Feb. 26, at 7:30 PM at Thorne Hall at Occidental College, and on Sun., Feb. 27, at 3:30 PM at Ramo Auditorium, Caltech.
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A motion by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich directs the Department of Public Works to conduct an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the proposed project to remove over 1.5 million cubic yards of sediment from the Devil's Gate Dam and Reservoir area in Pasadena, according to a statement released from his office Friday.
“With a significant impact on the environment and the community, this project merits careful environmental analysis,” said Antonovich in the statement.
The motion also requires the Department to report back to the Board in 90 days with a plan to remove sediment along the face of the dam while the EIR is conducted on the entire site.
The project as planned will require 300-400 trucks per day for about three years to remove sediment in the area of Hahamongna Watershed.
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Christ the Shepherd Lutheran Church will be holding its annual Chili Cook-Off on Sat., Feb. 26, from 6-8 PM. in the Community Hall at 185 West Altadena Drive, Altadena (corner of Glenrose). The event is sponsored by the Youth of CTS in collaboration with CTS' World Famous "Chili Mentors." Tickets are $10.00 for ages 12 and up; $5.00 for children under 12. Proceeds will benefit CTS Community Youth Programs. ALL are welcome!
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The Crown City Symphony presents "Four Centuries of Music" in two free concerts next month.
The concerts will be at 2 PM Sat., March 12 at the Altadena Senior Center, 560 E. Mariposa, and at 2 PM at the First Baptist Church of Pasadena, 75 N. Marengo, Pasadena.
Marvin Neumann conducts the symphony and violin soloist Charles Hummel in a program that includes:
Mozart—Overture to “Cosi Fan Tutte”—18th Century (Cynthia Nunes, Conductor)
Neumann—“Redux” for String Orchestra—21st Century
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto #2---20th Century
Chabrier—“Espana”---19th Century
The concerts are made possible in part through private donations and sponsored by the Tuesday Musicale of Pasadena. Call 626-797-1994 for more information, or go to crowncitysymphony.org
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On Thursday, the California Wildlife Conservation Board voted unanimously to fund the acquisition of an 18-acre parcel of open space in Rubio Canyon by the Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy (AFC). The $545,000 grant will allow AFC to purchase this parcel, the third and final piece of the conservancy’s overall acquisition of 41-acres in the canyon.
“We’re very grateful for the Wildlife Conservation Board’s support, and for the support of members of the local community who made this possible,” said John Howell, AFC’s executive director said in a statement. “This is a terrific accomplishment for the whole community.”
The project to preserve Rubio Canyon began in August 2009, when AFC acquired a 20-acre parcel of open space that includes a popular trail to a waterfall. The conservancy is currently restoring trails and leading hikes on that parcel.
In October 2010, AFC acquired a three-acre parcel that had previously been slated for development with assistance from the office of L.A. County Supervisor Michael Antonovich and funds from the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority.
While the acquisition of the property is nearly complete, the conservancy plans to restore native habitat, rebuild and re-open trails that have been closed to the public for decades, and lead hikes on those trails.
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The Altadena Library is looking for artists and vendors for its second annual Art on Millionaire's Row festival, to be held Sat., June 11.
This year's festival promises more participants, food, and music in a fundraiser to support the Library Foundation. There will also be an artist's reception on Fri., June 10, and a chance to be an artist yourself: a special competition in which all participants are invited to make a special artpiece to celebrate the book, using actual books, which be given to participants. There will be a separate special award for the best entry.
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Cholo is still missing: the Australian shepherd left his owner's backyard on Crawford between Calaveras and Alameda streets on Feb. 17, and he's still out there somewhere. His owner is offering a $500 reward for her precious pet.
He is 10 years old, has never been out on his own before. He is quite large for an Aussie, weighs about 75 lbs, is a "bue Merle" with distinctive black, gray white markings with some tan around his muzzle and forelegs, as the photos show.
He has a black mask on one side of his face, with a checkerboard pattern on the top of his head. He was wearing a collar and tags.
If anyone has any information, please call Gina: 626-798-3208 or cell 626-733-3244.
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There will be a meeting to discuss the draft LA County Trails manual (available as pdf here: http://lacountytrailsmanual.com/) on Mon., Feb. 28, from 6-10 PM at the Birch Room of Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Dr., La Canada Flintridge.
Marietta Kruells has sent around a message encouraging equestrians to attend, as their concerns don't seem to be adequately addressed in the draft.
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First, the bullet for the weekend:
Thanks to Carolyn Seitz, who sent us the county forecast, after the jump:
Continue reading "Stomwatch: heavy rains, foothill snow on its way" »
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Join St. Elizabeth of Hungary's Catholic Church this weekend for a Mardi Gras Carnival, today through Sunday. Among the events featured are: live music performances, carnival rides, a beer garden, several food booths, a shoe-box float parade, a raffle with an Apple iPad as first prize, games for kids and teens (with prizes), and contests (prizes and awards)! This community event is fun for the entire family. The Mardi Gras will be held on the Church grounds in Altadena, 1879 N. Lake. Everyone is welcome!!
Hours are: Fri. Feb. 25 6-10 PM; Sat. Feb. 26, 2-10 PM, Sun., Feb. 27, 1-8 PM
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Cushon Bell with sons (l-r) Devan, Dustin, and Dylan. Photo By Gina Bilajiw Long.
Recently-announced PUSD board Seat 2 write-in candidate Cushon Bell will represent the state of California at Parenting Magazine's Mom Congress at Georgetown University in April.
Each year, Parenting chooses 51 outstanding "mom education advocates" -- one from each state and Washington, D.C. -- from essays submitted at Parenting.com to win an all-expense paid trip to attend the annual Mom Congress on Education and Learning conference at Georgetown University. During the event, the moms meet with the country's most prominent education and advocacy leaders to discuss the importance of family engagement in helping American achieve its education goals.
Altadena resident Bell will be attending the conference on April 10-13, where speakers include Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, educator Michelle Rhee, and chef Jamie Oliver, who has started an initiative about school nutrition.
Bell is known as an active school parent: she's the room mom for 9-year-old Devan's third grade class at Sierra Madre Elementary School and she's the school site ambassador for the African American Parent's Council. She's also been active in wider PUSD issues, with the Pasadena Education Network, the Yes on CC campaign last year, and Invest in PUSD Kids.
Last year, she also took leadership training thrugh LA Voice/PICO, and lobbied in Sacramento.
Bell has two younger children: Dylan, 6, in the second grade at Sierra Madre Elementary School, and Dustin, 4, who goes to Lake Ave. preschool.
Bell taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 14 years, and has been on leave for the last four. She is married to senior program analyst Adam Bell, who is also active with his boys in Central Altadena Little League.
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The successful "Fancy Food Truck Friday" at the Webster's complex, where four gourmet food trucks that parked in the lot sold their wares to a buzzing, appreciative crowd on Feb. 11, has sparked an investigation by county planning officials that may already put an end to the planned monthly event.
Supervising regional planner Alex Garcia said that "right now, the problem is that they're using required parking spaces." Having the food trucks occupy parking lot spaces while the businesses were still open was a potential violation under Title 22 of the county code, Garcia said. "Either you open up the parking lot, or open up the stores," he said. Garcia said that a "resident complaint" got the investigation rolling.
Of course, one of the reasons the event was held was to attract customers to the three businesses that sponsored the event: Webster's Fine Stationers, Webster's Community Pharmacy, and Webster's Liquors.
Lori Webster, one of the owners of Webster's Fine Stationers, said that she heard from county planning that, even though it was a privately-owned parking lot, they would need to get a conditional use permit to use it for the monthly gatherings -- and such permits are expensive and usually only given to non-profits. Webster's Community Pharmacy owners Michael and Meredith Miller were out of town and unable to comment.
Garcia said that the enforcement process on these kind of permit violations could result in a $667 fee for noncompliance. Whether the stores would be subjected to that fee would "depend on what the details are," Garcia said.
Garcia said that he was still trying to get in contact with the Webster's companies, and "hopefully find a solution."
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Revvell Revati shared this picture of parrots in her trees earlier this week.
Get ready for a cold, wet weekend, says the National Weather Service:
Friday night, rain is predicted and snow showers are likely. Heavy rain, thunder, 90% chance of precipitation, and snow showers around 1500-1000 feet. High is near 56 on Friday, and predicted low is 42 degrees.
Saturday, high near 42 degrees.60% preciptation, and new snow accumulation of less than an inch in the hills possible.
Sunday it's to be mostly sunny, with high hear 52 and low around 36 degrees.
So where do the parrots come in?
Lori Paul shares the following:
Continue reading "Brrr! Cold weekend in the offering, snow in hills; mind your freezin' parrots" »
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For a great opportunity to join Altadena Heritage and honor local hero Ben McGinty, there will be a special gathering at the Altadena Ale & Wine House, 2329 N. Fair Oaks, to celebrate his work in the arts in Altadena on March 3. The event runs from 6-8 PM.
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New stuff is always coming in, so check back frequently!
Thurs. Feb. 24
Fri., Feb. 25
Sat., Feb. 26
Sun., Feb. 27
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Mon., Feb. 14
Between 4:30 AM & 3:00 PM: A burglary from a trailer used as a residence occurred in the 100 block of E. Woodbury Road. Suspect(s) removed the lock and chain used to secure the front door. Loss: black ‘Acer’ Aspire 15” laptop.
Wed., Feb. 16
Between 8:45 PM & 7:00 AM, Thursday: A vehicle burglary occurred in the 1500 block of Sinaloa Avenue. Suspect(s) entered the vehicle by prying the keyhole from the driver’s side door. Victim vehicle: ’07 Chevrolet Tahoe. Loss: gray & black built‐in display center console unit which includes GPS monitor, radio and rear camera.
Thurs., Feb. 17
Between 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM: A residential burglary occurred in the 2900 block of Santa Rosa Avenue. Suspect(s) entered the location by removing the glass panel from the front door. Loss: none.
Fri., Feb. 18
10:55 AM: a vehicle vandalism occurred in the 2200 block of N. Lake Avenue. Suspect and victim were involved in a verbal altercation regarding illegal parking. The suspect became irate and removed a wooden stick from his vehicle and struck the victim’s vehicle. Suspect was apprehended by deputies and taken into custody.
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Real life Wednesday ended up being more overwhelming than we thought, so we have a big pile of stuff to get to today. Updates all day long!
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... details in the flyer. Click to enlarge!
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.. it became an afternoon jolt today:
Feb. 22 (today): Regularly scheduled PUSD board meeting
Feb. 23: School board candidate forum at Cleveland Elementary School, 5 PM.
Feb. 24: African American History Bee at Eliot Middle School, 5:30 PM
Feb. 25: District-wide instrumental music festival at Pasadena High School Auditorium.
Feb. 26: First of a two-part leadership development workshop, "Parents as Leaders," facilitated by Diane Burbie, 8 AM-1 PM on the Edison campus, 119 W. Palm, Altadena. Contact susan@penfamilies.org for more information.
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The NAACP Altadena Youth Council presents: "Edutainment," a college fair with recruiters from Spelman, Howard, Hampton, Pasadena City College, Tuskegee, and many more, Sat., Feb. 26, from 1-4 PM at the Altadena Community Center, 730 E. Altadena Dr.
Special guest speaker is actor/producer Emil Pinnock (Beloved, Gridiron Gang).
There will also be an after-party at the Community Center, $5 admission before 9:30 PM, $7 after, with valid high school ID,
For more information, contact Kardia Pinckney, Altadena NAACP Youth Council Advisor, 626-794-7999 .
Or email; naacpaltadena@sbcglobal.net
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We seem to be doing a good job of it on our own and without a plan ... but if you really want to be deliberate about it and kill your patch lawn, "Swan Song for the Lawn" with Larry Santoyo is a workshop that will be held in Altadena Sat. and Sun., Feb. 26/27, from 11-4 PM each day.
This hands-on workshop you will learn the basics of food forestry, garden design, sustainable landscape construction and more.
Schedule is:
11 AM: check in and overall design and process discussion- Sat, sheet mulching, raised-bed building with stone and broken concrete.
1 PM Lunch break
1:30- 4 PM continued garden construction, tree planting and vegetable garden design and installation
RSVP for details and directions:
(310) 383-5495 text ONLY
per day ($40 for both days with one payment)
Learn how to transform a water-guzzling lawn into a garden paradise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTHmo4NLX8s
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There may still be tickets left to the Coffee Gallery's show tonight with John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for you old folks like us), who will be appearing with Matt Cartsonis and Craig Eastman, who has played with a boatload of acts over the years. Showtime is 8 PM, admission is $20, reservations are a must: 626-794-2424. Coffee Gallery is at 2029 N. Lake.
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Trailmaster Paul Ayers reports to us that the illegal wall in Rubio Canyon is coming down today, and shares some pictures.
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MACH1, a therapeutic riding program for disabled children and adults, will hold its second annual 5K walk-a-thon at Hahamongna Watershed Park on Sun., March 13,
According MACH1's Kandace Proud, money from the walkathon will help pay for all costs associated with the program (horse care, instructors, barn fees, etc.)
(No horses at the walkathon, but people can bring their dogs!)
There will also be some free snacks, a bake sale, and dog trainer Penny Scott-Fox will have a training demo.
Registration begins at 8 AM, walk begins at 9 AM. Download a registration form at http://www.moveachildhigher.org/ or call 626-798-1222
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Gina is looking for her elderly Australian shepherd:
Cholo left his Altadena backyard on Crawford between Calaveras and Alameda streets around 4:00 pm on Thursday, 2/17. His absence was noted about 20 minutes later, but he could not be found anywhere. Have driven and walked the neigborhoods west of lake to the north and south, which was his usual walking area.
He is 10 years old, has never been out on his own before. He is quite large for an Aussie, weighs about 75 lbs, is a "bue Merle" with distinctive black, gray white markings with some tan around his muzzle and forelegs, as the photos show.
He has a black mask on one side of his face, with a checkerboard pattern on the top of his head. He was wearing a collar and tags. I have his license number for verification.
If anyone has any information, please call my home: 626-798-3208 or cell 626-683-3355
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Reader Eric Wilson sent this picture of a gorgeous, clear Altadena morning after the storm (snow in the foothills!) Bill Westphal also sent us some early morning pictures from the Weathercam, after the jump.
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The March 8 election for the Pasadena Unified School District board just got something else thrown into the mix as an Altadena woman filed papers Friday to run as a write-in candidate.
Cushon Bell of Altadena needs to garner 100 signatures this week to be recognized as a write-in candidate for the school board. Bell is running for the Seat 2, held by incumbent Renatta Cooper, who until now has been running unopposed.
Pictured: Cushon Bell, from her Facebook page
Bell, who has been considering a run for some time (and told Altadenablog last week that she was definitely considering running in 2013), said that things had just fallen into place Friday when she filed to run.
What stopped her from declaring earlier, she said, was "the financial aspect of it -- tens of thousands of dollars -- and the number of candidate forums." Missing that aspect of it, she said, is "honestly appealing to me." As well, she said, "it was an issue of being a mom and the work/life balance."
Continue reading "Altadena supermom files as PUSD write-in candidate" »
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Alice Wessen shares these great pictures of a young bobcat frolicking between rains in the Chaney Trail neighborhood Saturday morning:
"He also made clear this was his territory. I'm ok with that even if my dogs disagree."
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After learning that his father, the late Dr. George Hodel, had known Elizabeth Short, victim in the infamously unsolved “Black Dahlia” case, Steve Hodel, a homicide detective with the LAPD for almost 25 years, decided to investigate.
His three year search resulted in the astonishing conclusion that his own father was the murderer as he describes in his book Black Dahlia Avenger: a Genius for Murder. Upon publishing he also discovered his father was the prime suspect all along but that there had been a police cover up and evidence had been destroyed.
Hodel, who has worked on more than three hundred investigations, decided that it was likely that such a devious murderer would have killed before and after his crime against Short. In his second book, Most Evil: Avenger, Zodiac, and the Further Serial Murders of Dr. George Hodel, (Dutton 2009), a sequel to his original investigation, the detective presents new evidence that his father may well have continued his serial killings through the 1960s.
Steve Hodel, former LAPD homicide detective and New York Times best-selling author, will present the evidence that his father was both the Black Dahlia murderer and a notorious serial killer. This sure to be absorbing program sponsored by the Friends of the Library will be held at the main Altadena Library on Mon. March 14 at 7 pm. Hodel’s books Black Dahlia Avenger: a Genius for Murder and Most Evil: Avenger, Zodiac, and the Further Serial Murders of Dr. George Hodel will be available for sale and signing.
The main Altadena Library is located at 600 E. Mariposa St., Altadena. For more information, call (626) 798-0833
Information: (626) 798-0833; www.altadenalibrary.org; pdutton@altadenalibrary.org
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