Winston Lieu of the Los Angeles County Dept. of Health tries to entice people to get the H1N1 vaccine at Farnsworth Park today. The county was offering free shots today (we got one), and business was really slow. Shots will be available until 2 PM today, so hurry over! Read the Full Story at Altadena [...]
We're trying to pin this one down:possibly the worst written press release we've ever seen ("Altadena Department of Parks and Recreations"? "Altadena Highway Patrol?" There are no such). We haven't gotten official notice of the event (altho' county — yes, COUNTY — parks and rec is notoriously spotty in giving us information). We'll try to [...]
PWeekly's Andre Coleman looks at the admittedly unusual governing structure of Altadena in light of the Simmons matter. (We still don't know why they keep going for quotes to the same former town councilman whom we fact-checked and found wanting the last time he was quoted — this is the third time in a month!). [...]
Siddharth Dasgupta at Zane Grey Terrace points us out to this chart as part of a New York Times story about water quality — for those of us who use Rubio Canyon Land & Water Assn. have good water quality (except for the mild radioactivity!) Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog
You knew that the Altadena Arts Coalition was planning to salvage last week's rained out Shop Hop, didn't you? FIRST, the businesses involved are extending the qualification time for the Grand Raffle until December 24. During this time, visit the listed merchants, businesses, & restaurants to get a star affixed to your Shop Hop card to qualify for [...]
Y'all come now: free shots for H1N1 (swine flu) will be given out at Farnsworth Park Fri., Dec. 18, from 9 AM to 2 PM, by the Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health. Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog
We're planning some massive updates for late tonight — a LOT of criminal activity in the past couple of days, plus just got news of collision w/ambulances responding at Woodbury and Fair Oaks (5:15 PM). Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog
At last night's town council meeting: The council started at 7:30 tonight, after having a closed executive meeting following the resignation of Herbert Simmons. Chairman Gino Sund gave a brief report that they had investigated Simmons following numerous complaints, and kept the investigation confidential to protect Simmons and the council as a whole. The investigation [...]
Embattled Altadena Town Councilman Herbert Simmons resigned today, hours before the closed meeting that was to determine if he would be removed from his council seat. The letter reads, in part: I will no longer be part of an organization that does not operate as a legitimate government and that is not open, transparent, and [...]
Realtor Tracy King has some interesting charts and comments on home prices in Altadena. Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog
