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Request: want to form a neighborhood Yahoo group?

Request: want to form a neighborhood Yahoo group?

———- View Proposed HAHA boundaries in a larger map ———– We subscribe to most of the neighborhood newsgroups to keep up with what's going on, and have been very impressed with how well they communicate and what they do — the neighborhood groups were very active during the Station Fire, they share burglary information with [...]

Center for Community and Family Services gets $1.6 million grant

Center for Community and Family Services gets $1.6 million grant

Per PSN, the Center for Community and Family Services of Altadena will get $1.6 million in federal stimulus dollars to, among other things, hire 29 more teachers and serve 114 more children for the Early Head Start program. (The Center has its headquarters in Pasadena, and runs programs in Altadena and Glendale).  The early press [...]

Tours of Eliot, Altadena Elementary available next week

Tours of Eliot, Altadena Elementary available next week

This note from Susan Savitt Schwartz, Program Director of the Pasadena Educational Network (PEN): More opportunities to tour neighborhood schools this week: Tues., 12/1 – Eliot Middle School principal Peter Pannell welcomes prospective parents and community members for a tour of the school on Tuesday, December 1, beginning at 9:00 am. (Q: Why is there [...]

ISS flyby tonight …

ISS flyby tonight …

… start looking in the northwest about 5:35 tonight — supposed to be very bright and will fly overhead. Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog

Some closed roads will re-open Monday

Some closed roads will re-open Monday

From the KCBS/KCAL site comes word that some roads that were closed by the Station Fire will re-open Monday, with the proviso that they may close again if rain beckons: Parts of the Angeles Forest Highway, Angeles Crest Highway and Big Tujunga Canyon and Upper Big Tujunga Canyon roads that were closed due to the [...]

Sheriff’s station toy drive continues thru Dec. 12

Sheriff’s station toy drive continues thru Dec. 12

Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We're on the road, so no blogging today, and will probably be light through the weekend.  Have a wonderful holiday — we have much to be thankful for this year, and hope you do too! Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog

ISS/Shuttle flyby 6:20 tonight

ISS/Shuttle flyby 6:20 tonight

Chris Considine, the Skywatcher (we really need to find him a theme song!) tells us: Just BEFORE 6:30…at about 6:20 it's one of the last shuttle missions…they are coming to a close!…. the double sized ISS and SHUTTLE 'spaceship' tonight should be super bright and directly OVERHEAD from the NORTH WEST to the SOUTH WEST…. [...]

Dec. 12 in Altadena: start with the Christmas Tree Lane crafts & lighting …

Dec. 12 in Altadena: start with the Christmas Tree Lane crafts & lighting …

On Dec. 12, 2009, the Christmas Tree Lane Association will be hosting its 89th Annual Lighting Ceremony and its first Winter Arts and Crafts Festival at the Altadena Main Public Library. Beginning at 2 PM, there will be arts and crafts, a petting zoo, performances by local groups and Santa Claus with his sleigh for [...]

Antonovich launches information effort on Angeles Crest highway closures

Antonovich launches information effort on Angeles Crest highway closures

From Supv. Michael Antonovich's office: The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich to direct the Department of Public Works to conduct a media and public outreach campaign to ensure the public is alerted in advance of any possible closures of Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2) and the Angeles Forest Highway [...]

Maude Woods - Opening October 22nd in Pasadena

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