5 Things You Need to Know: Coffee Gallery Fundraiser, Fake Drunk Driver Crash

1) The Coffee Gallery which is trying to to keep its Front Stage performance space will hold a fundraiser that is open to the public from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on April 28 at the Altadena Community Church.  The event will involve musical guests and chili tasting.  Also, the store's owners posted this "Thank You" message for attendees of last weekends comic roast fundraiser at the shop.

2) The Pasadena Police Department plans to educate John Muir High School students with a fake fatal drunk driving collision that will involve student actors first participating in the crash, then mourning their fellow crash victims who "died" in the wreck.  The "crash" will take place on April 21. 

3) It's not an Altadena story, but Monrovia Patch editor Nathan McIntire has an on local veternarians resisting the city granting permits for a PetSmart in town, spawing all-too-familiar debates over whether encouraging chain businesses to move in is a smart way to spur the local economy.

4) Altadena station detectives are looking into whether an for receiving stolen property to see whether he might be involved in any property crimes in Altadena, according to Lt. Joe Dempsey of the Altadena Sheriff's Station.

5) Looks like Webster's Fine Stationers is getting ready to celebrate Easter by hosting a raffle and wine tasting, and serving up other treats.