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At one time, the Cawston Ostrich Farm was the most popular tourist destination in South Pasadena. The ostriches are long gone, but you can still see an old ostrich feeder on the north wall of Meridian Iron Works. Go check it out the next time you're at the Farmer's Market or hopping on the Gold Line. Get a hold of me here.

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Fire Roundup

View Los Angeles County-area fires near Mount Wilson, La Canada Flintridge, Altadena, La Crescenta, Glendale, Pasadena, Acton, Agua Dulce in a larger map

If you haven’t noticed, all of California is on fire.

The L.A. Times has the best map (pictured above) I’ve seen, as they continue to update the Station Fire’s perimeter.
The Pasadena Star-News gets a [...]

Sobriety Checkpoint Scheduled for Saturday

A lot of cities will give advance notice of a time window and rough location for a sobriety checkpoint. It’s helpful to drivers who want to avoid a traffic jam. South Pasadena is not one of those cities. So, in short, there’ll be a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in South Pas, sometime on Saturday. We can [...]

Videotheque to Move, Expand

I’m a little late to this news, but Videotheque is going to move across the street and into the space currently occupied by Bellini Baby. Bellini will continue to inhabit the western half of the space. Makes sense on both ends. Bellini was really looking spread out (and the upstairs was looking like a clearance [...]

Crime Report 08.26.09

Sorry for the big lag. Don’t get me wrong, Ireland was fun. But going back and cobbling together the past few weeks of police reports? Not so much fun. My favorite is the kid who saw the “Road Closed” sign on the 110 on-ramp, and took it as more of a suggestion. Very full report [...]

Catching Up 08.06.09

I’ll be away from my computer for the next couple weeks.

South Pas fashion designer Richard Tyler decided the best way for Scientologists to overcome their sinister image is to have them wear black capes and sorting hats.
Our firefighters were among those battling the blaze off the 134.
Us and them: “I think the people of El [...]