The Altadena Historical Society (AHS) will sell a wide variety of de-accessioned items from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, in the courtyard outside the Full Circle Thrift Store. Included in the sale will be many books, pictures,… Read More »May 13, 2017: Have a (cannon)ball at our rummage sale
Writer and artist Hope Demetriades will discuss American abolitionists and Altadena’s connection to two sons of John Brown. The famous abolitionist lead the raid on an arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia n 1859 in hopes of starting a revolution to… Read More »April 24, 2017: Learn about Altadena’s connection to the family of abolitionist John Brown
We received so many memories from readers commenting on our January 2017 post about the closing of Ralphs, that we decided to include them here: Dick Bale wrote: The store described in the blog as being on the southwest corner of Fair Oaks… Read More »Memories about Altadena’s Grocery Stores
NOTED AUTHORS AND ALTADENA PUBLISHER DEBATE WHETHER AUTHORS’ RACE, GENDER LIMITS WHAT THEY CAN WRITE ABOUT A spirited talk between an Altadena publisher and three of her acclaimed authors will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday Feb. 2 at the… Read More »Free panel discussion on authors and cultural appropriation
Although earlier flooding had taken its toll on Altadena decades before the 1934 flood that devastated La Crescenta, it was this flood that motivated the building of new infrastructure. The 1934 flood took out large swathes of La Crescenta and… Read More »Altadena’ Most Memorable Floods