The Pasadena Garden Club will host a plant sale Sunday, Oct. 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring more than 1,000 California natives, succulents, topiaries and geraniums. The sale, at La Casita del Arroyo, 177 S. Arroyo Blvd., is open to the public and will include workshops featuring the newest techniques in floral design, a demonstration showing how to "plant" gourds for Thanksgiving centerpieces, note cards from an oil painting of La Casita and a fabulous garden boutique with rustic garden accessories, vintage collectibles and planted herb baskets. For more information contact martynbelmont@aol.com

Rose Bowl Roundup Newsletter
Find out what's going on with the Rose Bowl Stadium: renovation, updates, the tours program, Legacy Campaign and more. 

Art Center announces $15 million gift 

"...from Southern California philanthropists and classic car enthusiasts Peter and Merle Mullin. The donation will help fund construction of a new Art Center industrial and transportation design facility at the south campus on Raymond Avenue near Glenarm Street." -- Pasadena Now 

"The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association has announced the 45 float entries that will participate in the 125th Rose Parade presented by Honda, themed "Dreams Come True." -- Pasadena Now  

"Southern California's most luxurious and charming coastal community will host more than 10,000 visitors for the January 6 VIZIO BCS National Championship." -- Pasadena Now 

Far from home 

"Caltrans will hold two public workshops on Wednesday and Thursday...However, a Caltrans official told the Pasadena Weekly the agency won't begin selling the properties until an alternative to the surface connector road is chosen sometime in spring 2015." -- Pasadena Weekly  

"Caltrans will host two public workshops to provide background information and obtain public feedback for establishing procedures for the sale of some 500 surplus residential properties along the so-called '710 gap' where transportation officials are studying a 4.5-mile tunnel between the 710 and 210 freeways." -- South Pasadena Patch

Craftsman Weekend 2013 

"An opening reception Friday at Blinn House will honor the American Bungalow, followed by a Saturday reception and exclusive tour at the Bolton House designed in 1906 by Greene and Greene." -- Hometown Pasadena

Looking for other ways to entertain or educate yourself and your family? 

Attend WPRA board meetings each month 

Monthly WPRA board meeting dates and locations are on the WPRA website. Click on the headline above or visit our website and look under "Meetings and Events."

The WPRA needs you ... 

If you'd like to serve your community and do it with a group of your neighbors who are equally dedicated, the WPRA encourages you to join your neighborhood residents' association. If you live within our service area, we'd welcome your help. 

• Got the local news bug? Just curious about your city (and would like to share news with 1,000 or so of your closest friends), consider serving as a co-editor of Neighborhood Update. It will only take a few hours a week (on your own schedule) in the month or two a year in which you'd serve. We'll train you.  

• We have lots of opportunities to serve on one of our many committees:
• Land use and planning
  If you care about how we use our land  
• Education
  If you want to help save public education for West Pasadena  
• Open space & conservation
  If you care about preserving open space and conservation of land and resources 
• Membership
  If you'd like to help us continue to build our membership so we can do more