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.
Organizer of next month's Sunshine Week 2012, which celebrates government transparency, are looking for local heroes who have fought for open government in their home town. Know anyone?
Southern California Edison officials have provided the following information to customers looking to make a claim.
Altadena resident Camille Dudley sent in the following photos showing newspaper racks that county officials say are unpermitted and must be removed.
The bill would require all utilities to update their emergency response plan every two years.
Southern California Edison officials have provided the following information to customers looking to make a claim.
Southern California Edison officials have provided the following information to customers looking to make a claim.
Organizer of next month's Sunshine Week 2012, which celebrates government transparency, are looking for local heroes who have fought for open government in their home town. Know anyone?
The current exhibition, L.A. Raw, features Altadena artists Jiraryr Zorthian and Charles White.
Fraud alert: an on-again, off-again ruse is on the rise, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The bill would require all utilities to update their emergency response plan every two years.
An Altadena Patch reader reports seeing a stranger trying to hide in his yard when he returned home Sunday night.
Columnist Karin Bugge happened upon this crash at Farnsworth Park and sent in the following photos.
The Altadena Crest Trail Restoration Working Group will hold its normal meeting on Monday instead of Tuesday. Topics are listed in the story below.
A week in crime in Altadena.
The Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy provided the below additional photos of the 13 acres of land they will purchase.
In a parole compliance check in multiple cities, there were at least two arrests made in Altadena, one for child endangerment, and one for an unspecified parole violation.
Continued Gold Line bridge construction will result in overnight lane closures for the eastbound 210 Freeway.
A lawsuit filed over access to open space surrounding a housing development in the foothills of Altadena appears likely to end in a settlement that would put the land under control of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
The Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy has secured a contract to purchase a wildlife corridor that had been owned by a private owner with plans to build a home.
Temperature data released by the National Weather Service shows January 2012 was the fourth-hottest on record in the U.S. Locally, it was a warm, dry January.
