Reader Anastassios Petropoulos sent these pictures our way: There was a bear rummaging in the neighborhood trash on Wednesday night around 23:30 (11:30 PM) on Menlo Dr. We are in the Maiden Lane- Menlo Drive – Reposa Lane area, a couple of blocks north of Altadena Drive and a couple of blocks east of Lake. [...]
The next meeting of the Altadena Coalition of Neighborhood Associations (ACONA) will be Sept. 24 at the Altadena Main Library, 600 E. Mariposa Street, from 7-8:30 PM. Speakers will be Diane Marcussen, the new chair of the Altadena Town Council, and Kim Kenne, Pasadena Unified School District [PUSD] Board Member for District 1 in west [...]
by TImothy Rutt Best-selling author and columnist Gustavo Arellano (Ask a Mexican) hosts an entertaining tour through the history and culture of Mexican food in the United States at the Altadena Library on Sept. 30. Arellano’s new book, Taco USA, looks at the history of Mexican food in the U.S. with a serving of cultural [...]
from the Altadena Guild On Sunday, October 13¸from 3-7 PM, the Altadena Guild of Huntington Memorial Hospital with Macy’s South Lake will host a Fashion Show Extravaganza/Fundraiser at Macy’s Department Store, 401 S. Lake Avenue in Pasadena. Founded in 1952, the Altadena Guild of HMH has partnered with the Huntington Memorial Hospital and the Huntington [...]
by Timothy Rutt Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich will host the 18th Annual “All for the Love of Kids” event to benefit Los Angeles County foster youth. Proceeds from the event go to the Children’s Trust Fund which provides foster youth with services, goods and activities not typically covered by government funding such as special medical, [...]
by Timothy Rutt The Arroyo Food Co-op surpassed its Indiegogo fundraising goal this weekend, garnering $11,291 to be used to paint the exterior of the co-op building. The Co-op has also announced another Yard Sale Extravaganza at the store at 494 N. Wilson Avenue in Pasadena. The yard sale will be held on Saturday, Sept. [...]
Tonight’s movie at Bulgarini Gelato is Jean de Florette: A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell. Starring Yves Montand and Gérard Depardieu. (The sequel, Manon of the Spring, will be shown next week). [...]
The Altadena Town Council will have its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Altadena Community Center, 730 E. Altadena Dr. Looks like no major action items are up this month, but we’ve been surprised before! The meeting starts a 7 PM. Read the Full Story at Altadena Blog
"The Bear Went Over The Mountain…" from gloriana casey The Bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. He saw another stuck hiker; how many….. would this be? Bear mused about these strange people, and just how strange they would be If Volunteers were not willing to set these hikers free? And [...]
by Timothy Rutt Altadena and Sierra Madre search and rescue teams rescued a hiker in a five hour operation Wednesday afternoon. According to a release from the Altadena Sheriff’s Station, a 25-year-old Los Angeles man became stuck on a narrow rock about 230 feet above the canyon bottom near the first waterfall at Eaton Canyon. [...]
