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CAL State LA Los Angeles Fires Community Archive Invites You to Share Your Story |
Cal State LA's Perspectives student history journal is collecting community testimonials, memories, and photos related to the Eaton and Palisades fires of January 2025. We are creating a community archive to preserve the memories of the affected communities and of how the fires impacted people across Los Angeles.
Please feel free to answer as many or as few questions as you wish. You can also share photos, audio files, and videos by emailing them to lafiresarchive@gmail.com.
We are partnering with the Cal State LA Library's Special Collections and Archives to create a digital archive of this collection that will be accessible to the community.
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The Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the San Gabriel Valley Greenway Network Plan is available for 45-days from 4/15 – 5/30. |
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Affected by the Eaton Fire? Financial assistance may be available. Stop by a location listed from April 29-May 10 |
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the Red Cross is offering additional assistance Tor eligible housenolas impacted by the 2025 California Wildfires.
You may be eligible for assistance if:
- Your primary residence is located within the Eaton or Palisades burn perimeter
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- You are continuing to experience roadblocks to your recovery.
Stop by one of these locations to speak with a Red Cross volunteer. No prior appointment is required.
First African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
1700 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA
April 29 - May 3, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Boys & Girls Club of Malibu
Third Space Disaster Relief Center
23357 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA
April 30 - May 2, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
May 3, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Pasadena Community Job Center
500 N Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA
May 5 - 7, 6 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Santa Monica YMCA
1332 6th St, Santa Monica, CA
May 5 - 10, 12- 13,10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
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AlterCareLine FREE Children's Support Group for LA Wildfire Survivors
WEDNESDAYS (starts 4/30) • 3:30-5:00PM
Altadena Main Library Community Room
600 E. Mariposa St., Altadena, CA 91001 |
Join crisis support counselors, Esmeralda and Rose, for some sensory healing fun! We ask that a parent is present with their child during the group to help them along with any activities. Please contact the coordinator to reserve a spot to ensure we have enough supplies. Email ehernandez-polanco@altercareline.com |
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Keni Arts Exhibition: Beauty for Ashes Exhibition Artist Reception
Friday, May 2 • 6:30-8pm
Altadena Main Library, 600 E Mariposa |
“Art is a process more than a product. It doesn't start with the paint, nor does art end with the picture. True art starts in the heart of God, then flows through the artist and continues in the viewer, allowing them to interact with the body of work. Art can be a powerful voice for change. It can be enlightening, but it can also be challenging.”- Keni Arts
For nearly five decades, Keni Arts has documented the soul of communities through his vibrant plein air paintings. From the streets of America to the landscapes of Africa, Brazil, and beyond, his brush has captured the essence of people and place. Yet, nowhere has he felt more at home than in the ‘Denas’—Altadena and Pasadena—where this artistic journey has been deeply rooted since 1977.
But on January 7, 2025, the Eaton Fire changed everything. Over 9,000 homes and businesses were lost, including cherished sites Keni had once immortalized in watercolor. Now, in a powerful act of resilience and artistry, he returns to these sites to create Beauty For Ashes—a series that reimagines Altadena in its moment of transition, documenting destruction, renewal, and hope.
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Litfest in the Dena
Friday, May 2 • 6-9:30pm
Saturday, May 3 • 10am-5:30pm
Pasadena Presbyterian Church in Playhouse Village, 585 E. Colorado Bvd, Pasadena |
Join current and previous Altadena Poets Laureate as they celebrate the 'Denas on Friday, May 2, from 8-9pm at Pasadena Presbyterian Church, South Hall.
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STEM Savvy: Girls' Science Day 2025
Saturday, May 3 • 9am-12pm
Pasadena City College |
FREE half day event with small groups of middle school girls doing fun, hands-on STEM activities. Meet women in STEM careers. Checkin starts at 8:15am and events start at 9am. Registration required. |
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Healing & Hope: Eaton Recovery Fair
Saturday, May 3 • 10am-2pm
AltaMed General Pediatrics & Dental Group, 2055 Lincoln Ave. |
Essential supplies, resource connections, familiy activities, financial and legal assistance, and health screenings. |
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Legislative Update with Senator Sasha Renée Pérez
Saturday, May 3 • 2-4pm
Maxwell House, 55 S. Grand, Pasadena |
The senator will share updates on bills, the budget, and how they relate to the Eatoon Fire. Please register for this event. |
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Altadena Congregations Together Serving Potluck Spring Gathering
Saturday, May 3 • 3-6pm
Christ the Shepherd Luthern Church, 185 W. Altadena Dr. |
Bring a vegetarian dish or come early and enjoy dishes shared by others.
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The Concert for Beautiful Altadena
Saturday, May 3 • 3-11pm
455 E. Woodbury Road |
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The Art of Braiding Workshop
Saturday, May 3 • 4-6pm
Side Street Projects, Canada Ave, Pasadena |
Join Side Street Projects for a free workshop on the art of braiding, honoring the craft’s beauty and legacy within Black traditions and culture. Come connect and learn how to form a three-strand braid using repurposed fabric strips, and embrace braiding as a meditative practice rooted in both self-care and community care.
About Artist-in-residence Mariah Cochran's Residency “Weaving Care and Connection through Braiding Circles”
Mariah’s residency aims to engage participants in a reflective relationship with nature, our bodies, and how we can care for them through the practice of braiding. The project will explore braiding as a sacred practice in Black and Indigenous communities, a somatic experience, and an art form that is inherently rooted in community and connection. |
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Gold Rush Gala: Fiesta & Auction
Saturday, May 3 • 5pm
Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St. |
Join us for the 11th Annual Fiesta & Auction: Gold Rush! Dust off those cowboy boots, wrangle your friends, and do-si-do into a night full of gold-tier fun and generosity!Live auction highlights include: Disneyland Tickets, Two-Night Stay at The Langham, Private Sailboat Excursion, One-of-a-Kind Teacher Experiences
Can’t make it in person? Bidding online available
There is limited city parking on-site, so we strongly recommend parking in the all-night structure on Holly & Arroyo—it’s convenient and just a short walk to the venue! |
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Mt Lowe Chamber Players: Interactive Family Concert: Reed Quintet
Sunday, May 4 • 3-4pm
Altadena Main Library |
Want to find out how wind instruments work? What are the reeds for? Hear music that creates images, stories, and moods: Debussy’s “Golliwogg’s Cake Walk,” Schumann’s “Forest Music,” Satie’s “Dances,” Gershwin “American in Paris,” and Doest’s “Circus Music.” Mozart Eb Serenade.
Francisco Castillo (Oboe), Helen Goode (Clarinet), (Patrick Olmos) Also Sax, Carlos Herrera (Bass Clarinet), and Phoebe Ray (Bassoon). |
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Celebración de las Artes
Sunday, May 4• 3:30-7:30pm
The Music Center, 135 North Grand Ave, Los Angeles |
On Sunday, May 4, 2025, join LA Opera Connects and Hispanics for LA Opera on The Music Center's Jerry Moss Plaza to enjoy musical performances, a vibrant marketplace featuring local artisans, and specially curated food and drinks. Mark your calendars and immerse yourself in this one-of-a-kind celebration of Latino artistry and culture on Sunday, May 4, 2025! This event is free to attend and open to all ages. |
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Altadena Chamber of Commerce Virtual Open Session Board Meeting
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Altadena Poets Laureate:
Into the Woods: Using Fairy Tales to Tell Your Story with Elline Lipkin
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 • 5:30-7:30pm
Altadena Main Library Community Room |
Fairy tales have been around for centuries because they capture something essential about the human experience. In this workshop, we will use fairy tales and their tropes as inspiration to write about our own lives. Thinking about animals, the forest, the seasons, and the symbolic characters we find in fairy tales, we will explore the persona poem and the elegy, among other exercises meant to spark the imagination, to celebrate and commemorate Altadena, and to process grief.
The workshop is free and open to the public – all ages and backgrounds are welcome. Please bring a notebook and a pen if you can; otherwise, we will provide paper and writing utensils for you. Tuesday, May 6, 2025 marks four months since the Eaton fire devastated our community. We extend a special invitation to Altadena and Pasadena residents as well as to others who have been impacted by the fire. Please join us to write and process your experience and our community’s resilience.
The workshop will be led by Elline Lipkin, PhD, a poet, nonfiction writer, and academic, who, until the Eaton fire, was an Altadena resident for thirteen years. She holds an MFA and PhD in Literature and Creative Writing and has been a Research Scholar with UCLA's Center for the Study of Women. Author of two books, her third, Girl in a Forest is forthcoming in October 2025. For two years (2016-18), she served her community as Altadena Poet Laureate and editor of the Altadena Poetry Review.
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Virtual Meditation with Amy Rutledge
Tuesdays in May • 6:30-7pm
on Zoom |
About the presenterAmy Rutledge came to the study of meditation as a path toward personal healing after struggles with the effects of Lyme Disease as well as depression and anxiety and found that it helped her in ways when many other approaches failed. https://www.meditatewithamy.com/
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LGBTQ COMMUNITY TOWN HALL
Wednesday, May 7 • 5:30-7:30pm
Altadena Main Library Community Room |
The Impact of the Los Angeles Fires on LGBTQ Communities
ENSURING AN INCLUSIVE RECOVERY
If you are LGBTQ and were impacted by the Los Angeles fires, we want to hear from you to ensure that recovery efforts are inclusive of community needs. You must be 18 years old, LGBTQ, and live or have lived in the areas directly affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires. Dinner will be provided; Spanish interpretation will be available; The first 100 attendees will receive a free air purifier!
This is a Williams Institute UCLA research study led by co-principal investigators
Brad Sears and Laurel Sprague. Participation is voluntary.
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Community Soil Testing and Resource Event with UCLA, TreePeople, and UCCE Los Angeles County Master Gardeners
Saturday, May 10 • 12-4pm
Grocery Outlet Altadena Parking Lot, 2270 Lake Ave. |
In the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, this free public event brings community members together to test soil samples, learn about post-fire recovery, and contribute to a growing regional data set on burn scar recovery.
The event aims to empower residents through science, foster resilience, and offer actionable, healing resources through local partners.
Master Gardeners will have UC hand out materials as well as onsite scientists to assist with deep inquiries, including:
- Experience with compost, bonus if knowledge with UCanr bioremediation—contaminant mitigation
- Fire-scaping
- Growing food post fire
- Orchard team or knowledge with grafting and saving trees soon to be destroyed
- Support for local efforts with Grow Altadena propagating, Free Seed Library, and general MG outreach
- Disaster Support Team (Lead: Cole)
- Rover to ensure the event is running smooth and our outreach is professional (we want to repeat this event!)
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Second Saturday: Upstream
May 10 • 6:30-8:30pm
Main Library Parking Lot |
Join us for a free outdoor concert on the Second Saturday of the month. This month, we will host Upstream. Please note that the concerts begin at 6:30PM! Please bring your own chair as outdoor concert seating will not be provided. Registration required.
The 2024-2025 Second Saturday concert series is sponsored by the Friends of the Altadena Library and the Altadena Library Foundation. |
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FREE WORKSHOP FOR SENIORS
ENDING WELL: Getting Your Ducks in a Row
Monday-Friday, Starting May 12 • on Zoom |
Mondays at 11:00 am on May 12, 19, 26, Jun 2 & 9
Tuesdays at 2:00 pm on May 13, 20, 27, Jun 3 & 10
Tuesdays at 6:30 pm on May 13, 20, 27, Jun 3 & 10
Thursdays at 2:00 pm on May 15, 22, 29, Jun 5 & 12
Thursdays at 4:00 pm on May 15, 22, 29, Jun 5 & 12
Fridays at 10:00 am on May 16, 23, 30, Jun 6 & 13
These 5 FREE one-hour sessions are presented in a Zoom format and limited to 10
participants. Checklists are provided, covering required documents, your digital world,
celebration of life, an ethical will, and more--a roadmap to guide your executor and
trustees through their responsibilities settling your affairs.
Ending Well does not promote any religious organization, legal, or financial company. The presenters are volunteers who provide information and support. For more information or to register, e-mail to endingwellclass@gmail.com |
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SuperAdobe Building Methods
Monday, May 12 • 5-6:30pm
Main Library Reading Court |
Dastan Khalili and other facilitators from CalEarth, an educational non-profit, will teach us about the SuperAdobe building method that is environmentally friendly and fire resistant.
SuperAdobe is a form of earth bag architecture developed by architect and CalEarth founder Nader Khalili. Using long sandbags ("SuperAdobe Bags"), barbed wire, on-site earth and a few tools, Khalili devised a revolutionary building system that integrates traditional earth architecture with contemporary global safety requirements, and passes severe earthquake code tests in California.
This technology has been published by NASA, endorsed by the United Nations, featured in countless world media outlets, and awarded the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004. It comes from years of meditation, hands-on research and development. Inspired by traditional earth architecture in the deserts of Iran and adapted for modern usage. Simplified so that anyone can build.
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AI Summit for LA Small Business
Thursday, May 15 • 10am-1pm
Intuit Dome, 3930 W Century Blvd |
A free community event, where you will learn how to use AI tools to:
- Personalize outreach to customers in oneclick
- Rebuild a website and marketing materials inminutes.
- Write a business plan for funding in seconds.
- Create a new marketing strategy in a snap.
- Optimize the systems to support your business in a flash
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MT. SAC Workforce Training Center Lunch & Learn Webinar Series: Digital Transformation & Tech Tools
Thursday, May 15 • 12-1pm
on Zoom
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Empowering San Gabriel Valley businesses with strategic insights and practical skills through monthly webinars. These trainings equip employers with actionable business strategies and applied knowledge that can be immediately implemented in their daily operations. All can join. Register for Zoom here. |
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Friends of the Altadena Library Book Sale
Saturday, May 17 • 10am-4pm (10am-12pm Friends only)
Sunday, May 18 • 11am-4pm
Main Library Parking Lot |
Join the Friends of the Altadena Library for a used book sale on Saturday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, May 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Only Friends of the Library are able to shop from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, but you can become a member on-site for $10. The sale is open to all from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Thousands of books, DVDs, and more will be available for purchase.
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YWCA: Heart & Excellence Legacy Luncheon
Thursday, May 29 • 11:30am-1pm
La Cañada Flintridge Country Club |
Susan Hunt and Amanda Faissal invite you to join them at the 28th Annual Heart & Excellence Legacy Luncheon on May 29th at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club.
The YWCA Glendale & Pasadena is honoring the all the legends – the former board members who have guided and led this organization for almost 100 years.
Enjoy an inspiring keynote from Natalie Samarjian, President & CEO of Coro Southern California, a dedicated leader in civic engagement and social change. Connect with 250 local leaders, philanthropists, and changemakers while supporting YWCA’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women.
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Marcus Stroman Scholarship 2025
Deadline to apply: June 26, 2025
Location: Altadena/Pasadena
Eligible: Low-Income High School Seniors with GPA 3.0 or higher |
The 2025 California wildfire season has left a path of devastation, with Pasadena and Altadena communities deeply impacted. Homes have been destroyed, families displaced, and entire neighborhoods left to rebuild in the wake of relentless fires. Beyond the immediate destruction, these wildfires have placed an immense financial and emotional strain on students and their families, making the pursuit of higher education feel more uncertain than ever.
Any high school senior from Pasadena or Altadena with a 3.0+ GPA who identifies as low-income is eligible to apply for this scholarship.
To apply, students must submit an essay and video describing the college of their dreams, why they wish to continue their education at that university, and how the 2025 wildfires have impacted their goals and aspirations.
About the scholarship
Understanding the immense challenges students face, New York Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman established the Marcus Stroman Scholarship, an initiative of his Height Doesn’t Measure Heart (HDMH) Foundation. The HDMH Foundation is dedicated to empowering in-need youth, helping them rise above their circumstances, reach their full potential, and achieve their dreams.
In its second year, the Marcus Stroman Scholarship now seeks to uplift students from Pasadena and Altadena, California, particularly those whose families have been impacted by the 2025 wildfires. This scholarship will provide two students with $25,000 each to help them pursue their college education without the added stress of financial uncertainty.
Marcus Stroman’s journey – both in baseball and in life – demonstrates the power of persistence, determination, and resilience. His college education at Duke University played a crucial role in shaping his success, and he remains a strong advocate for higher learning. Through this scholarship, he hopes to ease these financial burdens so that students can focus on excelling in college and beyond. |
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Employment Services for Disaster Impacted Workers: Fire Recovery & Resilience Workforce Program |
The Fire Recovery and Resilience Workforce Program (Program) provides immediate hiring and training support for impacted and dislocated workers from the January 2025 windstorms and wildfires in partnership with DEO and the region’s America’s Job Centers of California. The goal of the Program is to ensure that all impacted workers have access to financial security in the early days of the emergency, career pathways that lead to new and better jobs, and opportunities to participate in the recovery and rebuild of our fire-impacted areas.
For more information about the program, click here. Job seekers can fill out an interest form at |
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