A year ago today, at about 3:30 PM, a person still unknown started the largest fire in Angeles National Forest history. It was not fully contained until Oct. 16, and was finally declared over after the rainy season began. The Station Fire devastated 250 square miles of forest, endangered homes and communities, almost destroyed the [...]
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After an unusually cool summer, excessive heat warnings were issued for Los Angeles County yesterday. Just in time for my central air to go kerflooey. As the temperatures inched toward triple digits, my brave little 110 year old house clung to an interior 88 degrees before finally collapsing into the nineties right around five o’clock [...]
A Chaotic school drop-off this morning — forgotten books, homework, mandatory shirt and tie!– signaling that school really is back in session even if my family isn’t really back in session yet! We will get it together by next Monday. How are you managing the transition from summer to school? Maybe some of the items [...]
photo by Michael Schwartz For the second day in a row I’m posting a photo taken by someone else. Call me a slacker, I don’t care. When the photos are this remarkable, you can call me whatever you want to. Many thanks to Michael Schwartz for this one. You know Michael–he and his family are [...]
Fire safe: As we approach the one year anniversary of the Station Fire, the Insurance Information Network of California, the Calif. Dept. of Insurance, and the LA County Fire Dept. held a demonstration of fire protection measures and fire-safe landscaping over in the Meadows. The Insurance Institute has this press release of the event. Bongs [...]
As members of Congress get ready to go back to DC after their recess ends in early September, they're preparing to deal with a number of issues. Among them are the unprecedented rate of unemployment, the continuing economic downturn, and foreign relations issues. To top it all, mid-term elections are rapidly approaching, elections which could [...]
Nerds of today don’t simply toil away in front of computer screens. Many have harnessed the information push of the internet to learn how to do—and make—just about everything from bikes to musical instruments to traditional crafts. The commercial success of sites like Etsy is only one indicator of an increasing demand for things made [...]
Arroyo Seco Park is one of South Pasadena’s tucked-away treasures. It spans 19.9 acres of parkland and includes soccer fields, baseball diamonds, horse and hiking trails, picnic tables, barbecues, undeveloped wooded areas and a flood channel. It’s a quiet, breezy getaway curving along the Arroyo Seco with the skate park, racquet center and wonderfully retro [...]
In or out? What a quandary. Photo by John Sandel Read the Full Story at Pasadena Daily Photo
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