Green Festival Los Angeles 2015
Green Festival
Friday, September 25, 2015 at 12:00 PM – Sunday, September 27, 2015 at 5:00 PM (PDT)
Los Angeles, CA
Now three days long!
Friday 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Now in our 5th year in Los Angeles, this festival has turned out to be one of best events! With one of the strongest waste recycling programs and a strong commitment to developing alternative transportation and energy initiatives, we look forward to growing with this green city. Through EnvironmentLA, the city offers a Green Business Certification in addition to establishing programs and projects to make Los Angeles a more environmentally-friendly city. In the last 10 years alone, the City of Los Angeles has planted over 28,000 trees and each year it diverts 5.8 million tons of trash for reuse/recycling.
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Are you looking for a low stress ride to Santa Monica for the summer season?
Foothills to the Sea, takes riders from Altadena to Santa Monica for much less than the price of gas.
Roundtrip fares are $3 and $1.50 for seniors and those with disabilities. Make reservations for the Beach Bus.
You can get more info on the LA County Service.
Various pick up and drop off locations around Altadena.
Other buses service other cities, including.
| 2015 Start Dates | Route Brochures (English/Spanish) |
| June 16 | Altadena |
| June 17 | Castaic |
| June 10 | Charter Oak/Duarte |
| June 19 | East Los Angeles |
| June 16 | La Crescenta/La Canada Flintridge* |
| May 25 | Lancaster |
| May 25 | Palmdale |
| June 15 | Topanga Canyon |
June 16 – September 7, 2015
Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Labor Day
Reservations
To ensure your seating availability, make your reservation at www.LAGoBus.info up to ten days
in advance, but no later than 10 a.m. one day prior to your trip. You will receive a confirmation.
If you have any questions, please call (626) 458-3909 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
Jurassic World hit $204.6 million at the weekend box office this past weekend. Second highest ever, and highest for Summer 2015. Marvel’s The Avengers(2012) earning $207.4 was #1.
According to BoxOfficeMojo Jurassic World scored huge overseas with $307.2 million.
Are movies getting better, is the economy improving? Do people want to get our and watch movies in a theater? It seems the numbers indicate a combination of all the above.
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The LA Times is reporting that ALDI is set to open 45 stores in the Southern California area by 2016. The German grocer which also owns Trader Joe’s and competes with all the existing retailers including Wal-Mart, Costco, Vons/Safeway(which merged with Albertsons), Ralphs, Sprouts, and others, is building a headquarters and distribution center in Moreno Valley. The Moreno Valley Division is located at 1770 Iowa Ave, Suite 240, Riverside, CA 92507.
Jason Hart is ALDI’s CEO in the US.
The grocery space is getting more crowded with Haggen, Google, and Amazon getting into the space.
What does the region mean to ALDI when compared to others who have struggled, namely Fesh & Easy and Famima. Is the market ripe for another surge?
ALDI is owned and controlled by the Albrecht family in Germany which also owns Monrovia based Trader Joe’s.
ALDI stores are lean run and require approx 20 employees average to run, most of the items are private labeled, and the pay for employees is higher than most stores, running around $13 to as much as $20.
In 2014, ALDI opened 130 stores. They hope to keep that pace for several years with plans to have opened 650 stores by the end of 2018. An estimated $3 billion will be invested to pay for land, facilities and equipment.
The first store in expected to open in March 2016, with an expected 25 stores opening before July 2016.
No specific locations are available for the stores, but it is speculated that at least one store will be located in Altadena, CA. Specifics are here.
What will a typical store look like? Here’s a sample.
We would expect many of the Southern California locations to resemble this design.
According to a June 11, 2015 press release by ALDI put out by Weber ShandWick.
Apple Releases iOS 8.4 How To Update Bug Fixes
Most iPhone users are on iOS 8.3 or some version prior.
iOS 8.4 will bring some needed fixes for the texting exploit which can reboot/crash your phone
The 8.4 update is expected sometime around June 30, 2015, will include Apple Music.
In the meantime if you experience the texting bug Apple makes these suggestions to fix.
If Messages quits unexpectedly after you get a text with a specific string of characters
Apple is aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update. Until the update is available, you can use these steps to re-open the Messages app.
- Ask Siri to “read unread messages.”
- Use Siri to reply to the malicious message. After you reply, you’ll be able to open Messages again.
- If the issue continues, tap and hold the malicious message, tap More, and delete the message from the thread.
Congress Rejects Mandatory Curfew for Bob Hope Airport
City lauds Congressmen for efforts to limit airport noise
The U.S. House of Representatives has defeated a proposal that would have allowed a mandatory overnight curfew at the Bob Hope Airport.
Representative Adam Schiff sponsored the amendment to a House Appropriations bill (H.R. 2577) that would have allowed the Bob Hope Airport to bar all flights between 10:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. However, the amendment failed 157-266 during a vote Tuesday evening, June 9, 2015.
“Today, Representative Sherman and I tried again to get relief from late night and early morning noise at Bob Hope Airport through a mandatory curfew,” said Rep. Schiff. “Although our amendment was unsuccessful, it enjoyed substantial bipartisan support and demonstrates to the FAA the continuing importance that we and others place on providing meaningful relief to their constituents who live near air traffic. We will keep fighting on behalf of the thousands of San Fernando Valley residents who have long-sought relief from aviation-related noise, and continue to look for opportunities to press this issue.”
“Congressman Schiff and I will continue our efforts on the House floor, with the FAA, and in every other way to secure a reasonable curfew for Bob Hope airport,” added Rep. Brad Sherman, who along with Rep. Schiff, has been fighting for over a decade to get a curfew at Bob Hope Airport.
“While the effort to secure Congressional approval was not successful, the City Council is very appreciative of Congressman Schiff’s ongoing efforts to secure this protection for the Burbank and nearby Los Angeles neighborhoods,” said Burbank Mayor Bob Frutos. “The City Council remains committed to this course and Rep. Schiff and Rep. Sherman have distinguished themselves again in their hard work to support us.”
The Bob Hope airport currently has a voluntary curfew with commercial airlines that generally prevents flights between 10 P.M. and 7 A.M.; however, it does not apply to cargo flights or private planes.
In Living Color
Pasadena Chalk Festival
Father’s Day Weekend ~ June 20 & 21
at Paseo Colorado
10:00am to 7:00pm
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The Pasadena Chalk Festival returns during Father’s Day weekend from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 20-21 at Paseo Colorado.
Bring dad, family & friends to the FREE event to witness SoCal chalk artists create more than 200 amazing murals!
View artwork on two levels at Paseo Colorado & also at the historic concourse of Visit Pasadena. Head to the Paseo Colorado main stage for free live music throughout the event. Kids can enjoy face painting & create Father’s Day cards & other artwork.
Vintage car lovers can stop by the #Pasadena Police Classic Car Show 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 21 for a perfect end to a great Father’s Day weekend! Vehicles will line Green St. at Paseo Colorado between Marengo Ave. & Euclid Ave. Enjoy for-sale food, prizes, live entertainment, raffles & more!
Read the complete details including about the silent auction art gallery at www.pasadenachalkfestival.com.
SCORE LA – Pasadena Events
wanted to share with you a few FREE seminars coming up this week and the next few weeks. These courses have been funded by the City of Pasadena and taught by our friends at SCORE LA.
All participants are asked to register at www.scorela.org. The web site has additional information about these classes. All classes are free to the public.
How to Write an Effective Business Plan
Thursday, June 11th from 10:30-12:30pm
Location: Pasadena Central Library/Donald Wright Auditorium, 285 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA
This highly interactive workshop is designed to aid business owners or startups to develop a viable plan to get their business growing in the right direction. Attendees will engage in a step by step exercise throughout out the duration of the workshop, covering all sections of a business plan which can be used for financing or general purposes. This strategy will develop creative thinking and will promote change in thought process which is needed to create a plan and constructively implement goals and execute objectives.
Presenter-Connie Sparks -Award winning expert in business development
Social Media and Local Advertising
Monday, June 15th from 3:00-5:00pm
Location: Pasadena Central Library/Donald Wright Auditorium, 285 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA
Would you like to learn how to attract new customers and keep loyal ones coming back? If so, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to learn best practices from Main Street Hub! They manage the online presence of more small businesses that anyone else in the country. You’ll walk away with strategies that you can use today for your business’s customer review sites and social media pages. For example, you’ll learn what to do when your customer leaves you a review (good or bad) and how to increase likes, comments and shares with your Facebook posts to increase your word of mouth.
Presenter-Emma Vaughan -Main Street Hub Regional Development Manager
Financial Projections Made Easy
Monday, June 22nd from 10:30-12:30pm
Location: Pasadena Central Library/Donald Wright Auditorium, 285 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA
The workshop focuses on using the SCORELA created, user friendly, Financial Projections model to help determine the financial viability of your business concept. This is a must for any business plan.
Presenter-Randy Lash -SCORE mentor with decades of history in banking experience
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Craft Beer Cellar Eagle Rock is a bottle shop and tasting room intent on creating a hip environment for good people to share good beer.
1353 Colorado Blvd
Eagle Rock, CA 90041
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Craft Beer Cellar Eagle Rock will be a hip bottle shop and tasting room, offering the most amazing beer from all over the world. The largest selection of beers in our tasting room and bottle shop will, undoubtedly, be from the Eagle Rock, LA, and CA communities, but we will spend time exploring beers that we think are worth talking to you about, from every corner of the world!
Craft Beer Cellar Eagle Rock is looking to become your community hub, a neighborhood hot spot, where we will provide you with good beer, good people and love. As members of the Eagle Rock community, we look to contribute to our neighborhood, today and in the future. We can’t wait to welcome you to the most amazing place, that feels like your home away from home, from the deepest #BeerGeek to the most novice beer drinker.