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Altadena is an unincorporated
Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of Real property that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government....
 census-designated place
Census-designated place

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 in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
, California
California

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, approximately from the downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolis area....
 Civic Center. The population was 42,610 at the 2000 census.

Featuring spectacular views of the San Gabriel Mountains
San Gabriel Mountains

The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County, California and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Mojave Desert....
, Altadena was developed as a suburb
Suburb

Suburbs are commonly defined as the residential areas which surround the central area of the urban area of a town or city. In the United States, suburbs have a prevalence of usually detached single-family homes.....
 of Pasadena
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
 in 1887. It has long refused annexation by neighboring Pasadena. Its unincorporated
Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of Real property that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government....
 status allowed it to become a major settlement area for working- and middle-class African-Americans during a period in which non-whites were forbidden to live in the vast majority of greater Los Angeles.

The name Altadena derives from the Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 alta, meaning "upper", and -dena from Pasadena; the area is adjacent to, but at a higher elevation than, Pasadena.

Government
Altadena is part of the County of Los Angeles and is politically run by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors who have executive, legislative and judicial powers.






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Altadena is an unincorporated
Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of Real property that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government....
 census-designated place
Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a type of Place identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as city, towns and villages....
 in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, approximately from the downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolis area....
 Civic Center. The population was 42,610 at the 2000 census.

Featuring spectacular views of the San Gabriel Mountains
San Gabriel Mountains

The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County, California and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Mojave Desert....
, Altadena was developed as a suburb
Suburb

Suburbs are commonly defined as the residential areas which surround the central area of the urban area of a town or city. In the United States, suburbs have a prevalence of usually detached single-family homes.....
 of Pasadena
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
 in 1887. It has long refused annexation by neighboring Pasadena. Its unincorporated
Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of Real property that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government....
 status allowed it to become a major settlement area for working- and middle-class African-Americans during a period in which non-whites were forbidden to live in the vast majority of greater Los Angeles.

The name Altadena derives from the Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 alta, meaning "upper", and -dena from Pasadena; the area is adjacent to, but at a higher elevation than, Pasadena.

Government


Altadena is part of the County of Los Angeles and is politically run by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors who have executive, legislative and judicial powers. There are five members of the Board of Supervisors, elected by geographic district. Altadena is in District five, presently represented by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
Michael D. Antonovich

Michael Dennis Antonovich is a Republican Party member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He represents the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, California, including the Antelope Valley, Santa Clarita, California, Pasadena, California, and parts of the San Fernando Valley and San Gabriel Valleys....
. In 1975, a group of Altadenans formed with the help of Los Angeles County Supervisor Baxter Ward
Baxter Ward

Baxter Ward was a television news anchor who served two terms on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Prior to his election on the board, he ran third in an unsuccessful bid to unseat Samuel W....
 and the Pasadena Chapter of the League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters is an United States political organization founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote....
.

The Altadena Town Council acts as an ombudsman
Ombudsman

An ombudsman is an official, usually appointed by government or by a non-governmental public body, who is charged with investigating complaints by citizens and, where possible, resolving them, usually by making recommendations but sometimes through mediation....
 group to express to county, state and federal agencies the will and wishes of the Altadena community. Altadena is identified collectively by eight census tract, (U.S. Census Bureau) from each of which two resident census tract representatives are elected. The Altadena Town Council meets monthly at the Altadena Community Center to provide a forum for residents and government officials to convene. The council has no legislative powers and makes no legal decisions for the community; it only operates to express consensus to governmental officials.

Official tree and flower

Cedrus Deodare Habit
California Poppy
Official tree: The Deodar Cedar
Deodar Cedar

Cedrus deodara is a species of cedar native to the western Himalayas in eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, north-central India , southwesternmost Tibet and western Nepal, occurring at 1500-3200 m altitude....
 (Cedrus deodara). Indigenous to the Himalayas, the deodar was brought as seeds to Altadena in 1883 by Founder John Woodbury who saw the beautiful trees in Italy. After growing the trees for two years, the trees were transplanted to Santa Rosa Avenue where they now stand majestically as Christmas Tree Lane
Christmas Tree Lane

Christmas Tree Lane is a boulevard of deodar cedar trees in Altadena, California. The trees on the Lane, Santa Rosa Avenue, have been lighted annually as a Christmas Holiday display since 1920....
.

Official flower: The California Golden Poppy
California poppy

The California poppy is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m altitude in the western United States throughout California, extending to Oregon, southern Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and in Mexico in Sonora and northwest Baja California....
 (Eschscholzia californica). Indigenous to the southland, the golden poppy was a landmark to Spanish sailors who recognized the area by a sweeping gold carpet. The sailors referred to the marvelous vision as sabanilla de oro, or, "altar cloth of gold."

Points of interest


Christmas Tree Lane
Christmas Tree Lane

Christmas Tree Lane is a boulevard of deodar cedar trees in Altadena, California. The trees on the Lane, Santa Rosa Avenue, have been lighted annually as a Christmas Holiday display since 1920....
 is a stretch of Santa Rosa Avenue from Woodbury Road to Altadena Drive
Altadena Drive (California)

Altadena Drive is one of the major east-west roadways in Altadena, California, stretching almost continuously from one end of the town to the other....
. It has been a holiday attraction since 1920 and it is the oldest large-scale outdoor Christmas lighting venue in the world. Each December, members of the Christmas Tree Lane Association festoon the 110 still standing giant deodars
Deodar Cedar

Cedrus deodara is a species of cedar native to the western Himalayas in eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, north-central India , southwesternmost Tibet and western Nepal, occurring at 1500-3200 m altitude....
 that line the street with thousands of Christmas lights. Christmas Tree Lane was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
 in 1990, and is a California Historical Landmark
California Historical Landmark

California Historical Landmarks are buildings, structures, sites, or places in the state of California that have been determined to have statewide history significance by meeting at least one of the criteria listed below:...
.

Among Altadena's Christmas lighting attractions is the Balian Mansion, which collects world-wide tours for its Christmas lighting display. The Balian Mansion has been lighted since 1955 and is arguably the pioneer of home holiday lighting. The Balian Mansion is located at the 5-point junction of Mendocino Street, Mendocino Lane, Allen Avenue, and East Glenview Terrace.

The historic Mount Lowe Railway
Mount Lowe Railway

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 was once a scenic railway that carried passengers to any four resort hotels high in the San Gabriel Mountains above Altadena and Pasadena. Although the mountains and the remains of the railway are not strictly in Altadena, the most direct trail to the sites, the Sam Merrill Trail
Sam Merrill Trail

The Sam Merrill Trail is a major hiking trail in the Las Flores Canyon of the San Gabriel Mountains in Altadena, California which leads to the top of Echo Mountain....
, starts in Altadena at the top of Lake Avenue
Lake Avenue (Pasadena)

Lake Avenue is a major north-south feeder road for the Pasadena, California and Altadena, California communities in Los Angeles County, California....
 and leads to Mount Echo, about . Chaney Trail, just west of the intersection at Fair Oaks Avenue and Loma Alta Street, is a forestry service road leading to the old right of way. The Mount Lowe Railway was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
 in 1993.

The Cobb Estate at the top of Lake Avenue is now a free botanical garden
Botanical garden

Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes. Botanists and horticulturalists tend the flora and maintain the garden's library and herbarium of dried and documented plant material....
 of the United States Forest Service
United States Forest Service

The USDA Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 155 United States National Forest and 20 United States National Grassland....
. It is guarded by its historic gates which are easily bypassed to allow visitors and hikers to ascend its long and winding paved driveway to the site of what was once one of Altadena's premier mansions. This is found alongside the Sam Merrill Trail which accesses Las Flores Canyon on the way to Echo Mountain
Echo Mountain

Echo Mountain is a promontory above Altadena, California. It was shaped from an alluvial fan between Rubio and Las Flores canyons. It is geographically defined by Castle Canyon to its leeward side, Rubio Canyon at its foot, and Las Flores Canyon on its windward side....
.

Farnsworth Park located on Lake Avenue is a large county park that offers picnic grounds, play areas, and a club house and amphitheater. It was placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Geography


Altadena is located at (34.188605, -118.134795).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the CDP has a total area of 8.7 square miles (22.5 kmē), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 42,610 people, 14,780 households, and 10,671 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 4,898.9 people per square mile (1,891.0/kmē). There were 15,250 housing units at an average density of 1,753.3/sq mi (676.8/kmē). The racial makeup of the CDP was 47.30% White
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 31.42% Black
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
 or African American
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 0.58% Native American
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 4.24% Asian
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 0.13% Pacific Islander
Race (United States Census)

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, 10.19% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 6.14% from two or more races. 20.39% of the population were Hispanic or Latino
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
 of any race.

There were 14,780 households out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were non-families. 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.29.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $60,549, and the median income for a family was $66,800 (these figures had risen to $77,020 and $86,778 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $49,098 versus $38,054 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the CDP was $27,604. About 7.4% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.1% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

In the state legislature
California State Legislature

The California State Legislature is the State legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members....
 Altadena is located in the 21st Senate
California State Senate

The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Sacramento, California....
 District, represented by Democrat Jack Scott
Jack Scott (politician)

Jack Alan Scott is an American Democratic Party politician. He recently served as a California State Senate, representing the 21st district, which includes Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, La Ca?ada Flintridge, San Gabriel, Temple City, and Los Angeles...
, and in the 44th Assembly
California State Assembly

The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000....
 District, represented by Democrat Anthony J. Portantino
Anthony J. Portantino

Anthony J. Portantino , has represented California's 44th assembly district since December 2006. He is a United States Democratic Party....
. Federally, Altadena is located in California's 26th
California's 26th congressional district

The California 26th Congressional District spans the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley from La Ca?ada Flintridge, California to Rancho Cucamonga, California....
 and 29th
California's 29th congressional district

California's 29th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County, California and takes in Alhambra, California, San Gabriel, California, Burbank, California, Glendale, California, South Pasadena, California, Glendale, California, Temple City, California, Monterey Park, California, and Pasadena, California....
 congressional districts, which have Cook PVIs
Cook Partisan Voting Index

The Cook Partisan Voting Index , sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index , is a measurement of how strongly an United States congressional district leans toward one political party compared to the nation as a whole....
 of R +4 and D +12 respectively and are represented by Republican David Dreier
David Dreier

David Timothy Dreier , United States politician, has been a United States Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since January 1981, representing California's 26th congressional district ....
 and Democrat Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff

Adam B. Schiff is an American politician. He first served in the California State Senate. He has been a United States Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing California's 29th congressional district and in 2007, he became a member of the United States House Committee on Appropriations....
 respectively.

History


Woodburys
In 1880, Capt. Frederick Woodbury and his brother John Woodbury of Marshalltown, Iowa, purchased known as the Woodbury Ranch. John Woodbury established the Pasadena Improvement Company in 1887 with a plot plan of residential development referred to as the Woodbury Subdivision. They contacted Byron O. Clark who established a nursery in the foothills in 1875 and had since moved away. He called his nursery "Altadena Nursery", a name he coined from the Spanish "alta" meaning "upper" and "dena" from Pasadena. Woodbury asked if he could use the name "Altadena" for his subdivision and Clark agreed.

The newly sprouted community of Altadena immediately began to attract millionaires from the East. In 1887 Andrew McNally
Andrew McNally

Andrew McNally was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, and immigrated to New York City in 1857. A printer by trade, he moved to Chicago in 1858 and got a job in a print shop owned by William Rand at a wage of $9 per week....
, the printing magnate from Chicago and his good friend Col. G. G. Green had built mansions on what was to become Millionaire's Row, Mariposa Street near Santa Rosa. Newspaper moguls William Armiger Scripps and William Kellogg built side by side just east of Fair Oaks Avenue. The grandson of Andrew McNally, Wallace Neff
Wallace Neff

Wallace Neff was an architect based in Southern California and was largely responsible for developing the region's distinct architectural style referred to as "California" style....
, became a famous Southern California architect. He started his career in Altadena with the design and construction of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church ( parish est.1918) which was dedicated in October 1926.

Altadena Map
Over the years Altadena has been subject to attempted annexation by Pasadena. Annexation was stopped in 1956 by community campaigns though it has been resurrected several times since by Pasadena without success.

Notable Altadenans

  • Claude Akins
    Claude Akins

    Claude Marion Akins was an American actor. He was born in Nelson, Georgia and grew up in Bedford, Indiana. He was a 1949 graduate of Northwestern University , where he studied theatre....
     actor
  • Saul Bass
    Saul Bass

    Saul Bass was an United States graphic designer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker, but he is best known for his design on animated motion picture title sequences....
     graphic designer & filmmaker
  • Andre Coleman
    Andre Coleman

    Andre Coleman is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver He attended Hickory High School in Hermitage, Pennsylvania while winning them a state championship....
     author, reporter
  • Ivan Dixon
    Ivan Dixon

    Ivan Dixon was an United States actor, director, and Film producer best known for his series role in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes, for his Emmy Award-nominated role in the 1967 telefilm The Final War of Olly Winter, and for directing hundreds of episodes of television series....
    , actor
  • Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth
    Charles S. Farnsworth

    Charles Stewart Farnsworth was an American general and civic leader....
    , civic leader
  • Grant W. Fega aristocrat
  • Richard Feynman
    Richard Feynman

    Richard Phillips Feynman was an United States physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics ....
    , physicist
  • Jackson Gregory, author
  • Zane Grey
    Zane Grey

    Zane Grey was an United States author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West....
    , author
  • Col. G. G. Green or George Gill Green, patent medicine & owner / developer Hotel Green Pasadena, Cal
  • Rodney King
    Rodney King

    Rodney Glen King is an African-American man who, on March 3, 1991, was the victim in an excessive force case committed by Los Angeles Police Department....
    , police beating victim
  • Andrew McNally
    Andrew McNally

    Andrew McNally was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, and immigrated to New York City in 1857. A printer by trade, he moved to Chicago in 1858 and got a job in a print shop owned by William Rand at a wage of $9 per week....
    , publisher
  • Rashaan Nall, Actor
  • Marni Nixon
    Marni Nixon

    Marni Nixon is an American soprano whose renown for dubbing the singing voices of featured actresses in well known movie musicals earned her the sobriquet "The Ghostess with the Mostess", and also "The Voice of Hollywood"....
     actress & soprano
  • Michael Shermer
    Michael Shermer

    Michael Brant Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic , which is largely devoted to investigating and debunking pseudoscience and supernatural claims....
    , founder of The Skeptics Society
  • Jacque Vaughn
    Jacque Vaughn

    Jacque Vaughn is an United States professional basketball player who currently is a backup point guard for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association....
    , NBA guard
  • Thaddeus S. C. Lowe
    Thaddeus S. C. Lowe

    Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe , also known as Professor T. S. C. Lowe, was an American Civil War aeronaut, scientist and inventor. Lowe lived a life that was full of claims to fame....
    , American Civil War aeronaut, scientist and inventor

Population History

  • 1960 — 40,568
  • 1970 — 42,415
  • 1980 — 40,510
  • 1990 — 42,658
  • 2000 — 42,610


Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Education


Primary and secondary schools


Public schools
Residents are zoned to Pasadena Unified School District
Pasadena Unified School District

The Pasadena Unified School District is a unified school district that is responsible for the schools of Pasadena, California, California. , it has 5 high schools, 3 middle schools, and 24 elementary schools....
 schools.

Zoned elementary schools include:
  • Altadena Elementary School
  • Burbank Elementary School
  • Edison Elementary School
  • Franklin Elementary School
  • Jackson Elementary School
  • Loma Alta Elementary School
  • Webster Elementary School


  • Eliot Middle School.


  • Muir High School
    John Muir High School (Pasadena, California)

    John Muir High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in Pasadena, California, California, United States and is a part of the Pasadena Unified School District....
  • Pasadena High School
  • John Marshall Fundamental
  • Blair High School


Private schools
  • Sahag-Mesrob Armenian Christian School[https://sahagmesrobschool.org/]
  • St. Elizabeth Catholic School
  • Saint Mark's
  • Pasadena Waldorf School
  • Walden School
  • Jane Warner's School


Charter schools
  • Nia Educational Charter School
  • Pasadena Rosebud Academy
  • Aveson Charter School
  • Odyssey Charter


Further reading


  • The Altadena Historical Society
  • Altadena Town Council
  • Ives, Sarah Noble, Altadena. Pasadena, California: The Star-News Publishing Co., 1938. Out of print.
  • Peterson, Robert H. Altadena's Golden Years. Alhambra, California: Sinclair Printing and Litho, Inc., 1976.
  • Zack, Michele. Altadena: Between Wilderness and City. Altadena, California: Altadena Historical Society, 2004. ISBN 0-9747257-0-6


See also


  • Altadena Drive (California)
    Altadena Drive (California)

    Altadena Drive is one of the major east-west roadways in Altadena, California, stretching almost continuously from one end of the town to the other....


External links