Linda's Blog

In 2002, Sunset Magazine named Bungalow Heaven the "Best Neighborhood" in the West.Bungalow Heaven is a collection of over 800 homes built in the early 1900's that started the evolution of the American Arts & Crafts movement. It's been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.On Sund...

On April 30th from 5pm to 10pm, Baskin-Robbins stores in Southern California will hold '31-Cent Scoop Night' to honor 31 firefighters across the country who are commited to community service.Customers can purchase a 2.5 ounce of ice cream for 31 cents plus tax and the ice cream company will donat...

The Mt. Wilson Bicycling Association will hold its 19th Annual Fundraising Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, April 27th. It starts with a 7am ride then breakfast from 8 to 10am at the Cobb Estate located at Loma Alta Drive and Lake Avenue in Altadena. The suggested donation is only $12. The fundraiser...

In 1976, while I was in the 10th grade at John Muir High School in Pasadena, a classmate of mine, Victor Wright was participating in a football game.  He was in a tackle situation and fell backward where he received a traumatic spinal injury.  He became a quadriplegic and in order to breathe and ...

For many people who live in the Altadena, Pasadena area, their day begins with a walk around the Rose Bowl.  After all, it's only 3.2 miles - a mere 5k!  This Saturday, however, your walk may be a bit interrupted by a couple of events - so be prepared! Cure Autism Run/Walk - 9amA 5K run/walk to h...

If you don't think your old bones can make it hiking up a 3 mile mountain trail and then hiking back down the 3 miles then now is your only chance this year to take your car almost all the way up to Echo Mountain in the hills of Altadena.After driving to the Cape of Good Hope, there will be a 1 m...

On Monday, April 28, 2008 from 7pm to 9pm the Altadena Historical Society will hold its Spring General Meeting and the speaker will be John Smatlak, a Railroad Historian.Mr. Smatlak will have a presentation on the history of the five major railroads and transit companies that served Southern Cali...

Fire season is coming...but don't forget the hazards inside your home.According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), deaths from fires are in the top five causes of unintentional injury deaths in the United States. Here is some advice on how to reduce the danger in your home.Fi...

Some of my clients who still live in the homes their planning on selling feel that it's not a big deal to be at their home when I or another agent is showing their home to a potential buyer.  Let it be known...this is a bad idea.Buyers feel more comfortable looking at homes when sellers are not h...

Uh oh! What happens if after you've made an offer on a house and you're now working with your lender and their appraiser came in with a value less than the purchase price?This has happened on many occasions and hopefully your agent has put in the contract a provision that deals with this eventual...