
Home town girl makes good: Former Altadena resident Aja Brown, 31, became mayor of Compton, beating out seasoned rival Omar Bradley. Brown, an urban planner, was raised in Altadena where her mother, Brenda Jackson, still lives, and gardens at the Altadena Community Garden. The LA Times has a pre-election profile here. Shutterbuggin’ in Altadena: We [...]
June 18, 2013 | Posted in
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From left: Altadena residents Michelle Huneven and Patricia O’Sullivan with Naomi Hirahara (who writes about an Altadena-based gardenr/detective) pose at the Prospect Park Media offices in Pasadena on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The writers’ collaboration "Literary Pasadena" was released in April 2013. By Steve Appleford Pasadena Sun The literary bona fides of Pasadena have never [...]
June 17, 2013 | Posted in
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A Father’s Day meditation on a most masculine activity by Timothy Rutt I. Young man with a pipe Three decades or so ago, when it was OK to smoke indoors, the intermediate creative writing class at the University of Colorado was held in the sunlit front parlor of the former home of the college president. [...]
June 16, 2013 | Posted in
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A Father’s Day meditation on a most masculine activity by Timothy Rutt I. Young man with a pipe Three decades or so ago, when it was OK to smoke indoors, the intermediate creative writing class at the University of Colorado was held in the sunlit front parlor of the former home of the college president. [...]
June 16, 2013 | Posted in
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A Father’s Day meditation on a most masculine activity by Timothy Rutt I. Young man with a pipe Three decades or so ago, when it was OK to smoke indoors, the intermediate creative writing class at the University of Colorado was held in the sunlit front parlor of the former home of the college president. [...]
June 16, 2013 | Posted in
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Our weekly column for the Pasadena Sun is up … a taste of just some of the entertainment we have available in Altadena this summer. (Don’t worry about the Shakespeare schedule — it was written for those poor print people who will see it Sunday!) Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog
June 15, 2013 | Posted in
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Have you seen Gordo? He was lost over last weekend , June 8 and 9. He is a great big ball of fur and love. The area was Between Lake ave and Santa Rosa Ave, with Athens on the North and Las Flores on the South. He is shy around other people so if you [...]
June 14, 2013 | Posted in
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Have you seen Gordo? He was lost over last weekend , June 8 and 9. He is a great big ball of fur and love. The area was Between Lake ave and Santa Rosa Ave, with Athens on the North and Las Flores on the South. He is shy around other people so if you [...]
June 14, 2013 | Posted in
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Linda Lane White at the Christmas Tree Lane Association writes us that Saturday morning is a good time to get a workout and do a good turn to the Lane on Santa Rosa Avenue between Altadena Drive and Woodbury Road. Join the volunteer work party on Saturday morning, June 15, to clear some of the [...]
June 13, 2013 | Posted in
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Linda Lane White at the Christmas Tree Lane Association writes us that Saturday morning is a good time to get a workout and do a good turn to the Lane on Santa Rosa Avenue between Altadena Drive and Woodbury Road. Join the volunteer work party on Saturday morning, June 15, to clear some of the [...]
June 13, 2013 | Posted in
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