Altadena News

Over the years, business at Twin Palms in trendy Old Pasadena boomed, the restaurant hosting parties during the holiday season and entertaining busloads of tourists in town for the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl game New Year's Day.

Foothill Unity Center, 415 W. Chestnut Ave., is seeking donations of turkeys for its largest Thanksgiving food distribution ever Nov.

Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, granddaughter of Jimmy Doolittle, and a panel of World War II heroes including 89-year-old Vi Cowden, one of the first women to fly military aircraft, and Tuskegee Airman Claude Davis, at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the community room at the Altadena Library, 600 E. Mariposa St.

The Station Fire that swept across the San Gabriel Mountains above Pasadena and Altadena has opened new concerns about what to do with non-native trees in Hahamongna Watershed Park .

Film and television star Robert Wagner will discuss and sign copies of his best-selling autobiography, "Pieces of My Heart," at 2 p.m. today at Altadena Senior Center, 560 E. Mariposa St.

Right where Pasadena and St. John avenues divide, there's a fork in the road. It's about 18 feet tall and looks like stainless steel.

Altadena resident Mike Freas was twice rejected for health coverage by Anthem Blue Cross because of a preexisting condition, forcing him into a costly state-run program intended to serve as the insurer of last resort for people turned away by the private sector.

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A masked gunman held two gas station employees at gunpoint during a robbery Sunday, authorities said.

Mount Wilson Observatory Superintendent Dave Jurasevich, who stayed on the mountain during most of the Station Fire, shared his unique perspective on the blaze Sunday.

The people who come to pick up food at the Friends In Deed pantry are no longer just the homeless or the "chronic poor," the Rev.

I'M not so sure about justice in America for a lot of reasons. And when it comes to this thing about a jury of one's peers, I get real troubled thinking about the parent who smacks their kid upside the head like used to happen all across the country and on a daily basis.

Four the fourth time in just over a week, a foothill city bank has been robbed, authorities said.

The Pasadena Star News reports on a religious "vigil" held Monday night at the Pasadena City Hall by a group of about 100 health care reform advocates reportedly from various churches in the area propounding a big lie that there are medical "uninsured" in California who do not receive medical treatment.

The Gallery at the End of the World, 2475 N. Lake Ave., will hold one last open call for artists from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday for its December group show.

Back in the days of crew cuts and conformity, Altadena had a hip counter-culture scene that was more berets than fedoras.

"How to Thrive During the Changing Times: Seven Steps to Being Gainfully Employed" will be presented 7 p.m. Monday at the Altadena Library, 600 E. Mariposa St.

A father and son were arrested early Thursday as deputies investigated a home burglary, authorities said.

A robber used a note to steal cash from a bank teller early Thursday, sheriff's officials said.

A large, rubber piece of weather stripping came loose from a bridge and obstructed traffic on the westbound 210 Freeway at Lowell Avenue in Altadena Wednesday.