Edison has been reporting power outages in the area since 5:35 AM this morning. (One of our readers reported an outage from about 6:30-7:30 AM southwest of the country club area).  As of about 9:30, the outage website is still reporting problems, but we don't know where or when they will be fixed.

Hot on the agenda are changes to the council’s own bylaws.  While most of the revisions are cosmetic — word choices and the like — there are some significant changes:  

The proposed revisions include provisions that “the format for investigations, hearing, and trial as defined by Robert’s Rules of Order is to be used by the ATC for disciplinary proceedings,”

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• Xiem Clay Center at 1563 N. Lake Ave., home of many Altadena/Pasadena potters, is holding a Ceramic Art Fair and Studio Sale on Fri., Nov. 12, 6-9 PM, and Sat., Nov. 13, 10:30 AM-4:30 PM.
• At Tuesday night’s PUSD school board meeting, it was Loma Alta parents’ turn to protest the potential closure of their school, Brian Charles at PSN reports.  School supt.

Altadena Coalition of Neighborhood Associations (ACONA) held its third bi-monthly meeting Monday night, bringing together a new community of neighborhood associations who were quite vocal about making make Altadena “the greatest neighborhood in L.A. County.” 

Pictured: Sandra DeJardin

The meeting started with success stories told by Sandy DeJardin of the LaVina Neighborhood Association, and Nina Ehlig of the SENCH Neighborhood Association.

Thurs., Nov. 11

• At the Rancho Bar, 2485 N. Lake:  Michael Dart & Band  –  9 PM. Michael Dart is out of Austin, TX,  – has opened for Merle Haggard, Asleep at The Wheel, David Allan Coe, Freddy Fender and Hot Club of Cowtown.

Fri., Nov. 12

• Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3 is this month’s Friday Fun Flick at the Altadena Library,

The City of Pasadena is holding an e-waste roundup at the Rose Bowl tomorrow:

Residents and businesses will have the opportunity to safely dispose of electronic waste conveniently and free of charge at the city’s Electronic Waste Collection Event on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Parking Lot I at Brookside Park adjacent to the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center,

This year, there will be a 10 mile “Family Fun” ride, or a 12.5 mile hill climb challenge.  Entry is $10, and all proceeds benefit the LA County Sheriffs Annual Giving Campaign.

• Deadline is coming up: Nov. 26, nominations close for Altadena citizen of the year.  It’s presented annually by the Altadena Chamber of Commerce to those who have contributed significantly through the years to the betterment of the Altadena community.  Citizens are nominated each year via a nomination letter or form.  Download an application form here.
• Daron Anderson (who was actually BORN in Altadena —

Since she can’t go to the drives, she’s decided to invite local residents (ages 18 to 60) to come to her to register for the National Bone Marrow Registry.

Yes, believe it or not, this was last weekend in Altadena.  No, you didn’t miss a once-in-a-lifetime blizzard —  our Skywatcher Chris Considine gives us the full scoop (or shovel) behind this picture tomorrow morning!

Just a reminder that this month's Altadena Chamber of Commerce mixer is at Haber Acupuncture from 5:30-7:00 PM.  Gina Haber writes: "We are offering free chair massage samples by our new massage therapist. Yummy!” Bring a raffle prize and get a free commercial. 

Gina Haber writes:  “We are offering free chair massage samples by our new massage therapist.

Ann Erdman, public information officer of the City of Pasadena, passed us these tips from the fire department that we think are worth sharing:

Many hallmarks of Halloween – lit jack-o-lanterns, candle decorations and billowing costumes – pose fire safety hazards.

As children and families select costumes and decorate their homes,

• Altadena-based ticket provider Goldstar opens business today in Atlanta, making its first entrance in the South, and giving a little bit of competition to the big dogs TicketMaster and Live Nation, says the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
• A 19-year-old man was shot in the hand Friday night in a possible gang-related shooting at Lincoln Ave.and Figueroa Dr..  PSN has sketchy details.
• The weekly “Touching Base”

As previously reported, the committee recommended the closure of Loma Alta, Jackson, and Burbank elementary schools, and that Norma Coombs Alternative School relocate to the Burbank campus.

But that doesn’t mean the other two schools will be shuttered.

The Altadena Town Council members for the West Side are hosting a town hall meeting, sponsored by the Windsor-Arroyo Neighborhood Association (WANA) at Jackson Elementary School, 593 W. Woodbury Rd. Thurs, Nov. 4 at 6 PM.

Our special guest will be Capt. Steve McLean, commander of the Altadena Sheriff Station. Please come and support of this meeting.

Altadena is second to none when it comes to decor for the spooky time of year.  This Gothic tomb at 1704 Braeburn is one of the more tasteful examples, but there are plenty more after the jump.

At the Board Meeting tonight, the Board of Education voted to revise the school consolidation process.

The Board voted to allow the superintendent the flexibility to recommend between 0 and 3 schools for consolidation, rather than a minimum of three schools. 

Rather than committing to having the Ed Center vacated by August 2011,

As most film buffs know John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween, which more or less created the slasher movie  genre, was shot all over the San Gabriel Valley with location shooting in Sierra Madre, Pasadena and South Pasadena.  Less known is the Altadena location of a scene in the film where Dr. Sam Loomis [played by the late, great Donald Pleasance] emerges from the offices of the Warren County Sanitarium,

Millard Canyon campground host Lonnie Fehr shares this video:  a large boulder that rolled downstream in Millard Creek after the Station Fire, where it landed against three alder trees, was deflecting the water flow during the recent rains into the campground and towards the road. Lonnie took pictures of a work crew breaking the rock yesterday.

VALENTINO RODRIGUEZ JR. (Male Hispanic, 506 /160 with brown hair and brown eyes)

Valentino Rodriguez was paroled to 5819 E. Olympic Blvd in East Los Angeles on 10-04-2010. On 10-25-2010 he removed his GPS tracking device at the ARCO Station located at Century Blvd.

Altadena-based master storyteller Perry’s book was financed through fundraising efforts at the Coffee Gallery and other places, and will be available for purchase at the event.

Storyteller and director Nick Smith is organizing and producing a performance of Perry’s book for the afternoon. 

Keep checking back for more goodness!

Thurs., Oct. 28

• Kimberley Valentine, Planned Giving Director at the Huntington Library, discusses how planned gifts can save on your taxes and provide resources that create extraordinary opportunities for the future of the organization of your choice.  This program,

PSN is carrying this report of a woman and child struck by an SUV while crossing Altadena Dr. near Glenrose.

The accident occurred around 6:30 last night.  The boy, age about 5, was critically injured and the woman appeared to have suffered moderate injuries.  The driver of the SUV appeared uninjured but upset and was hospitalized as a precaution,

Altadena Det. Lt. Joseph Dempsey said that deputies are investigating a deputy-involved shooting that occured on the 500 block of Terrace Lane this morning at about 9:20.

Nobody was hit in the incident, Dempsey said.

Deputies had tried to stop a car that was was identified as being taken in a carjacking in San Dimas.

Pictured: Altadena Heritage president Mark Goldschmidt took this picture of the retaining wall in Rubio Creek earlier this week.

Over a month after the county stopped construction of a homeowner’s unauthorized wall that partially blocked Rubio Canyon Creek,  the wall is still up and the rainy season has already begun.

Janet Fahey, president of the Rubio Canon Land and Water Association, 

In honor of Halloween this weekend, we are opening our doors to anyone who comes in on Saturday the 30th between 10:30am and 4:00pm in a Halloween costume will have a free picture taken and free print to take home with them.

Mon., Oct. 18

Between 7:25 AM and 5:20 PM – a residential burglary occurred in the 2400 block of Glenrose Av. Suspect(s) entered the location via the unlocked rear sliding door. Loss: None.

Between 8:00 AM and 2:00 PM – a residential burglary occurred in the 2400 block of Canyada Av. Suspects(s) entered the location via the unlocked south side door. Location was ransacked and the following items were stolen: silver & black iPod touch,

• PSN’s Brian Charles interviews Steve Blancart, former Irwindale city manager and Altadena resident.  Blancart is one of several former Irwindale city officials who’ve gotten hit with five felony counts  of misappropriation of public funds.
• Whittier Daily News does a feature on Altadena resident Nancy Power.  The biology teacher at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy lives her green lifestyle and passes it on to her students.  She’s even getting a diving certificate so she can volunteer to monitor ocean reefs. 

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The event, targeted at children with special needs and their families, will be held at the Museum from noon to 3 PM. While no one looks forward to receiving a flu shot, special needs children find the experience particularly scary. And, it is this very special group of children that is at higher risk for the flu infection.

West Seattle Blog, like Altadenablog/Altadena Online, is a home-grown, advertiser-supported news website that not only relies on skilled freelancers, but community collaborators who are interested in keeping their community informed. 

• Brian League, chair of the town council Land Use Committee, tells us the regular meeting scheduled for Nov. 2 has been cancelled.  See you again on Dec. 7.
• The county Dept. of Animal Care & Control will be sweeping through Altadena for the next few weeks to make sure your pets are licensed.  You can avoid hiding Bowser by beating ’em to the punch and license your pet here.
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Crown City is a community orchestra founded in 2003 under the sponsorship of the Pasadena Senior Center,