Linda's Blog

As some of you may be aware, I'm one of the Directors of the Christmas Tree Lane Association.  We are constantly trying to find volunteers to help work on "The Lane" so that we can keep it from going dark in the coming years. Without community/volunteer help, Christmas Tree Lane would not survive...

  According to results released Wednesday for the state's main method of measuring how individual schools are performing, John Muir High School and Altadena Elementary School (my alma maters) received the lowest possible ranking on the Academic Performance Index. It was such a sad day to see thi...

Can you believe it?  Children aged 5-12 can read a book - to a dog - this Saturday at 11:00am.  The event takes place at the Altadena Main Library on Mariposa and Santa Rosa in the children's section. The dogs will be provided by the Pasadena Humane Society's Home Companion Program. The event is ...

Have you ever noticed any of the International Space Stations flying by in the sky? I stumbled upon this website today and found it very interesting... http://spaceweather.com/flybys/ All you need to do is enter your zip code and you can find out when your best chances are for viewing. For instan...

Tonight we get to see what David Cook and David Archuletta can dish out - head to head - vocal chords to vocal chords!!!! I'm a singer so I really appreciate talent when I hear it.  At first I was a David Archuletta fan because David's voice was different and smooth. Then, out of the blue, comes ...

It happened today. I was going through our credit accounts and updating records of accounts we hadn't used in a while.  One of them was a credit card with B of A. I wanted to verify our balance, credit limit and interest rate. When I called a person came on the line and said that the account was ...

For the 15th year in a row, I participated in the Revlon Run Walk for Women.  In my previous blog I told you I'd give you an update on the day.  Here's how it went... I woke up at 4:30am. I made some coffee, dressed and left the house at 5:00am. I went to pick up my girlfriend, Kerri. We both loo...

The Altadena Historical Society will host Tea Time at the Rand McNally House on Sunday, June 8, 2008 from 4pm to 7pm. The Rand/McNally House is one of the newest Nationally Registered Historic Place and is located at 654 E. Mariposa Street in Altadena (right across the street from the Altadena Li...

LA County Supervisor Michael Antonovich will hold an Altadena Community Meeting on Wed., May 28, from 8am to 9am at the Altadena Community Center located at 730 E. Altadena Dr. (just west of Lake Avenue if you've never been there). On the agenda will be Marcia Mayeda, director of LA County Animal...

It's the perfect weather to sit back and relax and listen to the acoustic guitar sounds of Claude Bourbon. Claude Bourbon will be performing at the Coffee Gallery in Altadena tonight at 8pm. Tickets are only $15.00. After what I went through last week with traveling to the East Coast, attending a...