Dan Abendschein is the Senior Field Editor for the San Gabriel Valley Patch sites. He has been working as a reporter since first publishing freelance journalism work at several weekly papers on Maui in 2004, and has worked as a full-time journalist in Southern California since 2007.
Originally from New Jersey, Dan Abendschein has lived in Southern California since 2005. Dan spent five years of his childhood in Stockton, CA., and seems to keep moving back to the Golden State.
He completed his undergraduate work at Pomona College in 2002, majoring in Linguistics/Cognitive Science.
After that, Dan spent several years working odd jobs and traveling, living in Washington state and on the island of Maui, while visiting Southeast Asia, New Zealand, Australia, and Central America.
He returned to Southern California in 2005, to attend the University of Southern California's journalism program at Annenberg, received a master's degree in 2007. He then went to work for the San Gabriel Valley Tribue, and later moved to the Pasadena Star News.
Would increased use of the Rose Bowl affect Crescenta Valley residents? Anyone with concerns can give public input on the issue at an April 3 meeting.
The accident occurred Thursday afternoon around 3:10 p.m. at the intersection of Altadena and Holliston.
Improving the Ralphs grocery store on Lake Avenue will be one of two topics discussed at the Altadena Coalition of Neighborhood Associations meeting on March 27.
Would increased use of the Rose Bowl affect Crescenta Valley residents? Anyone with concerns can give public input on the issue at an April 3 meeting.
A nationally covered shooting of a black teenager in Florida is the partial inspiration for a discussion on law enforcement to be held at an Altadena church on Saturday.
Would increased use of the Rose Bowl affect Altadena residents? Anyone with concerns can give public input on the issue at an April 3 meeting.
Judy Matthews, a 30 year Altadena resident and local volunteer, will fill the seat until the Town Council's June elections.
The sessions start Thursday night at Eliot Middle School with a program on the transition to high school.
A subcommittee of the Town Council's has proposed some ideas on how to ease restrictions on residential property construction in Altadena as part of the county process to update Altadena codes.
At Tuesday's Altadena Town Council meeting, county officials told the group that negotiations that have been going on since August to get the market off the ground have still not been completed.
The commercial lot has been vacant for years, but under new ownership could possibly be developed.
The three public input sessions will each be different as the county collects public input, and begins to focus in on what kind of changes would be likely.
Reader and wildlife activist Lori Paul sent in the following photos of rare San Gabriel Mountain snow vistas from the Chaney Trail area--plus we add some shots from Echo Mountain.
Reader and wildlife activist Lori Paul sent in the following photos of rare San Gabriel Mountain snow vistas from the Chaney Trail area--plus we add some shots from Echo Mountain.
Tuesday is the first day of Spring, but after a warm winter, it's cool and snowy in Los Angeles County.
Tuesday is the first day of Spring, but after a warm winter, it's cool and snowy in Los Angeles County.
Tuesday is the first day of Spring, but after a warm winter, it's cool and snowy in Los Angeles County.
The arts and crafts show that takes place at a scenic wooded end of Palm Avenue has been scheduled for April 28.
The town will be going through a public input process on possible changes to business, residential, and land use codes. What changes would you like to see?
Although her partner has already changed her plea to guilty, Mesha Arshaz Dean maintains that she shot and killed 32-year-old Monroe Miles in Altadena out of self-defense almost four years ago.
