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Just got the bullet from Julie Sandoval, mistress of the Coffee Gallery, who is spearheading the first Altadena Music & Arts Festival at Loma Alta Park this Sun., July 26, 10 AM – 3 PM.
“I serve a lot of artists in the Coffee Gallery, and a lot of them told me that the arts festivals are too expensive for them,” Sandoval said. Knowing the large number of artists in Altadena,
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The Los Angeles County Fire Dept. is sponsoring a “fire expo” on Sat., Aug. 8, from 10 AM – 2 PM. The expo will be held at Memorial Park in La Canada Flintridge. Click on the flyer for more details.
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Jazz trumpter Elliott Caine and his group filled the night with music in the Altadena Sherrif’s Support Group Concert Series at Farnsworth Park last night.
Bill Westphal was there to capture the magic.
And, Bill tells us:
I’d like to add that Elliott Caine finished his last set with the title track from his latest album “Blues From Mars”
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A modest but enthusiastic crowd showed up at Loma Alta Park today for the first Altadena Music and Arts Festival. Besides the booths featuring the work of local artisans, the stage was alive with local musicians. Here, the Pirates of the Black Swan perform their nautical peg-leg pop.
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A little out of our borders, but Altadena artist Heather Morrow will be leading a class, "Flower Power Painting," on Sat., Aug 1, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM at the Heart & Soul Healing Art Center, 1167 North Lake Ave., Pasadena.
Come discover your Creative Soul and awaken your artistic spirit. In this workshop,
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Drill down into today's Citybeat section of the Pasadena Star-News to find that Aveson Charter School will be moving out of the Noyes school building at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. PSN cites neighbors complaints about excessive noise, which probably helped put the kibosh on Aveson's plans to expand to a K-12 program. (Probably this didn't help.) PUSD will work with Aveson to find a new location.
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by Michele Zack
Special to Altadenablog
There is no more fun (or funny) volunteer job in the world than contacting winners of Altadena Heritage’s Golden Poppy Garden Award to break the news to them. This generally happens over the phone, and reactions vary. The winner is often skeptical, as in: “Are you trying to sell me something?”
When it sinks in that all Altadena Heritage wants is to honor the gardener and garden,
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As part of the Altadena Library’s summer activities for teens, “FOODtastic!! Express yourself with food”
is going on this Thurs., July 30, at 4 PM — but not at the library — at the Altadena Community Center , 730 E Altadena Dr.
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Sheriff’s Support Group of Altadena will salute local jazz legend John Levy during the Aug. 15 Concert in the Park with jazz guitarist Brian Hughes.
Altadenan Levy, 97, was named to the International Jazz Hall of Fame 1997, and was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2006. Starting as a bassist for the likes of Ben Webster, Erroll Garner, Milt Jackson, and Billie Holiday,
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Chris Considine, the Skywatcher (insert dramatic music here — he needs a theme song) tells us that the space shuttle will be chasing the International Space Station in the skies above Altadena starting at about 8:44 tonight.
Chris reports:
13 PEOPLE are now orbiting the earth…quite exciting.
UPDATE 9 PM:
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Ryan Carter at SGV Tribune says that home prices are going up everywhere but in seven cities in the San Gabriel Valley — and guess what one of them is (even tho we're technically not a city)? Altadena has recorded one of the largest month-to-month decreases (23.3%)! Check it out for details.
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Lori Paul of the Chaney Trail neighborhood has send out this timely message to the newsgroups, and a copy of this flyer:
Dear Trail Users & Foothill Neighbors,
We are ramping up to the Independence Day holiday next weekend. Last night I heard firecrackers going off down in the ravine east of us. As in recent years, the chaparral is desiccating rapidly as summer heat begins,
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Cresecenta Valley Sheriff’s Station is starting CERT (Citizen’s Emergency Response Team) training on July 11. Call the number on the flyer for more details.
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Several sources have told us that Donald Williams, 62, of Altadena, was found guilty of various charges after sheriff's deputies confiscated 62 firearms at his residence last year. Sentencing has yet to take place, and one source tells us that Williams, who has previous felony convictions, may have a "three strikes" sentence delivered based upon his latest conviction.
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A note from our friend Ann Erdman, Pasadena's public information officer, about fire safety and the Americafest at the Rose Bowl July 4 that's worth passing on:
SAFETY URGED DURING FOURTH OF JULY ACTIVITIES IN PASADENA
Pasadena Fire Department and Pasadena Police Department remind residents and visitors that the best way to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with family and friends is by attending a professional fireworks show.
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Apparently, Supv. Michael Antonovich has grown to gargantuan size and is positioned outside Disney Hall. Rather than destroy it as most gigantic creatures would, he gives us a message about safety this Independence Day.
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SGV News reports that a hiker has died in a fall at Eaton Canyon Nature Center this morning. More details as we get them.
UPDATE 5 PM: This story has all the details known to date. We also have heard from someone who knew the victim,
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As part of the Altadena Library’s teen summer program, “Express Yourself,” bring a clean sock tomorrow at 4 and make your own Tim Burton-esque creature. Wonder if we could pass for under 18, ’cause this sounds like fun!
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A note from the Chaney Trail listserv:
Dear Neighbors:
Due to the 4th of July weekend, the Chaney Gate to the Millard Campground will be closing at 6 on July 3, 4 and 5th.
Many thanks to so many who are helping with flyers, with patrols, who helped laminate, print and put up signs and will help restock the info box about the dangers of fireworks,
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Monica Hubbard shared with us this press release from the Pasadena Dept. of Water and Power. Pasadena provides water for many Altadena residents, and new water waste restrictions are going into place July 4. Other water districts will probably follow suit, after the jump:
PROHIBITIONS ON WATER WASTE IN PASADENA WILL TAKE EFFECT JULY 4
Ongoing concerns about Pasadena’s depleting water supply and an expected water shortage have prompted the city council to amend its water shortage procedures (Pasadena Municipal Code 13.10),
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… but blogging may be light today — Edison has threatened to take the power off Altadenablog World HQ and the surrounding neighborhood sometime between 8 AM and 6 PM to make improvements in the system. Need to find the old crank-powered laptop and router …
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We don't really have a big parade in Altadena since the death of Old Fashioned Days — but around the July 4, many neighborhoods have smaller parades to celebrate the holiday.
If your neighborhood is planning a small march, let us know! We'll try to cover as many of these as we can! So far, in newsgroup chatter, the folks around the President Streets neighborhood are planning one,
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Today is the start of "Project: Altadena," a group photography project chronicling a month in the life of our town. 100 disposable cameras will be going out starting today. Here's what Molly Tierney of Photography by Walt, 2455 N. Lake, has to say about it:
Disposable camera?? I know, I know we live in a digital world these days,
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Man, we take our youngest to yoga, and this happens in our neighborhood! No wonder we hate yoga!
Here’s the first-person scoop from Chris “The Skywatcher” Considine:
At 4:15 this afternoon the Sheriff’s rescue helicopter set down in quick fashion on the playing field of Eliot Jr High.. The copter was on a return to its Mt Wilson station after a presumed rescue mission that took it to Huntington Hospital just about 1/2 before this.
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Dunno what is going on with Revvell and Bo — first she alerts us to
this poster, and then he sends us THIS poster, along with a note:
Even this sweet critter keeps calling, it has settled at our house. Domesticated, skinny and hungry – wants to go home.
Will now post signs in the hood.
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Got this in the comments section, but thought it was important enough to move it to the front page. From Linda Lane-White:
The Christmas Tree Lane Association is trying to create a Winter Festival and parade to take place on the 2nd Saturday in December. CTLA doesn't have experience in planning for a half day of street closures,
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The Wildlife Company presents “Habitats and Adaptations,” with live animals, at the libraries this Tues., July 7: 2 PM at the main library community room, and 4:30 at the Lucas Branch Library. Fun for everyone!
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This Sat., July 4, the Altadena Station Sheriff’s Support Group is proud to present the 45-member Elks #99 Concert Band in a program of patriotic music at Farnsworth Park, starting at 7 PM. Admission is free, and bring a picnic!
A short history of The Elks #99 Concert Band: The band was originally started about 1950, and was called the Southern Pacific Railroad Band. When the railroad started down sizing in 1964 the band was accquired by Avis Car Rentals and The Grayline bus tours.
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A patriotic weekend!
Thurs., July 2
Fireworks at the Altadena Town & Country Club, visible all over but particularly east of Lake, 9:30 PM.
Sat., July 4
7 PM, Farnsworth Park: Elks #99 Concert Band in a patriotic concert (details below). Bring a picnic!
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The Altadena Main Library, 600 E. Mariposa, continues its summer of movie fun with four Friday Fun Flicks during July.
July 10: Inkheart
July 17: Confessions of a Shopaholic
July 24: Coraline
July 31: The Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience
All films are rated PG, and start at 3:30 at the library communty room.
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Pasadena Now reports that Arturo Beristain Hernandez, 24, of Pasadena, has been identified as the hiker who fell to his death at Eaton Canyon on Tuesday.
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From the Altadena Library District: candidate filing dates will open soon:
Three seats on the Altadena Board of Library Trustees will be on the ballot this November 3, 2009.
Interested candidates must be registered voters and a resident of the District to declare candidacy.
First day to file declarations of candidacy is July 13,
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The Altadena Town Council’s Land Use Committee will meet Tues., July 7, at 7 PM at the Community Center, 730 E. Altadena Dr.
They will be considering a new ATT “monopalm” cell tower (i.e. it looks like a palm tree) at the Lincoln Water Co. property on the 3400 block of Fair Oaks. LUC Chair Brian League sent us a pdf with a simulation of how it would look here.
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Go out and enjoy your freedom today!
Remember what it cost.
Strive to preserve it for tomorrow.
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Well, probably lots of people, but Altadenablog will not truck with ’em. Neighborhood parades are an Altadena tradition. We managed to make it to a couple:
Sonoma Ave.
The Sonoma neighborhood parade celebrated its 50th year this year (on back of a 1960 vehicle)
Lots of kids and bikes and people on Sonoma!
They even had an equestrian unit!
Pepper Dr.
Pepper Dr.’s parade extended several blocks and had scores of marchers …
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July 4 in Altadena ended with a bang (and not just the echo of the Rose Bowl fireworks in the hills) as the Elks 99 Concert Band gave a patriotic concert in Farnsworth Park.
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PSN's Janette Williams takes note of Project: Altadena — 100 photographers, 2700 pictures, all ready to capture a month in our town. They were there on opening day and got quotes and a picture from the lovely Debbi Swanson Patrick. Molly Tierney at Photography by Walt tells us that there are still some cameras left,
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“Inkheart” is this week’s Friday Fun Flick at the Altadena Main Library, 600 E. Mariposa, 3:30-5 PM. Free popcorn, you can’t beat it for a summer afternoon!
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The end is near! Of the Harry Potter film series, that is!
Catch up with the Altadena Library’s special showing of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” on Tues., July 14, 6:30 PM at the Community Room. Then you’ll be ready for “The Half-Blood Prince” when it hits the theaters this month. There’ll be popcorn, refreshments, and a raffle of Harry Potter memorabilia. The movie is free,
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Altadena residents Henry Jones, 73, and Ray Boudreaux, 66, walked away free after charges were dropped in a 39-year-old cop killing case. SF Examiner has the details.
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The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at the gymnasium at Loma Alta Park, 3300 Lincoln Ave., on Thurs. July 16, from noon- 6 PM.
The public is invited to join employees of the Department of Parks and Recreation to donate blood at this County-sponsored Red Cross blood drive.
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Missed this one (hey, there was a holiday!) but if you’re a teen and are reading/have read an awesome book this summer, check out the Altadena Library’s summer reading book chat. The next one is Monday, Sept. 20, starting at 3 PM in the main library (and there’s snacks and drinks, too!)
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Musician/songwriter Dave Taylor will help you to express yourself and get your groove on at the library this Thurs., 4 PM. The Altadena Main Library is at 600 E. Mariposa.
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Last Wednesday, there was a bit of a stir when
the sheriff’s rescue helicopter landed two hikers at the Eliot Middle School field.
So what were they being rescued from? According to our source, they were on the Mt. Wilson toll road about a mile from the top when they encountered a very large bear. They fled behind the fence of a communications tower for shelter and called the authorities.
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Local pottery artist Heather Morrow lets us know of an “invitation-only” event with a conspiratorial twist next Sat., July 18, at Amy’s Patio Cafe, 900 E. Altadena Dr.:
“Take the Tea Cup With You Party“
Come, select a hand-made tea cup and enjoy a refreshing cup of tea brewed in tea pots created by the artists at charming Amy’s Patio Café in Altadena. And after you have enjoyed your tea and other delightful refreshments,
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This from Gardenaire Sandy Gillis:
Top 10 Reasons To Attend the Annual Altadena Community Garden BBQ
10. We’ve been having great bbqs for 34 years. Now it’s #35, appropriately, the Handi-Wipe Anniversary. (Remember Queen Elizabeth’s 35th? Not a drop of grease when she ate plates of ribs.)
