National Night Out at Farnsworth Park

Capt. Steve McLean ready to get dunked.

I had so much fun at this event--and as someone who came of age in the '60s under the ignobly noble LAPD Chief William H. Parker, that's saying a lot.

Capt. McLean of the Altadena Sheriff's Station was a good sport, taking the hot seat in the dunk tank.  I got some great video, which is posted on Altadena Patch.

Read all about the event and the participants on Patch.

Athens Services will be Altadena's only waste collector

Los Angeles County is in the process of franchising waste services in unincorporated areas countywide. Right now, each residence in Altadena chooses its own trash collector--or none at all. I went to a community meeting on Saturday with the new contract holder, Athens Services, and the County and wrote it up for Altadena Patch:Your Questions Answered on the New Trash Contract .

It was a busy weekend for, because the same evening I covered the Brian Hughes Quintet at Farnsworth's Concerts in the Park.  You can read about it on altadenablog, under one of Tim Rutt's great headlines: No frets about great music with Brian Hughes.  A video of the group is posted there as well.