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Good morning to you Altadena! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which music legends are rallying to help rebuild Altadena?
  • How two Altadena twins brought Eaton Fire resilience to Sacramento’s tree
  • Is Altadena’s fire-born teen haven ready for its toughest test yet?

Also on today's calendar: NEW Glendale Thrift Store Celebration! and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: I once read a book about anti-gravity. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 70, low: 54.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 72 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. A Year After The Eaton Fire – Concert For Altadena Arriving With Dawes, Jackson Brown, Stephen Stills, Eric Krasno, Brandon Flowers, Brad Paisley & More (glidemagazine.com) — Altadena residents are being invited to a star-studded benefit concert on January 7, 2026, raising money for the Altadena Builds Back Foundation after the devastating Eaton Fire. Dawes, Jackson Browne, Stephen Stills, Brad Paisley, Brandon Flowers, and more will perform at Pasadena Civic Center to support long-term recovery and help keep displaced neighbors in the community.
   

2. Capitol Celebrates Joy: 5-year-old Altadena twins light state Christmas tree in Sacramento (pasadenaweekly.com) — Two five-year-old twins from Altadena, whose family home was destroyed in the Eaton Fire, helped light California’s State Capitol Christmas tree this week in Sacramento. Their role highlights both the community’s ongoing recovery and the vital support regional centers provide to local children with developmental disabilities during crises.
   

3. Altadena Girls was a fire relief success story. A year later, can it still help as L.A. moves on? (latimes.com subscription) — Altadena teens still reeling from January’s devastating Eaton Fire are finding refuge at Altadena Girls, a youth-focused nonprofit born from the disaster that now runs a large hangout space in Pasadena. The group’s early celebrity-fueled fundraising has slowed, raising questions about transparency, long‑term funding, and how effectively it can keep serving fire‑displaced Altadena youth as broader attention fades.
   

4. With Altadena Burning, L.A. County Lacked Satellite Mapping Tool Used by Other Agencies (fireengineering.com) — Altadena residents are learning that during January’s deadly Eaton fire, L.A. County firefighters lacked access to a satellite mapping tool many other agencies already used, potentially limiting early insight as flames pushed into west Altadena. Officials now say FireGuard has been integrated, while reviews question why evacuation alerts for west Altadena came hours after the fire’s westward shift was evident in later-analyzed data.
   

5. Tekeyan Cultural Association's Hagop Boghosian Fund Marks 24th Year (mirrorspectator.com) — An education-focused Armenian cultural fund rooted in Altadena is quietly marking 24 years of supporting top students at Vahan Tekeyan School in Yerevan. Created in memory of former Nor Or editor Hagop Boghosian, the fund’s annual proceeds reward graduating students for standout Armenian-language compositions, helping preserve language, creativity, and cultural identity across generations.
   

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  • Was walking my dogs around the block and once I turned onto Morada (from Holliston) there was a man and two ladies in a front yard with two adorable white little fluffy dogs NOT ON A LEASH.
    Naturally the two dogs didn’t even hesitate before running across the street directly to my dogs…. I even heard the gentleman say “this is how we… (Nextdoor Hope Heights)
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