Leaving the museum for the mountain
Pre-1916 horseless carriages scale Mount Wilson By Lauren Gold, Correspondent, Pasadena Star-News October 22, 2011 “Gentlemen, start your engines.” This call from third generation car collector and local historian Michael Patris began Saturday morning’s horseless carriage caravan up the historic Mount Wilson Toll Road. On a trail normally reserved for hikers and actual horses, a [...]
Mouth of Rubio Canyon becomes public land
Written by Jeanette Williams, Pasadena Star News. September 4, 2009 After years of conflict over access to the Rubio Canyon trail, the Altadena Conservancy negotiated a deal with the owner of 20 acres of the canyon to buy the land and guarantee access in perpetuity. Left to Right, Paul Ayers, Sameer Etman and Lawren Markle [...]
Officials may have solution to Rubio Canyon restoration
Written By Elise Kleeman Staff Writer-Pasadena Star-News ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST – A nine-year debate about how to restore a landmark canyon north of Altadena could finally be drawing to a close. Since 1998, Rubio Canyon has borne the scars of a massive landslide triggered by the Rubio Canon Land and Water Association during construction on [...]
Rubio’s Grand Revival
Torrential rains wash tons of debris from scenic canyon By Chris Shaffer Special to the Daily News Wednesday, May 25, 2005 – Rubio Canyon activist Paul Ayers calls it Mother Nature getting her way. Others refer to it as fate for a canyon that had been partially destroyed by human error. Some go as far [...]
A brief biography of T.S.C. Lowe
There is a summary of the life of Thaddeus S.C. Lowe posted at Monkey Spit, a humor and pop culture website. The article, entitled “The Smartest Man You Never Heard of,” describes Professor Lowe’s humble beginnings and adventures in ballooning, his many inventions and achievements, and the series of events that led to the creation [...]
Suit filed over Rubio Canyon cleanup
Written by Sonya Geis, Pasadena Star News Staff Writer ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST — A local environmentalist turned up the pressure Tuesday in his years-long battle against an Altadena water company. Paul Ayers, an attorney and hiker, sent letters of intent to sue to Rubio Canon Land and Water Association and the U.S. Forest Service. The [...]
Postcards speak volumes about San Gabriel Valley’s past
Every year, Pasadena’s Convention Center fills with thousands of eager hobbyists for the Postcard & Paper Show Written by Stacey Camp, who is working on her Master’s Dissertation at Stanford University This popular event brings collectors of Pasadena’s past together for a busy weekend of selling, buying and trading. Today’s postcard enthusiasts collect for many [...]
Ripple effects in Rubio Canyon
Hikers upset over canyon’s temporary piping By Kimm Groshong Staff Writer Pasadena Star News ALTADENA — During October’s heavy rains, Mother Nature unveiled five waterfalls that had been buried since 1998 when a pipeline-reconstruction project in Rubio Canyon went terribly wrong. But while she was at it, she damaged that same pipeline. Now, less than [...]
Swept Clean
Heavy rains blast rock pile at top of Rubio Canyon to its base By Sonya Geis, Pasadena Star News Staff Writer ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST — After years of discussion about cleaning out the tons of boulders filling Rubio Canyon, Mother Nature has apparently solved the problem herself. Last week’s heavy rains blasted out the debris [...]
Town archivist Edna Smith dies
Volunteer work was her top priority By Kimm Groshong, Staff Writer Pasadena Star News ALTADENA — Local archivist, Edna Smith, who selflessly volunteered her time and attended seemingly every meeting in town, died Friday evening at Huntington Hospital after surgery. She was 86. The list of groups touched by Smith’s efforts is extensive. The Altadena [...]