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Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Join the Huntington-Fremont Corridor Project Meeting (southpasadenan.com) — South Pasadena is inviting residents to two late-August community meetings on major safety and mobility upgrades along Huntington Drive and Fremont Avenue, key corridors used by many Pasadena drivers and cyclists. You'll hear design updates, see displays, and can offer feedback on new bike lanes, sidewalk improvements, and signal upgrades that will shape how people move between South Pasadena, Alhambra, and nearby neighborhoods.
• A local Realtor and nonprofit chief team up to move 100 old homes to Altadena — 'Brick by Brick' (pasadenastarnews.com) — Pasadena-area readers may be interested in how an Altadena Realtor who also works in Pasadena is helping fire survivors rebuild by moving historic homes into burned neighborhoods. The story follows two Altadena women leading a nonprofit and housing initiative that relocates character homes from across Los Angeles, supports longtime uninsured residents, and aims to restore community ties after the devastating Eaton fire.
• 5 Restaurant Chains That Are Surprisingly Still Family-Run In 2026 (thetakeout.com) — Pasadena gets a shout-out as the birthplace of Panda Inn, the full-service restaurant opened in 1973 that later inspired mall favorite Panda Express. The piece surveys several big-name fast-food chains that remain family-run, tracing how Panda's founding Cherng family and others still guide these brands' growth, menus, and sometimes controversial values today.
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