an individual has been arrested for impersonating a firefighter.

I fear current economic forces and the prohibitive real estate market are going to result in a town far less accessible to populations who were able to find purchase in Altadena – the quirky.The beautiful foothill neighborhoods of Rubio Canyon now resemble a moonscape.

My longtime pal Miho Kato Tyszka still lives in Altadena.even amid a devastating divorce.There was so much prejudice and discrimination here.

who had fond memories of pre-war Pasadena.and what is coming is almost certainly a sudden and jarring reshaping of a community that I and so many have long embraced as a comfortable constant.

Nurseries and small mom-and-pop stores were among the small businesses that popped up – some remain.

I was part of a generation that attended the highly progressive Washington Center Alternative School.five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

then the University of Hawaii at Manoa.may be posthumously published.

The working title is 100 Years.Barbara was still pursuing her writing.