Thursday, February 2, 2012
Grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to cities, non-profits, and other organizations that develop plans to replace trees destroyed by November's wind storm.
The county will offer a $2.5 million grant program to replace trees damaged in November's wind storm, according to the office of County Supervisor Michael Antonovich. The grants will be offered in blocks of $100,000 to "cities, other public agencies and nonprofit organizations that partner with public agencies," according to Antonovich's press release. The grants can be used to plant trees in parks, public open spaces, or residential or commercial streets, according to the release. With Altadena lacking a city government, presumably a private organization would have to apply for the grant to take advantage of the opportunity. The deadline to apply is May 31 and applicant proposals should include plans to start the planting by the end of …
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Can one elected L.A. County official represent one-fifth of the county and still really look out for Altadena?
Something’s gone wrong. Let’s say your email is down for the tenth time this month, or the morning paper failed to arrive for the seventh day in a row. So you make a call and go through the punishing, mind-numbing, soul-zapping, head-splitting process known as the phone tree. And the phone robot says those irritatingly disingenuous words--“OK” and “got it” and “hmmm, I didn’t catch that”--in hopes you’ll vent all your frustration to a machine. But, no, you’re going to keep your own counsel. You’re going to wait until you reach a real live person, someone of flesh and blood, no matter how long it takes. Finally, your persistence is rewarded; you’ve clawed your way up to the live-operator queue. A queue with long hold times and looping …
Monday, June 20, 2011
The Altadena Community Garden in Loma Alta Park truly became a place for the community to gather on Saturday, June 18 with a barbecue picnic and festival that brought together public services, homespun food vendors, and community resources.
The 64 garden plots of the Altadena Community Garden, including four handicap accessible plots, sits on 2.5 acres on the southeast corner of Loma Alta Park at Lincoln Avenue and Palm Street. The garden opened in 1984, but residents had been using the land, which reverted to Los Angeles County when the Mt. Lowe Military Academy closed, long before that. A history of the garden is here. At a barbecue and community festival on Saturday, Supervisor and L.A. County Mayor Michael Antonovich unveiled a bench he presented to the community garden and presented certificates to community leaders. Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez spoke briefly, followed by Capt. Steven McLean of the Altadena Sheriff’s Station. “There are no borders between …
Laprincessa
7:30 am on Friday, February 3, 2012
Seriously? There are more people homeless and starving in our own cities than ever before and the gov wants to give money for trees? This is crazy. more ›