Thanks to one of our readers, a resident of the area who alerted us to this, the Altadena sheriffs and county arson sqaud safely detonated a small homemade bomb sometime after midnight this morning near the sheriff's station.  According to the sheriff's watch commander, a resident found the device in his grandparent's garage — a bottle with gunpowder, fireworks, and ammunition stuffed inside or taped to it. The resident put the device in his car and drove it to the sheriff's station, where they evacuated the immediate area and called in the arson squad.  The device was removed from the car and harmlessly detonated with a water cannon.

The sheriff's spokesman said no charges are being filed, and the best course of action in these cases is to leave the device where it is and call them (I think the sheriff makes house calls!)