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.
The Government Accountability Office released its 80-page report on the Station Fire last week with recommendations on how to improve the Forest Service's firefighting policies.
The Forest Service has a proposal from an Eagle Scout to install wrought iron fencing and a gate at the Cobb Estate, possibly blocking off after hours access to Mt. Echo and other trails.
The Government Accountability Office released its 80-page report on the Station Fire last week with recommendations on how to improve the Forest Service's firefighting policies.
A resident emailed Patch describing the following encounter
Tuesday's regular meeting of the Altadena Town Council will focus almost exclusively on a question and answer session with Southern California Edison officials about the response to last month's wind storm.
Altadena poets, the library is accepting applications for a new poet laureate for the 2012 to 2014 years.
Developers of the senior home project have now sold 50 of the 186 units that will be built on a lot that has been vacant since 2007. When the project has sold 70 percent of units, construction can start.
But more than 5,000 SoCal Edison customers are still without power throughout the utility's coverage area.
A Southern California Edison representative will be at the Altadena Town Council meeting on Tuesday, December 20, and the Council is looking for questions from the public.
High winds are forecast for mountains and valleys on Thursday night and Friday, but a National Weather Service forecaster tells Patch that San Gabriel Valley winds will likely top out in the 15 to 25 mph range.
High winds are forecast for mountains and valleys on Thursday night and Friday, but a National Weather Service forecaster tells Patch that San Gabriel Valley winds will likely top out in the 15 to 25 mph range.
High winds are forecast for mountains and valleys on Thursday night and Friday, but a National Weather Service forecaster tells Patch that San Gabriel Valley winds will likely top out in the 15 to 25 mph range.
A week in crime in Altadena.
High winds are forecast for mountains and valleys on Thursday night and Friday, but a National Weather Service forecaster tells Patch that San Gabriel Valley winds will likely top out in the 15 to 25 mph range.
The Altadena foster care provider has a list of families it has 'adopted' for the holidays, and needs donors to help make Christmas wishes come true. The provider has about 150 families who need help right now.
The County Fire Department is offering a three-course training session for anybody interested in becoming certified in emergency response training.
A man was shot and hospitalized with a non-critical wound Tuesday afternoon several blocks south of Pasadena's border with Altadena.
A dog spotted above Eaton Canyon by Altadena Patch editor Dan Abendschein is now at the fire station at Henninger Flats. The firefighters are looking for his owners.
As part of the wind storm clean-up efforts, the County Public Works Department will be temporarily dumping tree debris at several sites in Altadena and elsewhere.
The Sheriff's Department searched for a burglary suspect in the vicinity of the intersection of Sinaloa and New York Drive Monday afternoon, but did not find the crime suspects.
