Bring your own cup to your nearest 7-Eleven® store on April 11 and fill it with your favorite Slurpee® drink for just $1.49!Visit Slurpee.com for rules, and remember to scan your 7Rewards^SM barcode in the 7-Eleven app at checkout. You’ll earn another punch and build toward getting your 7th cup free!

Don’t get frozen out! Add BYOCup Day to your calendar. We can’t wait to see how creative you can be—share your cup with the world #BYOCUPDAY!

2015 National Conference & Gluten-Free EXPO Discount Tickets

All Day EXPO Hall Access:
Saturday, May 2nd 11:00am to 4:00pm
Sunday, May 3rd 10:00am to 4:00pm

 -100+ gluten-free companies

-Try NEW products before they hit stores

-Discounted products available for purchase

-Leave with a bag full of gluten-free goodies and coupons

-Cooking demonstrations, raffle, book signing, photo booth

-Sample the best & newest gluten-free products on the market..plus so much more!

On May 2nd, Conference attendees enjoy a complimentary gluten-free breakfast buffet, a full day of speakers, private and public viewings in the Gluten-Free EXPO hall, and a stuffed-to-the-brim swag bag full of gluten-free goodies. Speakers Dr. Joseph Murray and Dr. Sheila Crowe offer two sessions so you can enjoy flexibility in your day. Register, first-come first-served, for a free family dietetic or mental health consult. Return on May 3rd to enjoy the CDF Gluten-Free EXPO at no additional charge. Registration opens at 7:30am.

Join with thousands of gluten-free foodies and sample the best Los Angeles has to offer! Attendees enjoy full access to the CDF Gluten-Free EXPO hall on May 2nd or 3rd. Want to enjoy a complimentary breakfast, private viewing of the EXPO hall and 2-Day access, hear the speakers and receive a gluten-free goodie-filled swag bag on May 2nd? Register for the CDF National Conference and Gluten-Free EXPO instead! EXPO Hall open 11:00AM to 4:00PM on Saturday and 10:00AM to 4:00PM on Sunday.

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• $11 for one ticket to CDF Gluten-Free Expo ($20 value)
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Pasadena CA Monday, April 6, 2015 – Drug Lab Raid 26 Detained 2 Arrested,
Two supposedly “legitimate” businesses raided Monday afternoon after a tip about drug lab operations at two locations, authorities found hash-oil labs operating at those locations
Pasadena Police called in support via the LA Impact, an interagency support drug task force.
Note: At around 7pm you could see some of the LA Sheriff officers around Pasadena, most likely involved in the raid.

The business names and owners have not been released, which is odd, but wee do know that one location was at the 2500 Block of Nima St, which is off Altadena Drive North of Colorado in East Pasadena, a commercial/industrial area with auto mechanics.

This is a street view of the approximate area.

This is video coverage from CBS LA:

More details should be released in coming days.

Sugarfina Luxury Candy Boutique Opening in Pasadena @sugarfina

The location will be at One Colorado in Old Pasadena and the window signage shows coming May 2015.

Co-founders, Rosie O’Neill and Josh Resnick.

It appears that the Pasadena location will be the forth location in California, with two locations opening in May in San Francisco, and the first location in Beverly Hills.

San Francisco Locations:

Opening May 1
271 Sutter location in Union Square
Hours 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday- Thursday, 10 a.m.- 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday;

Opening May 15
Cow Hollow
1837 Union Street,
Hours 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 10 a.m.- 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Pasadena Location opening in May 2015.
One Colorado
Old Pasadena

Beverly Hills
9495 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(855) 784-2734
Hours Mon- Thur 11am – 9pm, Fri-Sat 10am – 9pm, Sun 11am – 7pm
 

Nothing Bundt Cakes | 548 S. Lake Avenue | 626-792-8200

GRAND OPENING FESTIVITIES:

Thursday, April 9 | 12:00pm

Ribbon Cutting with Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

Saturday, April 11 | 9:00am & 11:00am-2:00pm

Free Bundtlets for a Year & Family Fun Event

For more information and to learn details about their Grand Opening, click to view PROMO FLYER or please visit Nothing Bundt Cakes.

IRS Scam-Long but Worth Reading and Sharing

The IRS is warning people about a phone and e-mail scams. Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license. In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting. The IRS does not ask for PIN or credit card numbers over the phone, nor requests pre-paid debit cards or wire transfers and they don’t initiate contact by e-mail, text or social media. If someone unexpectedly calls or you receive an e-mail  claiming to be from the IRS and threatens police arrest, deportation or license revocation if you don’t pay immediately, that is a sign that it really isn’t the IRS calling.

Be careful! Lots of #IRSscam during #TaxSeason.  #scamAlert. #IRS:  If A Caller Says, ‘I Am With The IRS,’ He’s Not. https://n.pr/1IVwGjt

This poor lady was not that lucky https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Police-Hunt-Launched-Woman-IRS-Scam-298570921.html

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) was established under the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to provide independent oversight of IRS activities. TIGTA promotes the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of the internal revenue laws. It is also committed to the prevention and detection of fraud, waste, and abuse within the IRS and related entities.

Call 1:

Call 2:

Call #3:
On April 6, 2015, another call from yet a different number trying to pull this scam on us.

Here’s the transcript:
Foresee that can do to buy you a stranger. We have been sending you a serious interest in going this will be an intentional second attempt to avoid initial appearance for my just we charge for the Grand Jury four federal criminal. Offense number is (828) 528-2690. I repeat (285) 282-6952 to call please thank you.

Other characteristics of this scam include:

• Scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves.
• Scammers may be able to recite the last four digits of a victim’s Social Security Number.
• Scammers spoof the IRS toll-free number on caller ID to make it appear that it’s the IRS calling.
• Scammers sometimes send bogus IRS emails to some victims to support their bogus calls.
• Victims hear background noise of other calls being conducted to mimic a call site.
• After threatening victims with jail time or driver’s license revocation, scammers hang up and others soon call back pretending to be from the local police or DMV, and the caller ID supports their claim.

If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1.800.366.4484. More information is available on the genuine IRS website, IRS.gov.

If you would like to report online, use this website.

Here’s the transcript from the calls received today.

Call 1:

Hi this message is intended to contact you my name is Pat it’s ferguson and I am calling regarding enforcement actions. Thank you did my Us Treasury intend you received a detention ignoring. This really being intentional second attempt to avoid any shown up yet is before images judge are good and Judys for regular criminal offense. My number is (540) 315-3944. I repeat (540) 315-3944 i’d like you to call but it with us and help us to help you thanks.

Call 2:

Hey and I am calling regarding enforcement actions executed may Us Treasury continuacy detention ignoring. This really being intentional second attempt to avoid initial appearance before the magistrate judge are good and Judy for the criminal offense. My number is (540) 315-3944. I repeat (540) 315-3944 i’d like you to call but it with us and help us to help you thanks.

“Signage for the ALDI tenant space is approved”

COMMERCIAL RETAIL BUILDING W/ PARKING AND LANDSCAPING Approved
by Robert Glaser Date: 3/17/15 EXPIRES: 3/17/17 Project No: R2012-02540
Permit No: RPP 201500177 Address: 2246 Lake Ave, Altadena
APN: 5845-008-026, -010, -011 & 5845-007-014 Zone: C-3, C-2, & P-R CSD:
Altadena Altadena Community Plan Land Use Policy: MU (Mixed Use ?Center?)
03/03/2015

Renderings from last year.

LD (Low Density Residential 1 to 6 du/gross ac) This Plot Plan is approved the
following for the above referenced project: ? Plot Plan No. RPP 201500177 is
approved for a new 27,250 square foot commercial retail building with
parking, loading areas, trash enclosure, and landscaping. The approval also
includes related grading, retaining walls and some signage. This approval
supersedes RPP201201010. ? The earthwork volumes proposed for this project
is 3,679 cubic yards of cut and 3,491 cubic yards of fill. The export earthwork
is 188 cubic yards of export to be sent to a certified landfill. ? The total
number of parking spaces required is 109 parking spaces (33 compact, 71
standard, 5 handicap). The 7,301 sq. ft. tenant space is calculated for a retail
use. If any assemble use is proposed then a possible parking deviation or
parking permit may be required. ? There is 7,807 (10.07%) square feet of
landscaping proposed with meet the 10% minimum landscaping requirement.
Landscaping shall be maintained is good condition at all time. ? Signage for
the ?ALDI? tenant space is approved. The signage is consistent with the
Altadena Community Standard District (CSD) Lake Avenue Area requirements.
The proposed color scheme is attached on the 11?x17? sheet. Signage for the
sublease tenant space must be approved under a separate plan and must be
consistent with the same CSD requirements. ? This project shall comply with
the conditions of approval of Oak Tree Permit ROAK 200800037. ? Maximum
building height permitted is 35 feet and proposed height does not reach this
threshold. Special Notes: ? Comply with requirements of Lake Avenue Area of
Altadena CSD, including signage restrictions, use of earth tone and muted
pastel colors for primary building color, screening of mechanical equipment,
fencing type restrictions, landscaping, architectural elements and the other
CSD standards. ? This project must also comply with the: 1 Green Building
ordinance to the satisfaction of the Department of Public Works 1 DroughtTolerant
Landscaping ordinance 1 Low Impact Development ordinance to the
satisfaction of the Department of Public Works 0 No other compliance required
This approval is found to be in substantial compliance with the Los Angeles
County Title 22 code requirements. Changes to this approval require additional
DRP review and fees, and may be subject to the Green Building Program.
Obtain any necessary approvals from Los Angeles County Department of Public
Works. Approvals from other County Departments may be needed prior to the
issuance of a Building Permit.

Sixth Annual Street Food Festival July 11, 2015 Rose Bowl Pasadena @lastreetfoodfest #stretchypants