What's Up In Altadena

01/17/2025

🔸️From Pasadena Unified

A phasased plan to get all Pasadena Unified schools affected by the Eaton Fire reopened by the end of the month was announced by the school district Thursday.

Severe damage from the 14,000-acre Eaton Fire was reported at five campuses including Eliot Arts Magnet Middle School, Franklin Elementary (which closed in 2020 but is expected to reopen), and three charter schools: Edison, Loma Alta, and Noyes.

“To restore a sense of normalcy and provide stability for students, campuses located further from the fire’s impact will reopen first, allowing the community to begin its path toward healing,” the School District stated in a news release.

Pasadena Unified’s Maintenance and Operations team is working alongside more than 1,000 contractors to clear debris and conduct sanitization efforts to meet environmental and safety tests. As of Thursday, 10 tons of debris had been removed from the affected campuses.

Each site can only reopen after testing for safe levels by the California Office of Emergency Services, the School District stated.

In addition to working to clear the campuses, the School District has continued with its food services program, delivering 2,800 meals to families since Jan. 10.

01/17/2025

🔺️Public Health🔺️
🔸️NO LEAF BLOWERS I ALL OF LA COUNTY 🔸️

Public Health has declared a Local Health Emergency and issued a Public Health Officer Order in response to the widespread impacts of the ongoing multiple critical fire events and windstorm conditions. The fire events have caused significant health and safety risks for residents across the county.

The fires, coupled with strong winds, have severely degraded air quality by releasing hazardous smoke and particulate matter, posing immediate and long-term risks to public health.
Additionally, the fires have caused widespread displacement of residents, prompted emergency evacuations from healthcare facilities, and disrupted vital health services and resources.

To help protect the health and wellbeing of residents, the use of power air blowers, including leaf blowers, is prohibited until further notice. These devices stir up ash and particulate matter into the air, further worsening air quality and increasing health risks for everyone and their pets, particularly for those with respiratory conditions, older adults, children, and other vulnerable populations.

The order applies to all areas of Los Angeles County due to the widespread presence of ash and particulate matter in the air throughout the entire region

01/16/2025

WHEN CAN WE SEE OUR PROPERTIES?

The return home for thousands of evacuees remains uncertain.
LA County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said during a morning news conference today/ Thursday that the repopulation of all evacuated areas will not occur for at least one more week.

"As fast as we can, we continue to plan for the repopulation of evacuated areas when safe," he said. "When I say one more week, that does not include the entire evacuation order area, we're doing our best as we know that this is a challenge for our residents."

LACounty Sheriff Robert Luna stressed that his deputies continue to hold several locations, where they are waiting for the appropriate resources to come in and recover human remains. "If you haven't been out there, it literally looks like a bomb dropped, There are areas right now that we have to hold people away from so our people can do their job appropriately."

The recovery process will be long and arduous for the affected communities surrounding Los Angeles. Repopulation will begin WHEN SAFE.

Here are some links for ACCURATE up to date information:
▪️ www.kathrynbarger.com
For the latest information from the 5th District County Supervisor
▪️ www.protect.genasys.com
To get information updated at 3 p.m. daily about evacuation zone boundaries
▪️www.recovery.lacounty.gov
To get updated information on individual houses lost. NOTE - this data is not up to date! The photo below is of my street and the surrounding neighborhood. It doesn't show my house as destroyed because they haven't completed surveying and documenting that area, even though it is mostly gone.

01/16/2025

🔸️I HEARD THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY🔸️

We are sad to announce these fatalities of the Eaton Canyon fire. Our sincere condolences to the families, friends, and neighbors for their loss.

▪️VICTOR SHAW, 66, of Altadena
▪️RODNEY NICKERSON, 83 of Altadena
▪️ANTHONY MITCHELL, 68, AND JUSTIN MITCHELL, 35, r of Altadena
▪️ERLIENE KELLEY, of Altadena
▪️DALYCE CURRY, 95, of Altadena
▪️EVELYN McCLENDON, 59, of Altadena
▪️KIMBERLY WINIECKI, 77, of Altadena
▪️ZHI FENG ZHAO, 84, of Altadena

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – As first responders and investigators with the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner do the grim work of locating and identifying fatalities tied to the Eaton…

01/16/2025

Good morning!!!

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01/16/2025

🔺️FEMA Disaster Recovery Center
▪️Pasadena City College Community Education Center
3035 E Foothill Blvd
PASADENA, CA 91107

FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) are accessible facilities and mobile offices you can visit to learn more about FEMA and other disaster assistance programs. You may also visit to ask questions about your case. DRCs are set up in convenient areas after a disaster to make them easier to find. The DRC Locator helps you find the hours, services, and locations of DRCs near you.

A DRC may be able to help you:
▪️Apply for assistance. You may also Apply for FEMA Assistance online or Apply/Check your status by phone 1-800-621-3362.
▪️Learn more about disaster assistance programs.
▪️Learn the status of your FEMA application.
▪️Understand any letters you get from FEMA.
▪️Find housing and rental assistance information.
▪️Get answers to questions or resolve problems.
▪️Get referrals to agencies that may offer other assistance.
▪️Learn about Small Business Administrationhttps://egateway.fema.gov/ESF6/DRCLocator

Disaster Recovery Center Locator

FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) are accessible facilities and mobile offices you can visit to learn more about FEMA and other disaster assistance programs. You may also visit to ask questions about your case. DRCs are set up in convenient areas after a disaster to make them easier to find. The...

01/15/2025

Though Steve’s shop burned he is already collecting bikes for donation to local residents. We are helping with donations and can be dropped at cornerstone chiropractic 1388 W Colorado. Thank you!

01/15/2025

From: Full Circle Thrift
On N. Lake in Altadena

Dear FCT family, thank you so much for the amount of love you have shown us these past few days. You have showered us with kindness and support. We are forever grateful. A few of you have sent us these satellite pictures that show that Full Circle Thrift is still standing. We also want to say that we are thankful to all the firefighters for working tirelessly every day to put out these wildfires. We are also grateful to Paul for checking in on the building on Wednesday morning. He saw as ember was flying inside the store and mobilized to nail the windows down & extinguish any fire that proceeded to make its way in or around the building. His bravery should not go unrecognized. He left that evening with the hope that his efforts were enough and that the fires that continued to spread wouldn’t hurt FCT. We are unsure if there are any damages as the area is still blocked by the National Guard & have not been able to see the building in person. While we are incredibly thankful to be here, we are still completely heartbroken to know that not every home & business in Altadena had the same fate. We have been so moved by the way that our community has shown up for each other through these trying times and have no doubt in our mind that Altadena can and will come back stronger than ever.

Us here at Full Circle Thrift are not taking this opportunity for granted. We have been created to help our community and by Gods grace we are still standing. We believe that our job is to continue that purpose now more than ever & we intend to do exactly that. 🙏🏻

Thank you FCT family. We’ll continue to update as we know more. ❤️

01/15/2025

From J Crew/ TODAY AND TOMORROW
We're here for you, LA.

Due to the overwhelming need for new clothes, we invite anyone impacted by the devastating wildfires to come by our Beverly Connection J.Crew Factory store during the hours below.

We will have free new clothing for adults and children, as well as N95 masks.*
🔸️Wednesday & Thursday, January 15th & 16th🔸️
🔸️12-5pm

▪️J.Crew Factory at the Beverly Connection 100 N. La Cienega Blvd., E-3

Our hearts ache for all those affected, and we stand with you in this moment of unimaginable hardship.

01/15/2025

Promo for Sidecca!

The owner of Sidecca (at the corner of Lake & Mariposa), Adriana Molina, grew up on New York Dr, and her parents still live there now! Amazingly, her building survived, but her stock is likely very damaged or destroyed, and her business is suffering. She has some really nice Altadena merchandise, which is available to preorder. Please consider ordering a little Altadena merch to help Adriana to continue to pay her staff and give her business a fighting chance to survive. https://www.sidecca.com/

01/15/2025

From Saturday 1/11

A drive through an area in Altadena that was destroyed by the Eaton Fire shows the devastation the blaze brought to the community. Annette Arreola reports fo...

01/15/2025

From: Pasadena Humane

Since the Eaton Fire began, we have taken in nearly 150 stray animals, lost pets who came to us with no known owner. These are just a few of the lost animals in our care. Please share this post so we can spread the word and reunite them with their families.

Visit our Pet Connect page at 24petconnect.com/psdn to see all the lost animals currently in our care.

If you think you see your pet on our Pet Connect page, please come directly to Pasadena Humane daily between 9:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. and our Animal Resource Center will assist you further.

01/15/2025

Right?!

01/15/2025

🔺️FROM EDGAR MC GREGOR/
Altadena Weather and Climate

Hello,
If you are tuning in from property outside of Altadena or Sierra Madre, I am going to ask you to begin paying attention to the weather forecast. We remain locked in a weather regime here in Southern California that is continuously delivering Santa Ana windstorms, and the atmosphere is conducting a processes called "reloading" where it exhibits repeat behaviors over a 2-week cycle.

Of course, there is no such thing as repeat weather. Every storm is different.

I've been watching the January 21st timeframe for some time now, and it doesn't overly impress me for strong wind odds. However, a solid-class 2 wind event seems within the realm of possibility here, which would bring gusts of 30 - 45 MPH in the city and up to 70 MPH in the mountains.

For now, no action is needed. It can't hurt to update your wildfire plan though.

As for Altadena and Sierra Madre, our fire threat is zero. Rock bottom zero. There is no fuel in our wilderness areas to burn. Firefighters will have cooled everything off by this windstorm's onset, and I expect no problems whatsoever for still-standing homes. It is those areas that escaped the Eaton Fire with unburned brush that I worry about.

01/15/2025

The La Canada Community Center is open for distributions, and there’s tons of supplies and clothes.

4469 CHEVY CHASE DRIVE LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE CCLCF.ORG/NEWS 818.790.4353