Baja Ranch Market was named business of the month for CT 4603.02 at Tuesday night's Altadena Town Council meeting. From left to right: Baja Ranch's Michael Anthony, store manager Enriqueta Sulub, census tract representatives Ken Roberts and Dr. Sandra Thomas, and market owner Aner Iglesias.
by Timothy Rutt
At Tuesday night's Altadena Town Council meeting:
- Gene Stevenson resigned as town council member for CT 4603.01. Stevenson was only named to the position in October 2011. Anyone interested in filling out the term (which expires in 2012) should contact the other census tract representative, Doug Colliflower, at doug.colliflower@altadenatowncouncil.org, or 626-797-8441 ext 205.
- The council revealed the winner of the Altadena flag competition. Unfortunately, the full page printed graphic we were provided is quite pixel-y and doesn’t reproduce well. It isn’t on the town council website either. We can tell you it’s the town seal on a white background with eight stars above it (representing the census tracts) and a green stripe on the bottom with “ALTADENA, CA” in gold san serif caps in an uninteresting font. And “CA” is an abbreviation used by the postal service with ZIP codes in mind -- it isn’t really a state abbreviation. Outside of some districts in San Diego and Alabama, and some street names elsewhere, there is no other Altadena, so why have the state abbreviation, anyway? (/soapbox off).
- Altadena Sheriff Lt. Duane Allen gave some end of year statistics: crime is down 25.1 percent overall, with burglaries down 26.8 percent Robberies are down 5 percent, assaults down 24.8 percent, about 25 percent for larceny/theft, and 38 percent drop in grand theft auto.
Allen said that people are still leaving valuables in their cars, making them a target for thieves. Allen also said that a burglary was thwarted last week by an alert resident who saw suspicious persons in their neighbor’s yard and called the sheriff. - Meliza Hernandez of the county Parks and Recreation Department said that they were taking signups for basketball leagues at Charles White and Loma Alta parks. There was also a walking club aimed at seniors that meets at Charles White from 7-9 AM in the morning, and a new disc golf activity that meets in the afternoon after school. Friends of Charles White Park will meet at 5 PM Jan. 10 at the park.
