Tag: Town council

Politics as a reflection of a place’s broader culture will find a way to come to the fore, even if that place is forced by circumstances to have less home rule than others. Its Town Council is advisory to the Board of Supervisors, without legislative power of its own. But there is a cultural-political entity that is entirely Altadena’s own: the Altadena Library District. The populace is madly house-proud of its mid-century modern main branch at Mariposa and Christmas Tree Lane, designed by local Boyd Georgi, and its Bob Lucas Memorial branch on Lincoln — they are at the heart of the community. The really big issue on the November ballot is the one for Library District trustees. After filing closes, I’ll discuss the library races and their meaning for Altadena further. Altadena: A dinky microcosm of the whole wide political world. Funeral for a friend: At the memorial service for Pasadenan Jonathan Gold Friday morning at — crazily appropriately — Hollywood Forever cemetery, the chefs of Los Angeles along with his family and non-pro-cook pals celebrated Jonathan’s city-changing genius. Gold Plaza. Former Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl was at a “How Food Can Change the World” conference in Italy when she got the word of Jonathan’s untimely death.