The County Department of Public Works could remove up to 4 million cubic yards of dirt instead of the original plan of around 2 million.
More than 100 Altadena residents as well as several dignitaries gathered for the reopening of the "newest oldest" Sheriff's station in the county.
In our third video on parenting classes and outreach at Five Acres we meet Brea Sheriff
The Council will recommend to the county that they do not grant a permit to a proposed 250 person capacity high school that would be opened on East Palm Street.
Raoul Germain, a City of Los Angeles building inspector from Altadena, will serve 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of accepting bribes.
A mother talks about her struggles to bring her family together while recovering from a history of drug abuse at the open house program last week at Altadena's Five Acres foster care facility.
The five-week program allows parents of young children a place to play with their child, address parenting concerns and have questions answered.
The Valley Sun looks at the difference in prices between the free-market trash system in La Cañada Flintridge and the new public Athens Service contract in Altadena.
There are three places in town where you can legally dispose of used batteries: Webster's Liquor, Altadena Hardware and Master's Building Supply.
Altadena's representative, Anthony Portantino introduced the bill, which would make it a crime for most people to publicly carry unloaded handguns.
Traffic will be re-routed from Baldwin Avenue for five hours as work continues on a bridge for the Gold Line Foothill Extension.
The board will hear a presentation on why some schools did well, why others did not, and how to address the need for improvement.
The Altadena Crest Trail Restoration Working Group will be discussing an upcoming pipe replacement project Tuesday night.
Friday's food truck event was the last one that the organizers have a valid permit for. To continue the event, the organizers will need to reapply with some tough new hurdles to meet.
The struggle between drivers and pedestrians has been frequently discussed on Altadena Patch. How will the new law effect those issues?
The meetings are part of the environmental impact report process of the plan to remove up to 2 million cubic yards of dirt from the Devil's Gate Dam.
The CL-415 "Super Scooper" planes are an important tool in the aerial firefighting arsenal, and arrive each year on the first of September.
At a heated and raucous meeting Tuesday night, in which an enraged man was ejected by a Sheriff's deputy, opponents of any day school operating at 185-205 Palm Street won the first battle of many to come.
The extension would connect the stations closest to Altadena with San Gabriel Valley cities out to Glendora, but a dispute over redevelopment could delay the project's time table.
The county held the first of two legally required hearings on redistricting, and opinions on how to proceed are clearly still divided. The final hearing will be on Sept. 27.
What are your impressions of the new city-wide Athens Trash Service one week after the service has started?
A Forest Service report on the impacts of the project has been released and the project is in the public comment phase.
Figures released on Wednesday show the district as a whole improved by one point - look below to see how Altadena schools did.
The county will ultimately choose from among three plans for how to redraw County Board of Supervisor seats, and the first hearing is next Tuesday.
On Tuesday the County Board of Supervisors will consider a small property tax increase to pay for fire protection services - the annual increase will amount to $4.87 per household.
With a heat wave rolling through, National Weather Service is predicting today to be the hottest of the year.
A county commission has $39 million in federal funds to spend on housing programs and will hold meetings to develop a spending plan - unfortunately, there is no meeting planned for Altadena.
John McDannel, a retired pilot who lives in Kinneloa Mesa, has gotten approval from the City of Pasadena to put up temporary 9/11 memorial signs on New York Drive. He is still seeking support from the Altadena community.
The three incumbents up for reelection will be reappointed by the LA County Board of Supervisors, saving the Altadena Library District at least $135,000.
A couple of local residents have raised concerns about the removal of a pine tree and some oak tree trimming at the MonteCedro senior home site.
Following up on the news that seven coyotes were trapped and killed this summer in Altadena, Patch spoke with a representative of the county's Weed Hazard and Pest Management Bureau to get more details on the program.
The Pasadena Star-News reports that John McDannel, a Pasadena resident who has sought county and Altadena Town Council approval for a permanent memorial, has persuaded Pasadena officials to put up temporary memorial signs on the road.
Recapping an interesting Altadena summer and getting ready for a new school year.
A long-debated project to begin clearly dirt out of the Devil's Gate Dam in Hahamongna started this week.
As a deadline for new proposed Board of Supervisor electoral boundaries passes, supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas, Gloria Molina, and Don Knabe all released new plans for how to draw the county's electoral boundaries for the next 10 years.
A county official gives advice on coyote prevention at the Tuesday Altadena Town Council meeting.
Now that a state redistricting commission has finished its work, it is likely to see challenges from at least one direction.
Is there a way to help solve the longstanding problems with hikers climbing in dangerous areas? Tell us your solutions and we'll pass them along to the authorities.
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission has completed its work redrawing electoral boundaries, though a ballot referendum or legal challenge to the maps could be possible.
HR 2677 would mandate the Federal Aviation Administration to reduce helicopter noise pollution throughout Los Angeles County.