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Sheriff looking for public’s help in Altadena child molestation case

Sheriff looking for public’s help in Altadena child molestation case

The Altadena Sheriff’s Station is circulating this picture of the suspected child molester. The Altadena Sheriff’s Station and Special Victim’s Bureau are seeking the community’s assistance in identifying an alleged child molestation suspect. On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at approximately 5:15 PM, a female juvenile was walking home from school near the 2500 block of [...]

Google salutes Altadena’s Saul Bass on his birthday

Google salutes Altadena’s Saul Bass on his birthday

by Timothy Rutt From Wikipedia, a selection of iconic corporate logos created by Saul Bass. We are big fans of Saul Bass, one of film’s great title/graphic artists and commercial designers, who would have been 93 on May 8. He created title sequences for many important films of the 1950′s through 1970′s. He was also [...]

LCF’s Camp Runamuk has summer programs for ages 5-8

LCF’s Camp Runamuk has summer programs for ages 5-8

If you have a little child who is full of energy, constantly looking for ways to fill his/her summer days, and likes to run around and play, then Camp Runamuk is the camp for you. The Community Center of La Canada Flintridge is offering an action-packed half day summer camp that promotes plenty of physical [...]

LCF’s Camp Runamuk has summer programs for ages 5-8

LCF’s Camp Runamuk has summer programs for ages 5-8

If you have a little child who is full of energy, constantly looking for ways to fill his/her summer days, and likes to run around and play, then Camp Runamuk is the camp for you. The Community Center of La Canada Flintridge is offering an action-packed half day summer camp that promotes plenty of physical [...]

LCF’s Camp Runamuk has summer programs for ages 5-8

LCF’s Camp Runamuk has summer programs for ages 5-8

If you have a little child who is full of energy, constantly looking for ways to fill his/her summer days, and likes to run around and play, then Camp Runamuk is the camp for you. The Community Center of La Canada Flintridge is offering an action-packed half day summer camp that promotes plenty of physical [...]

Michele Zack’s LitFest panel looks at the intersection of fiction and history

Michele Zack’s LitFest panel looks at the intersection of fiction and history

Altadena historian Michele Zack, upper left, will moderate a LitFest Pasadena panel with (clockwise): Daniel Howe, Julius Wachtel, and Mary Correy on Saturday. by Timothy Rutt Michele Zack has settled into her place as a local independent historian, but then there’s an intersection she likes to explore: history and fiction. “I’m kind of obsessed with [...]

Michele Zack’s LitFest panel looks at the intersection of fiction and history

Michele Zack’s LitFest panel looks at the intersection of fiction and history

Altadena historian Michele Zack, upper left, will moderate a LitFest Pasadena panel with (clockwise): Daniel Howe, Julius Wachtel, and Mary Correy on Saturday. by Timothy Rutt Michele Zack has settled into her place as a local independent historian, but then there’s an intersection she likes to explore: history and fiction. “I’m kind of obsessed with [...]

Morning jolt

Morning jolt

Moving sale: Margaret Gruesbeck and Leslie Fleming-Mitchell are holding two families’ worth of moving sale Sunday, May 5, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM at 345 E. Altadena Drive just east of Marengo. There will be garden related items, books, toys, children’s books, speaker stands and music gear, and fineries for the home. Dog licenses: Chatter [...]

Supervisor’s website: Forest Service won’t allow signs for Eaton Canyon dangers

Supervisor’s website: Forest Service won’t allow signs for Eaton Canyon dangers

by Timothy Rutt LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky may just be applying some pressure to quell the epidemic of rescues and deaths at Eaton Canyon’s second waterfall. Yaroslovsky’s’s website has a well-done article on the problems of hikers going on the often-deadly hike to second waterfall and the multi-agency attempt to stop it, and turns [...]

Critter-dena: Meadows’ heron likes sushi

Critter-dena: Meadows’ heron likes sushi

Community correspondents Todd and Jane Szabo in the Meadows took a picture of a heron who was frequenting their neighborhood. Apparently their koi fish pond was a temptation too great to bear, as the bird managed to snatch a a snack from their pond before these pictures were taken. Read the Full Story at Altadena [...]