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COMMUNITY CALENDARMountain View News Saturday, October 28, 2017 2 COMMUNITY CALENDARMountain View News Saturday, October 28, 2017 2 Sun Sunny Hi 80s Lows 50s Mon: Ptly Cldy Hi 70s Lows 50s Tues: Rain 40% Hi 60s Lows 50s Weather Wise 6-Day Forecast Pasadena Ca. Wed: Ptly Cldy Hi 70s Lows 50s Thur: Sunny Hi 60s Lows 50s Fri: Ptly Cldy Hi 60s Lows 50s Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service Blair Students Promote Breast Cancer Awareness Blair High School PSA October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and students at Blair High School have completed a public service announcement (PSA) project promoting the cause. The project: create public service ads through photography and PSA videos that generate awareness in the local community about breast cancer prevention and treatment. “I find that with most of the this world,” said Blair senior projects I assign in class, Joanna Sanchez (pictured students share their finished above, as photographed by work with friends via their Blair junior Sophia Hu). “I social media accounts,” said loved this project because Steve Solis, photography & my great grandma is a two film/video teacher at Blair time breast cancer survivor High School. “I figured, why and she is 104 years old,” not take advantage of that said Fiona Small, a first-year by getting the word out for a photography student. good cause?” “We plan on displaying a The students did extensive gallery of our finished work research about breast cancer here at the school and at prevention and treatment. the district office for the They used findings from public to see. If just one their research in pictures person is inspired by the and videos. Each photo and/ work and is encouraged to or video contains one item get checked, we’ve reached of pink; pink ribbons are our short-term goal. Of universal symbol of breast course, our ultimate goal cancer awareness. is to see breast cancer gone “The message is that we completely from society. I’m should fight together to erase hoping our message through cancer. I believe that every this wonderful medium person, even men, should get of photography helps checked. Let’s fight together accomplish that,” stated to erase breast cancer from Solis. PASADENA CITY MEETINGS Regular City Council Meeting CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY OCT 30 Public Meeting 6:30 P.M. Council Chamber, Pasadena City Hall 100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE (Chair John J. Kennedy, Tyron Hampton, Steve Madison, Gene Masuda) Meets November 6 at 4:15 p.m. Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (Council Chamber, 2nd Floor) FINANCE COMMITTEE (Chair Mayor Terry Tornek, Victor Gordo, John J. Kennedy, Margaret McAustin) Meets November 13, the second and fourth Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m., 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (City Hall Council Chamber, 2nd floor) LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE (Chair Terry Tornek, Steve Madison, Gene Masuda) Meets November 14, 2017 (Special meeting) at 6:00 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S245/S246 (Council Conference Room, 2nd Floor) MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE (Chair Margaret McAustin, Tyron Hampton, Terry Tornek, Andy Wilson) Meets November 14 at 4:00 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (Council Chamber, 2nd Floor) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE (Chair Victor Gordo, Tyron Hampton, Steve Madison, Andy Wilson) Meets November 21 at 5:30 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S245/S246 (Council Conference Room, 2nd Floor) SOUTH PASADENA CITY MEETINGS Regular City Council Meeting City Council Next meeting November 1. Meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of the month, at 7:30 p.m., in the Amedee O. “Dick” Richards, Jr., Council Chambers, located at 1424 Mission Street. Natural Resources and Environmental Commission Special MeetingMonday at 7:00 p.m. City Council Chamber1424 Mission Street Staff Liaison: Jenna Shimmin, Senior Management AnalystPhone: (626) 403-7311 Library Board of Trustees Special MeetingThursday at 7:00 p.m. South Pasadena Public LibraryRay Bradbury Conference Room1100 Oxley StreetStaff Liaison: Steve Fjeldsted, Director of Library, Arts, and CulturePhone: (626) 403-7330 ALTADENA TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGSRegular Council Meeting The Altadena Town Council meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Altadena Community Center located at 730 E. Altadena, Dr. (directly west of Altadena Sheriff’s Station). Altadena Town Council meetings are recorded and televised during the month on Charter cable channel. SAN MARINO COUNCIL MEETINGS City Council Regular MeetingWednesday November 8, at 6:00 P.M. in the City Hall Council Chamber, 2200 Huntington Drive, San MarinoContact Customer Administrative Account cityofsanmarino@gmail.com. home to artisans attracted to its proximity to nature and special quality of light. This virtual tour will focus on some of the artistic communities in Pasadena, particularly the female artists who lived here or were inspired by the area to create their art. The tour will be followed by a visit to the Pasadena Museum of California Art to view “E. Charlton Fortune: The Colorful Spirit,” an exhibition about the trailblazing California impressionist whose works made her well-known in 20th century art circles. New Year’s Day in Pasadena: A Look Inside the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game – Friday, Dec. 15, at 10 a.m. Pasadena is best known worldwide as the home of the annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game. This virtual tour will provide a brief overview of the parade and its history as well as a look into some of the lesser known stories about New Year’s Day in Pasadena and how it shaped the city and its people. The tour will be followed by a visit to the Pasadena Museum of History to view the exhibition “Royals of Pasadena: Rose Queen and Royal Court.” The Effect of the Transcontinental Railroad on Pasadena Homes – Friday, Jan. 19, at 10 a.m. Much of the stained glass in historic Pasadena homes was designed and created at the Tiffany Studios in New York and then transported to the west coast on the transcontinental railroad. This virtual tour will take a look at decorative arts in Pasadena in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how the railroad and other forms of transportation during that period helped shape the landscape and connect early Pasadenans to the rest of the world. The tour will be followed by a visit to the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens to view the exhibition “Tiffany Favrile Glass.” For more information visit www.pasadenaseniorcenter.org or call 626-795-4331. Julia Long, founder and tour guide for Pasadena Walking Tours, will lead members of the Pasadena Senior Center on virtual strolls through Pasadena’s history the third Fridays in November, December and January. Each month will feature a new theme as Long uses photographs and stories to enhance the virtual tour, followed by an actual tour of a well-known local institution. The cost for each virtual tour is only $10. Reservations can be made at the Welcome Desk at the Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St. Members are responsible for paying entry fees to museums. Women Artists in Pasadena – Friday, Nov. 17, at 10 a.m. Since its founding in the late 19th century, Pasadena has been a favorite Take Virtual Walking Tours Pasadena Watering Schedule Level 1 Water Shortage Plan – What it MeansOngoing conservation is essential. Please do your part toconserve and water your landscape only as needed. Under a Level 1 Water Supply Shortage Plan, the followinginstances of water waste are prohibited: Outdoor watering is restricted to one day a week on Saturdayin the fall/winter (November 1 – March 31), and must bedone before 9 a.m and after 6 p.m. All property owners must fix leaks, breaks, or other sprinklersystem malfunctions when they find them, or within 72hours of receiving a notice from PWP. 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