So what are kids doing this summer? About 1100 of them are in the Pasadena Educational Foundation's Summer Enrichment Program.

Altadena Patch sent me to Franklin Elementary School to get some shots of the first program in Altadena.  All the kids were cute and bright, but I think the chicks in "Science Comes Alive" take the cake.  Or the mash.  The one in the picture is trying out worms in an experiment to see which food the chicks prefer.

Happy Fourth of July!

I started the morning off with a neighborhood parade. It's been going on for around 40 years, and I covered this year's festivities for Altadena Patch. You can read the story here: "Pepper Drive Parade".

It was really a lot of fun, and I was happy to cover an event that I have never been to in my two decades as an Altadenan.

On the way home, I snapped some pictures of the flags that line Lake Avenue in Altadena on every patriotic holiday. The picture at left is of a small memorial park at the corner of Lake and Altadena.