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Boyd Lewis is an Atlantan turned Altadenan, who's talking about his years as a white reporter who worked for black newspapers in Atlanta for almost 30 years. He has a handsome new website-in-progress that he's putting together about his experiences in Atlanta, as a inner-city schoolteacher in Los Angeles, and everything before, after, and in-between. Check it out!
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Corey King, 18, was arrested today in the investigation of the killing of a woman and three girls whose bodies were found in a burning Lancaster house. Firefighters found the bodies in different rooms of the house during the Tuesday fire.
Associated Press has details.
MSNBC version here.
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Paul Ayers's "Save the Altadena Trails" update this month give us information the status of La Vina trail access:
On April 22, 2008, the Honorable Joseph F. De Vanon ruled in favor of the
County in the case of County of Los Angeles v. La Vina Homeowners
Association (HOA).
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Typepad has gone ahead and fixed the problem (we boggeled the entry on the environmental rendezvous in some way we don't pretend to understand) so the page should appear correctly now. If not, let us know.
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One of our readers who lives on Morada Place east of Lake reports that a neighbor was robbed of all electronics Tuesday (TV, camera, computer, etc.), including thousands of pictures of his three-year-old son kept on two hard drives. Suspects were four black males in a white Volvo wagon, unable to get the plate. Reportedly a deputy, writing a citation,
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Our roving reporter/photographer Bill Westphal (is there no end to the man’s talents?) submits the following on tonight’s meeting at Loma Alta Park:
There was a Community Meeting tonight at Loma Alta Park to discuss Unincorporated Area Emergency Planning.
It was sponsored by the Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office, Office of Emergency Management.
Representatives from different Los Angeles County Agencies were there to discuss their particular department’s responsibility during and after an emergency.
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This from PUSD:
“Promise, Preparation & Progress”
Please join the Board of Education of the Pasadena Unified School District at the annual State of the Schools event where Board President Tom Selinske will address the progress and future of public schools in Altadena, Pasadena and Sierra Madre.
Date:Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Time:5:30 p.m. Reception
Location:Eliot Middle School Auditorium
2184 North Lake Avenue
Altadena,
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The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security will be holding a free workshop in Pasadena on Sept. 29. Here's the details:
Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness
A Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Workshop
The purpose of the "Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness: A Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Preparedness Training Workshop" is to engage the Homeland Security stakeholders,
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Weapons, theft, and battery highlight the latest Altadena Sheriff’s Station Crime Log, after the jump:
Sept. 2 : A male adult was arrested for battery on a peace officer at Fair Oaks Ave. and Mountain View St.
Sept. 3: A Hispanic male adult was arrested for driving a stolen vehicle at the corner of Vermont St. and Lincoln Ave.
Sept. 5: Unknown person stole cash from a location at 2615 Fair Oaks Ave.
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Pasadena Star-News has a front pager today from Karen Maeshiro about the Lancaster killings of a mother and her three daughters. Corey King, 18, of Altadena, has been arrested for the crime.
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We never watch TV on a school morning. My mother-in-law (who died last year) called us to tell us what was going on, and I turned on the TV immediately and called my two younger brothers who live in Manhattan — couldn’t raise them for several hours. The one who lived on the Lower East Side fifth floor walkup told me that people were on his roof, watching the whole thing. My boss called and said that nobody should come to work today (I worked in a 30 storey building in downtown Los Angeles at the time).
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A-blog fan
Razor 7 (i.e. Pasadena Weekly’s Andre Coleman) wants to know when we’re
reviewing his novels. As readers know, our book review section is as extensive as the LA Times’ these days, and reading fiction was something we last did c. 1998. Actually, the last book review we wrote was in the mid-1980’s of a Harlequin romance that happened to take place in the same rural Colorado town where we were the only reporter (climactic punch-out between the developer good guy present boyfriend and bad guy Congressman ex-boyfriend took place during the annual fireworks show —
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We've been on the road this afternoon, but picked this up and monitored events on our scanner: sheriff's deputies closed streets around the McDonald's at Lincoln and Woodbury this afternoon at about 3:45 PM after reports of an armed robbery in progress. Customers and employees were escorted out, broadcasts seem to suggest that a suspect is in custody but was not able to be identfied right away.
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Corey King (pictured), 18, of Altadena, who was arrested in the killing of a mother and three children in Lancaster, turns out to have ties to the Mosely family. The bloodied body of Evelyn Mosely, 90, was discovered by firefighters May 8 after a fire had been set in her home. In the Lancaster case, Sonya Durfield, 42, and her three daughters, ages 14, 12, and 8, were likewise found murdered in Durfield’s home in Lancaster as the house burned.
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Altadena town councilor Alice Wessen tells us that the Altadena Town Council website is in the process of being transferred to a professional web hosting company (GoDaddy, the registrar of this very website). Over the next few weeks, the council agendas and minutes should be up and made available as well. During the transition, the site may go down temporarily,
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… it’s not an election … it’s not a cage match .. it’s not to find the next American Idol. What it IS: Theater Americana of Altadena is putting together this card as a fundraiser for Friends of the Altadena Library. The title card starts at 3 PM Sun., Oct. 12, at the library’s Community Room, 600 E. Mariposa. Donation is $5, for members of the Friends $2.
In other library news: “Read for the Record” deadline has been extended to Sept.
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So what's happening this weekend?
- Rick Alviti and his tribute to Elvis at Farnsworth Park on Saturday, 7 PM, FREE!.
- The Angeles Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run comes to a sweaty end Sunday at Loma Alta Park.
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The Co-op and Food Exchange of Altadena is the focus of this LA Times article by one of our neighbors and favorite local bloggers (see here and here) Susan Carrier. Lots of familiar names in this story, if you read the blog regularly.
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… at the Community Center. Council chair Gino Sund writes that there are three important items on this agenda: (1) The MonteCedro Retirement Home project, successor to the Scripps Home; (2) a proposal by the Altadena Town & Country Club to construct three tennis courts at Eliot Middle School for shared use, and (3) a presentation on the Pasadena Unified School District's proposed $350 million bond issue.
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The old Washington Mutual building on Lake — which has been a home to the homeless, a canvas for graffiti vandals, and the location of assorted fires over the years — is being bulldozed to the ground. No word yet on what’s planned for the site, but we’re looking into it.
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The Altadena Community Coalition — a group of mostly aggrieved Lincoln Crossing tenants — called a town meeting Friday that was various parts therapy session, conspiracy theorizing, denunciation of various parties (not the least of whom were Supv. Mike Antonovich and developer Dorn Platz), and history lesson. It ended with a Frank Capraesque call for collective action and pledges of financial support.
The meeting was led by former Lincoln Crossing tenants Par Aria of Farm Fresh Market,
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The Altadena Mountain Rescue Team was out today during the Angeles Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run to support the racers, and a rescue happened. Says our on-the-scene correspondent (the omnipresent
Bill Westphal):
We were on our way down the Mount Lowe Motorway after working on the Angeles Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run today. We happened upon an injured Mountain Biker. The Altadena Mountain Rescue Team was in the area supporting the race and responded quickly.
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Author Kerry Yo Nakagawa will discuss his acclaimed book, Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball as part of the Altadena Library's Distiinguished Speaker's Series.
Following his talk will be a screening of American Pastime, the award-winning PG-rated film that he produced. This powerful film tells the story of the dramatic impact WWII had on the home-front as Japanese American families were uprooted from their everyday lives and placed into internment camps in the Western US in the early 1940's.
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- Sikh and ye shall find: objections are being raised to textual studies of Sikh literature (the Bible has been studied in such a manner since, oh, the Enlightenment). One of the believers leading the charge against such a method of study is Dr. Baljeet Sahi of Altadena Animal Hospital (and our vet).
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Joe Hopkins of Pasadena Journal is spearheading a conference of the West Coast Black Publishers Assn., and send us this missive, after the jump:
Joe Hopkins, President of the West Coast Black Publishers Association is proud to announce that Xernona Clayton will be the keynote speaker at their 25th Annual Conference in Pasadena.
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Lizbeth Ramirez, 27, was killed this morning in a secondary accident that locked up the 210 freeway during this morning's rush, according to the Foothill Weeklies.
Apparently Ramirez was involved in a two-car accident in the HOV lane. About five minutes after that accident, as the parties involved were exchanging information and assisting others,
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Drug arrests and stolen campaign signs? It’s the season in this period’s crime log, after the jump.
Sept. 6: Fair Oaks and Figueroa Drive: male adult arrested for possession of cocaine base.
Sept. 8: 1900 block of N. Lake: male and female arrested for taking someone’s cell phone by force.
Sept. 10: Lake Ave. and New York Drive: male adult arrested for possession of marijuana for sales.
Sept. 15: 700 block E.
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It took two months to get our first 1,000 page views; five months to get our first 5,000 page views; it took only about 22 days to get the latest 5,000. Our average number of page views for every day of the blog's existence (which includes the opening weeks when nobody but us and handful of friends were reading it) is now almost 100. Thanks to all our correspondents,
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Here’s the short rundown of yesterday’s meeting: MonteCedro yes, tennis courts yes, commercial vehicles will start getting tickets, and a council seat is still vacant. Details after the jump.
UPDATE 10 AM: just got a response from our Marengo Nuisance House source, which has been added to the story below.
MonteCedro: The council uanimously approved
the new facility that will take the place of Scripps Home. Move-in date for the new facility is expected in 2012.
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Council housekeeping: From chair Gino Sund: On Sept. 10, the council received the sealed box of election materials from the June election (ballots, etc.) from previous chair George Lewis. The box will be opened by the council's executive committee to investigate alleged election irregularities. The council also met in a planning session on Sept. 13 to discuss operating practices and procedures for meetings,
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Altadena’s ex-pop star and man-about-town
Ian Whitcomb announced that the Coffee Gallery Backstage will be producing “Altadena Lane,” a TV program taking advantage of the talent that appears in that local venue.
Whitcomb told Altadenablog that six episodes of the “Tonight Show”-style program will be produced, starting in October, and will be shopped around to see if there’s interest. Whitcomb will host and lead the house band, with guests being the artists who appear at Coffee Gallery.
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It's been known since spring that the Sahag-Mesrob Armenian Christian School was moving from its Maiden Lane location to a new location at 183 E. Palm (see our stories here and here). But it's apparently come as a surprise to the neighbors since school began, now that 200-some students and their parent's cars have appeared in the neighborhood.
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"Lakeview Terrace" is a film debuting soon that is loosely based on an Altadena story. Since every paper will be reviewing it, we won't have to, but we'll point out some items of interest.
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This is a couple of days old and got lost in the shuffle: PSN’s Caroline An
gives the scoop on PUSD Board President
Tom Selinske’s “State of the school district” address Tuesday night at Eliot Middle School. Of particular interest are the improvements at Muir, middle school reforms, and the Measure TT bond issue.
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SDA Movers
has a blog page where they look at varieties of rail transport, and they include funiculars — particularly the Mt. Lowe Railway (no pictures we can find on their site, altho’ they say they’re there).
Of particular interest is that the song “Funiculi Funicula” was about the funicular on Mt. Vesuvius. As is the case with most funiculars, it came to a bad end.
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We don’t usually put in much about our personal life and causes in Altadenablog, but occasionally we do break the wall.
For the fourth year, the Altadenablog family and friends will be going to the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles‘ Buddy Walk, to be held Nov. 2 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. DSALA provides support in the form of information, resources, and activities for individuals with Down Syndrome and their families.
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Join Altadena Library staff and other members of the community at a "Design Camp" from 10 AM – 4 PM on Sat., Oct. 4 in the library's community room. Have some input on the renovations and improvements planned for the main library. For more information, contact Erica Metoyer at 626-798-8338.
UPDATE 9/20: Please note the lengthy comment from Altadena Heritage in the comments section.
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Dr. Sandra E. Thomas, President/CEO of the Quality of Life Center, Inc. and staff are welcoming over 300 PUSD students into the Bright Futures Scholars Support Program. This gathering is to take place at the Altadena Community Center and is the kick off to a program that has been successful for meeting the needs and providing youth an opportunity to prove to them-selves that dedication, perseverance, honesty and hard work will improve their lives.
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Gallery at the End of the World is holding its monthly Sunday Salon next week, and here's the details:
ARTISTS– the Sunday Salon is one of the newer ventures we've established up here at the Gallery At The End Of The World.
Part Art Show / part Workshop &
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PSN reports a sad domestic tale: Altadena woman finds her boyfriend with another woman at an east Pasadena motel this morning, and proceeds to thrash him with an auto anti-theft device. It just writes itself, doesn't it?
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Our source on the nuisance house on the 3800 block of Marengo tells Altadenablog today that the big heapin' piles of trash have been removed. (Recap: house in middle-class neighborhood was found to be a pot farm and busted in early August — it was cleaned up, but all the trash was piled in the driveway —
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This flyer (pdf document) is making the rounds of the Palm St. neighborhood where the Sahag-Mesrob Armenian Christian school has moved its operations. According to the flyer, the school opened without receiving a conditional use permit for the location (which includes an environmental impact study on noise and traffic). In addition,
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On Friday, October 3rd at 7 p.m. the Friends of the Altadena Library will present a free program featuring Brent Hatch, author of the national bestseller, Raising a G-Rated Family in an X-Rated World. This event will be held at the main branch of the Altadena Library, at 600 East Mariposa St., in Altadena. For more information please call 626-798-0833 or check the library’s website, http://www.altadenalibrary.org.
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On Sat., Oct. 18, the Altadena Clergy Council in partnership with L.A. County Parks and Recreation will be hosting a job/resource fair from 10 AM-2 PM. at Farnsworth Park, 568 E. Mt. Curve, Altadena.
This event, "Partnering to Build a Better Community," is designed/designated for individuals seeking employment and/or reemployment resource service information.
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