by Timothy Rutt

Ed Chen, director of governmental affairs for Athens Services, want to spread the word:

Altadena residents: please put green waste in carts, boxed, bagged or bundled and be able to be picked up by one person.  This green waste will be picked up on your collection day.  The larger pieces and piles of debris on the street will be cleaned up by the County public works crews.  We are asking that people be patient due to the large demand of clean up required.  For more information please call Athens Services 1-877-764-5551

Meanwhile, from Ann Erdman, the city of Pasadena's public information officer, the city has cleared 18,000 tons (yes, tons) of storm debris in one week — normally, it would take a year to accumulate that much.  

Pasadena is asking residents with additional storm debris not placed at the street  to break it up to fit in yard-waste bins or take it to drop-off sites at the parking lots of Robinson Park, 1081 N. Fair Oaks Avenue, or Eaton Blanche Park, 3100 E. Del Mar Boulevard, by Friday, Dec. 16. Unlike Athens, Pasadena is saying all green debris should be un-bagged.  Starting Dec. 16 through Dec. 29, residents can bring a shovel and pick up free mulch at those locations as the stuff is ground up for disposal.