Travel day today, will be back in the saddle tomorrow. Meanwhile, here’s our weekly Pasadena Sun column on the announcement of last week’s Chamber of Commerce honors. Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog
Among Altadena’s most interesting recent arrivals is artist/designer Mumu Aung, who moved here, married long-time Altadena resident John Zoraster in 2008, and set up her atelier in his living room. Aung left her native Burma in 2001 for New York City, and she and Zoraster carried on a long distance romance from 2005 until he [...]
by TImothy Rutt Ellen Allen at her 100th birthday party in 2010. Entries will be light for the next few days — we are traveling to the old hometown, Ft. Collins, Colorado, to bury our grandmother, Ellen Allen, who died Dec. 7 at age 102. We are dragging out the old seminary training and will [...]
by TImothy Rutt The Altadena Chamber of Commerce is hosting a "Holiday Shop & Dine" event with the businesses along North Lake Avenue and Mariposa Street. All week, shoppers at participating locations can enter for a drawing that will take place at Fancy Food Truck Friday Dec. 14. Look for the Altadena Chamber poster in [...]
by Timothy Rutt The Altadena Chamber of Commerce has named its annual Citizen of the Year and, for the second time, its Business of the Year. Citizen of the Year for 2012 is author/historian/activist Michele Zack, whose award-winning Altadena: Between Wilderness and City is the definitive history of the town. Altadena’s Business of the Year [...]
By Timothy Rutt Weathercam guy Bill Westphal, who apparently doesn’t have enough to do, has branched out to put a crittercam in his northwest Altadena neighborhood. This resident turned up on Tuesday, December 4 at 4 AM and Saturday, December 8, at 9:30 PM. Westphal estimates that he or she is three foot high at [...]
by Timothy Rutt Altadena Hardware’s 97-year-old scale is back in balance. Last week, the store was dealing with county inspectors who said that the scale, used to weigh nails by the pound, would have to go. Not because it’s inaccurate — it’s not — but because they thought it was a different scale than was [...]
By Joe Piasecki Pasadena Sun In the first test of new voter districts for Pasadena Board of Education seats, seven first-time candidates have enlisted to compete for four spots on the school board. Incumbents Kim Kenne, Elizabeth Pomeroy and Scott Phelps are seeking reelection on March 5, while Ramon Miramontes and Ed Honowitz have decided [...]
With Smithfield Bargain Sent from my iPhone Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog
Check out Bill Westphal’s Altadena Weather Cam tonight (or look out the window, if you’re in the right place) — the Star of Palawoo is shining tonight. Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog
