Victor Caballero
This blog is written by Victor Caballero. I write about a wide variety of topics ranging from music to community events to energy.

There’s a new Italian Deli coming to Pasadena. Located in what used to be The George at 1615 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena. Construction is in process and the signs are up that the owners are looking for servers, hosts, and cooks. The name of the restaurant is The Italian Deli.  website https://www.theitaliandeli.co/ The can be […]

Public Health Launches Eaton Fire Soil Testing Program The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is launching a residential soil lead testing program in the area downwind of the Eaton Fire. Following a motion by the Board of Supervisors on April 15, Public Health has been directed to use up to $3 million from […]

Today the CAL FIRE – Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) seized over 100,000 pounds of illegal fireworks discovered in Commerce, CA, located in Los Angeles County. CAL FIRE – OSFM responded to a claim of a current fireworks importer/exporter licensee with CAL FIRE – OSFM not following laws and regulations related to requirements […]

Semi-Annual Pancake Breakfast Saturday, May 31 • 8am-10:30am Grocery Outlet Altadena Benefits Altadena Mountain Rescue Team and other local organizations. Tickets are $5. You can buy your tickets through PayPal or Venmo (scan QR codes) or at Sheriff’s Station, Grocery Outlet, El Patron or altadenarotary.org.

Be Part of the Los Angeles Wildfires Exposure Study This UCLA Research Study aims to understand how toxic substances and social and economic disruptions from the Palisades and Eaton wildfires affect people’s health and well-being in the short term. The findings will help develop safety guidelines for communities in wildfire-prone areas. Your participation is voluntary. […]

Disaster Recovery Centers to Permanently Close May 31; Resources Transitioning to New Locations The two Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) for the Los Angeles Wildfires are permanently closing Saturday, May 31, 2025, at 4 p.m. and federal resources will be transitioning to new locations. Current DRC Locations and Hours UCLA Research Park West 10850 West Pico […]

This week has been more of the same.  Nothing has really changed at Pasadena’s PWP DC Fast charging facilities. Del Mar – 1 DCFC – on app, there are two DC Fast chargers, only one appears to work consistently. These are older Tritium chargers where only one connector can be used at a time. Robinson […]

Gravity 500kW DC Fast Charging Stations Coming to Southern California including East Pasadena in 2025 Gravity is expanding in the Los Angeles area with several locations coming online in 2025. The differentiator is the charging level of 500kW which is significantly higher than the majority of chargers available including Tesla which offers 250kW at the […]

Not much has changed since the last update.  Actually maybe worse. We are going to focus on this update with what is happening at Victory Park and Robinson Park as those are indicative of what is happening at the dozens of other DC Fast chargers around the city of Pasadena owned and operated by Pasadena. […]