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Has Your Street Been Cleaned Yet?
County street clean-up of tree debris following the wind storms is under way. Help us track their progress by marking down your street once it has been cleaned up.

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.
County street clean-up of tree debris following the wind storms is under way. Help us track their progress by marking down your street once it has been cleaned up.

Patch speaks with Christmas Tree Lane volunteers who talk about the hard work it took to get the lane ready after destructive wind storms that occurred just eight days before the event.
With all the tree debris in the streets and rain in the forecast, the County Public Works Department is warning that localized street flooding is possible.
Community volunteer Carolyn Seitz has a list of dates of local food and toy drives where volunteers are needed.
With all the tree debris in the streets and rain in the forecast, the County Public Works Department is warning that localized street flooding is possible.
A falling tree limb temporarily caused new power outages in Altadena Friday morning.
With all the tree debris in the streets and rain in the forecast, the County Public Works Department is warning that localized street flooding is possible.
With all the tree debris in the streets and rain in the forecast, the County Public Works Department is warning that localized street flooding is possible.
With all the tree debris in the streets and rain in the forecast, the County Public Works Department is warning that localized street flooding is possible. Read on to see how LCF officials want you prepare the green waste.
The first day of power outages had the highest list of serious incidents, but the rest of the week looked mostly quiet, according to Sheriff's Department data.
As of 6:21 a.m. power has been restored to all customers, according to Edison officials.
As of 6:21 a.m. power has been restored to all customers, according to Edison officials.
As of 6:21 a.m. power has been restored to all customers, according to Edison officials.
As of 6:21 a.m. power has been restored to all customers, according to Edison officials.
Bill Westphal, a local weather enthusiast and volunteer for the Sheriff's Department has been named as 'Outstanding Citizen of the Year' by the Altadena Chamber of Commerce. Altadenablog has been named as the 'Outstanding Business of the Year.'
One neighborhood faced a brief scare this morning - after regaining power Tuesday night, Meadowbrook Road lost it again for several hours. Power is back on now.
Get out the lights and holly. Your decorating could net $100,000 to our schools. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to win a $100,000 gift for Altadena public schools.
As of Tuesday night, SoCal Edison cities have around 9,000 power outages with about 500 in Altadena, according to the utility.
Local wildlife advocate and Chaney Trail area resident Lori Paul took the following two photos two young bobcats last week.
At Tuesday's County Board of Supervisors meeting, county officials faulted Edison for poor communications, for not coordinating with local officials, and for not having a good enough plan in place to deal with extended power outages.