If you are trying to update your Apple iOS devices, like the iPad or iPhone, get ready to experience some delays or blank screens.

The update process is slow and servers are slow to respond or unresponsive.

Around 10am PST on 9/19/17 the updates started to roll out. But as of 11AM PST there have been countless reports of trouble with downloading the update. iOS 11 as described by Apple last week is a major update filled with new features.

Are there workarounds to the download?  The best workaround to download iOS 11 is to connect to a computer and download and update using iTunes.

Here’s the notes on the release.

iOS 11 brings hundreds of new features to iPhone and iPad including an all new App Store, a more proactive and intelligent Siri, improvements to Camera and Photos, and augmented reality technologies to enable immersive experiences. iOS 11 is also the biggest release for iPad ever and adds powerful new multitasking features, a new Files app and more ways to use Apple Pencil.

iOS 11 brings hundreds of new features to iPhone and iPad including an all new App Store, a more proactive and intelligent Siri, improvements to Camera and Photos, and augmented reality technologies to enable immersive experiences. iOS 11 is also the biggest release for iPad ever and adds powerful new multitasking features, a new Files app and more ways to use Apple Pencil.iOS 11 brings hundreds of new features to iPhone and iPad including an all new App Store, a more proactive and intelligent Siri, improvements to Camera and Photos, and augmented reality technologies to enable immersive experiences. iOS 11 is also the biggest release for iPad ever and adds powerful new multitasking features, a new Files app and more ways to use Apple Pencil.
App Store • All-new App Store designed for discovering great apps and games everyday • New Today tab helps you discover new apps and games with stories, how-to guides, and more • New Games tab to find new games and see what’s most popular with top game charts • Dedicated Apps tab with top picks, dedicated app charts, and app categories • App pages include more video previews, Editors’ Choice badges, easier access to user ratings, and information about in-app purchases
Siri • New Siri voice is more natural and expressive • Translate English words and phrases into Chinese, French, German, Italian or Spanish (beta) • Siri suggestions based on your usage of Safari, News, Mail, and Messages • Works with notes apps to create to-do lists, notes and reminders • Works with banking apps for account transfer and balances • Works with apps that display QR codes • Hindi and Shanghainese dictation
Camera • Portrait mode now supports optical image stabilization, HDR and True Tone flash • Photos and videos will take up half the space with the new HEIF and HEVC image and video formats • Redesigned set of nine filters optimized for natural skin tones • Automatically identify and scan QR codes
Photos • Loop, Bounce, and Long Exposure Live Photo effects • Mute, trim, or choose a new key photo for Live Photos • Memory Movies automatically adapt content for portrait and landscape orientation • More than a dozen new memory types including pets, babies, weddings, and sporting events • People album is more accurate and stays up to date across devices with iCloud Photo Library • Animated GIF support
Maps • Indoor maps for major airports and shopping centers • Lane guidance and speed limit information with Turn-by-turn directions • One-handed zoom with double tap and swipe • Interact with Flyover by moving your device
Do Not Disturb while Driving • Automatically silences notifications while driving and keeps iPhone silent and display off • Optional iMessage auto reply to alert selected contacts that you’re driving
New features designed for iPad • An all new Dock provides quick access to your favorite and recently used apps and can even be shown on top of active apps ◦ Dock resizes so you can add all of your favorite apps ◦ Recently used and Continuity apps are available on the right
• Enhanced Slide Over and Split View ◦ Apps can be easily started in Slide Over and Split View from the Dock ◦ Slide Over and background apps now run simultaneously ◦ Apps in Slide Over and Split View can now be placed on the left side of the screen
• Drag and drop ◦ Move text, images, and files between apps on iPad ◦ Multi-Touch to move multiple items at the same time ◦ Spring-loading to move content between apps
• Markup ◦ Markup works across documents, PDFs, webpages, photos and more ◦ Instant markup anything in iOS – just place Apple Pencil on what you want to mark ◦ Create a PDF and markup anything that can be printed
• Notes ◦ Instantly create a new note by tapping on Lock Screen with Apple Pencil ◦ Inline drawing available by simply placing Apple Pencil in body of a note ◦ Search handwritten text ◦ Document scanner autocorrects for skewing and uses image filters to remove shadows ◦ Table support to organize and display information ◦ Pin important notes to the top of the list
• Files ◦ All-new Files app to browse, search and organize files ◦ Works with iCloud Drive and 3rd party cloud file providers ◦ Recents view for quick access to recently used files across all apps and cloud services ◦ Create folders and sort files by name, date, size and tags
QuickType • Flick down on letter keys to enter numbers, symbols and punctuation marks on iPad • One-handed keyboard support on iPhone • New keyboards for Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Georgian, Irish, Kannada, Malayalam, Maori, Odia, Swahili, and Welsh • English input on the 10-key Pinyin keyboard • English input on the Japanese Romaji keyboard
HomeKit • New accessory types including AirPlay 2 speakers, sprinklers and faucets • Expanded occupancy, time and accessory based triggers • QR code and tap to pair accessory setup support
Augmented Reality • Augmented reality technologies that apps from the App Store can use to deliver content on top of real-world scenes for interactive gaming, immersive shopping experiences, industrial design and more
Machine Learning • Core machine learning technologies that apps from the App Store can use to deliver intelligent features with machine learning data processed on device for high performance and user privacy
Other features and improvements • Control Center redesign brings all controls on one page • Control Center custom controls including accessibility, guided access, magnifier, text size, screen recording and Wallet • Apple Music now helps you discover music with friends. Create a profile so friends can listen to playlists you’ve shared and see the music you listen to most • Apple News now includes Top Stories picked just for you, recommendations from Siri, the best videos of the day in Today View, and great stories selected by our editors in the new Spotlight tab • Automatic Setup signs you in to iCloud, Keychain, iTunes, App Store, iMessage, and FaceTime with your Apple ID • Automatic Setup restores device settings including language, region, network, keyboard preferences, places you frequently visit, how you talk to Siri, home and health data • Easily share access to your Wi-Fi networks • Storage optimization notifications and free up space in Settings for apps like Photos, Messages, and more • Emergency SOS calls emergency services based on your current location and automatically notifies emergency contacts, shares your location, and displays your Medical ID • FaceTime lets you capture Live Photos from the other person’s Mac or iPhone camera • Easily check Flight status in Spotlight and Safari • Definitions, conversions and math support in Safari • Russian and English bilingual dictionary • Portuguese and English bilingual dictionary • Arabic system font support
Accessibility • VoiceOver descriptions support for images • VoiceOver tables and lists support in PDFs • Type to Siri support for basic search queries • Spoken and braille caption support for videos • Dynamic Type increases text and app UI to larger sizes • Redesigned Invert Colors make media content easier to view • Highlight Colors improvements in Speak Selection and Speak Screen • Switch Control typing can scan and type whole words at a time
iOS 11 is performance optimized for 64-bit apps. 32-bit apps will need to be updated by the app developer to work with this version of iOS.
Some features may not be available for all countries or all areas, for more information visit: <https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability> and <https://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new>
For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: <https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222>

Annual Pasadena Police Foundation Breakfast 2017

Pasadena Police Foundation Thursday, October 5, 2017 from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM (PDT)

First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena
3700 East Sierra Madre Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
Thursday, October 5, 2017 from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM (PDT)

Live Auction Items:

• Lunch with canine and his/her officer
• Helicopter ride in a Pasadena Police helicopter
• Catered jailhouse dinner and tour with the Chief and Mrs. Sanchez

Opportunity Drawing:

• $250 cash prize
• $100 cash prize

Buy tickets here

What Should You Do After Equifax Breach Hack of 2017

Equifax has established a dedicated website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com, to help consumers determine if their information has been potentially impacted and to sign up for credit file monitoring and identity theft protection. The offering, called TrustedID Premier, includes 3-Bureau credit monitoring of Equifax, Experian and TransUnion credit reports; copies of Equifax credit reports; the ability to lock and unlock Equifax credit reports; identity theft insurance; and Internet scanning for Social Security numbers – all complimentary to U.S. consumers for one year. The website also provides additional information on steps consumers can take to protect their personal information. Equifax recommends that consumers with additional questions visit www.equifaxsecurity2017.com or contact a dedicated call center at 866-447-7559 (Click here for an important update on call times due to Hurricane Irma), which the company set up to assist consumers. The call center is open every day (including weekends) from 7:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m. Eastern time.

In addition to the website, Equifax will send direct mail notices to consumers whose credit card numbers or dispute documents with personal identifying information were impacted. Equifax also is in the process of contacting U.S. state and federal regulators and has sent written notifications to all U.S. state attorneys general, which includes Equifax contact information for regulator inquiries.

Link to check if your information has been breached
https://equifaxsecurity2017.com/potential-impact

Special Event: Bach’s Coffee Cantata at Jones Coffee Roasters (Pasadena)

• Sunday, September 17, 2017
• 5:30pm 7:00pm
• Jones Coffee Roasters (map)

In this pre-season fundraiser, Salastina teams up with Jones Coffee Roasters and a fantastic roster of musicians to present Bach’s comic operatic masterpiece about addiction to coffee (in English).  Mireya and Larry Jones will talk about the history of coffee during Bach’s time, and a barista will be present – coffee drinks included!

Program
JS Bach:  Coffee Cantata, BWV 211 (Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht)

Performers
Indre Viskontas, soprano
Thomas Segen, tenor
Scott Graff, bass
Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper White, violins and co-directors
Luke Maurer, viola
Yoshika Masuda, cello
Benjamin Smolen, flute
Duane Funderburk, harpsichord

50.00

Purchase

Fundraiser for Salastina Music Society For details, more info, and to purchase tickets please contact Salastina Music Society directing. https://www.salastina.org/concerts (626) 564-9291

The retail store Cookstor opens at the Pasadena campus on September 9th offering a curated selection of professional chef tools, equipment and culinary gifts.

525 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101

The store is located where Technique Restaurant was located, where students of Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts used to prepare French-New American cuisine. 

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts is closed. 

New School of Cooking Pasadena Campus is offering a wide selection of classes and courses.

From a posting on Facebook and email sent out:

Come and visit us in the next couple weeks! We will be running specials of dishes from Cafe 140 South and Crocodile Cafe for a trip down memory lane—our time on South Lake Avenue! Make a Reservation (626) 449-9900 140 South Lake Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101 A Smith Brothers Restaurant

Seco Closing—Final Day September 13th.
A warm thank you to all our wonderful guests, staff, and friends—it’s been a pleasureserving you over the years!
Come and visit us in the next couple weeks.

We will be running specials of dishes from Cafe 140 South and Crocodile Cafe for a trip down memory lane—our time on South Lake Avenue!

Every year people wonder what the holiday hours are for various stores around the area.

Here’s the 2017 holiday schedule for a few stores.

Costco:
HOLIDAY CLOSURES
New Year’s Day
Easter
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas

Sam’s Club:
Holiday Hours and Closings**
New Year’s Day: Closed
Easter: Closed
Memorial Day: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Fourth of July: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Labor Day: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Thanksgiving: Closed
Christmas: Closed

Trader Joe’s:
New Year’s Day – Closed
Easter – Most stores Closed.
Memorial Day – Open
Independence Day – Stores close at 5pm
Labor Day – Open
Thanksgiving – Closed
Christmas – Closed

Full letter
Dear Mr. President –
Congratulations on a remarkable run. Millions have placed their hopes in you, and all of us, regardless of party, should hope for expanded prosperity and security during your tenure.
This is a unique office, without a clear blueprint for success, so I don’t know that any advice from me will be particularly helpful. Still, let me offer a few reflections from the past 8 years.
First, we’ve both been blessed, in different ways, with great good fortune. Not everyone is so lucky. It’s up to us to do everything we can (to) build more ladders of success for every child and family that’s willing to work hard.
Second, American leadership in this world really is indispensable. It’s up to us, through action and example, to sustain the international order that’s expanded steadily since the end of the Cold War, and upon which our own wealth and safety depend.
Third, we are just temporary occupants of this office. That makes us guardians of those democratic institutions and traditions — like rule of law, separation of powers, equal protection and civil liberties — that our forebears fought and bled for. Regardless of the push and pull of daily politics, it’s up to us to leave those instruments of our democracy at least as strong as we found them.
And finally, take time, in the rush of events and responsibilities, for friends and family. They’ll get you through the inevitable rough patches.
Michelle and I wish you and Melania the very best as you embark on this great adventure, and know that we stand ready to help in any ways which we can.
Good luck and Godspeed,
BO