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The federal document that put the bungalow at 462 S. Marengo Ave. on the National Register of Historic Places runs to nine continuation sheets. It records the original owner, W. D. Russell; the architect, C. W. Buchanan; the contractor, Leonard Bukowski; a construction date of 1904; and the exaggerated bellcast of the roof dormer. It does not even mention the house’s most historical claim to American history: Mary See perfected her delicious chocolate recipes in the house’s kitchen. See’s Candies […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a package of bills in Altadena to expand mortgage protections, strengthen insurance coverage, improve testing and remediation standards, and create a permanent framework to accelerate wildfire recovery in light of last year’s Eaton and Palisades fires. The four new laws create standards for testing and remediating hazardous wildfire smoke contamination for future fires and require insurers to cover qualifying smoke-damage testing, remediation and restoration. The bills also permanently extend mortgage forbearance protections for […]

The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to send back to the Economic Development and Technology (EDTECH) Committee a pilot program that would have allowed residents to operate small restaurants from their homes. Councilmembers Tyron Hampton, Rick Cole, Justin Jones and Gene Masuda supported the item. “I think the downsides are outweighed by the benefits,” said Cole. The Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation program would permit residents to prepare and sell meals from kitchens in houses, apartments and condominiums. The city’s […]

The City Council accepted $850,000 in federal funding Tuesday to help plan a new job-training and education facility at Pasadena City College (PCC). The proposed two-story building would contain as much as 55,000 square feet and offer training in professional, technical, health care and skilled-trade occupations, according to a city staff report. The new facility will provide alternative pathways of training and education in professional, technical, health care and skilled trades professions and vocations. The funding was secured by U.S. […]

The Housing, Homelessness and Planning Committee meeting briefly turned contentious Monday as Mayor Victor Gordo and Councilmember Rick Cole sparred over whether Pasadena has treated homelessness with sufficient urgency. The dust up occurred as the committee considered stronger enforcement measures, possible safety zones around schools and expanded services for people living on the streets. “For 22 months, I’ve been asking to treat this as an emergency, and suddenly today it’s an emergency,” Cole said. Gordo responded that declaring an emergency […]