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In today's newsletter:

  • How you can share your Eaton Fire memories through new art workshops
  • How the Eaton Fire erased a legendary writer's library in Altadena
  • What Newsom's insurance vetoes mean for Eaton and Palisades fire survivors

Also on today's calendar: Is Your Contract Protecting You? What I Wish I Had Known! | Rebuild Event and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 91 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 85, low: 65.
  • Thursday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 90 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• LA County Selects Artist for Wildfire Community Memory Project (mynewsla.com) — Altadena residents will soon be invited to take part in creative workshops preserving memories of the January 2025 wildfires, led by artist-in-residence Tanya Aguiñiga. Hosted through LA County's Cultural Climate Commons with the Altadena Library District and partners, the sessions will help neighbors share stories, make art, and contribute to a new digital archive documenting local recovery.
   

• And Then Somebody Handed Me a Story: Gary Indiana, Unlocked by Natalie Shapero (theparisreview.org) — Altadena appears in a striking anecdote about Gary Indiana's vast book collection, which was reportedly shipped to a planned local library site and then lost in the Eaton Fire. The piece uses that loss to frame a newly unlocked Paris Review interview, exploring Indiana's life, art criticism, fiction, and reflections on love, trauma, and taking real action.
   

• Pérez Says Newsom Vetoes Will Delay Justice for California Fire Survivors (coloradoboulevard.net) — Altadena readers affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires may feel the impact of Governor Newsom's vetoes of two insurance-reform bills aimed at faster, clearer payouts for fire survivors. Senator Pérez says the bipartisan measures, inspired by January 2025 survivors' struggles to rebuild, would have penalized needless delays and required detailed claim explanations statewide.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Please don't throw away books that are still in good condition.
    A book you no longer need may be genuinely useful to someone else—especially dictionaries, reference books, textbooks, classics, and paperbacks. In… (Nextdoor Farnsworth)
  • If you have a lot of books you no longer need and the main problem is having to transport all those heavy boxes, there are several options in Los Angeles that offer free pickup.
    You can try: • Re-Book It — offers free book pickup throughout Los Angeles County. In some areas, they may require a minimum number of boxes. •… (Nextdoor Farnsworth)
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center posted a job opening for Construction Project Manager (Huntington Hospital Project) - Onsite in Pasadena. Apply here.
  • Guidehouse posted a job opening for Hospital Admissions Rep -Swing Shift, Full Time Onsite 3 pm-11:30pm in Pasadena. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Altadena here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pasadena

  • Sr Data Engineer - VIIS Global Inc. - Pasadena, CA, US (dice.com)
  • Palm Springs Modernism Week Adds L.A. Architecture Tours (lamag.com)
  • South Pasadena advances noise ordinance overhaul - Hey SoCal. Change is our intention. (heysocal.com)

Ok Altadena! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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