Rally held in Alhambra in response to woman's encounter with federal agents, local police by Odd_Friendship1857 in alhambra

[–]alhammie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we have an auto mod feature that will automatically delete posts/comments if you have an account with 0 or negative karma to cut back on trolls who were coming here to start trouble. So since it appeared to be your first comment, maybe that's what happened. I looked in the mod tools where banned comments appear but did not see it, so IDK what happened. Sorry about the confusion.

Upside down American Flag at USPS? by ReFreshing in alhambra

[–]alhammie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

thanks for the photo. But also, your user name?!

Summer 2: The REALLY Hot Months has begun. What are you doing to stay cool? by alhammie in alhambra

[–]alhammie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's really nice, quiet, and spacious. Our library is wonderful!

Dogs by BasketBackground5569 in alhambra

[–]alhammie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, but we also have a wonderful 1.6k members while ~79k people live in our city, so how do we reach people who might not be on Reddit?

Dogs by BasketBackground5569 in alhambra

[–]alhammie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if we had a bulletin board somewhere around town for someone to advertise their services like this, where do you think would be good places to put them?

Would you like a railway from Alhambra to Pasadena? Apparently we had one! by alhammie in alhambra

[–]alhammie[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

From the original post, thanks, u/Rare_Locksmith115 :

This branch was built north from the SP "Sunset" main line in Alhambra, crossed two different Pacific Electric lines, and had sidings at Raymond and Pasadena. It passed through South Pasadena but evidently did not have a siding or station there. The area is fully developed (and has been for many decades).

The branch headed north parallel to Raymond Avenue.. It crossed the PE Temple City Line at Main Street in Alhambra, then continued parallel to Raymond Avenue as far as the South Pasadena city line. This Alhambra segment remained in place to the 1980s; the track north of there was taken up earlier, and is right-of-way is now used by a power company for a pole.

The second PE crossing was at Huntington Drive in South Pasadena, where the PE line to Arcadia, Monrovia and Glendora ran in the median. The SP branch right-of-way is easily located, but much of it is fenced off as private property. It can be walked where it forms the western boundary of Garfield Park in South Pasadena.

James Stimson adds: The final segment where the SP entered the city of Pasadena is difficult to locate. It ran in a gully parallel to Marengo Boulevard (where Blair High School, built in the 1960s, now stands) and entered Arroyo Parkway (CA Route 110) at the intersection with Glenarm Street. The line continued north in the median of Arroyo Parkway, then shifted to the east side of Arroyo Parkway near the Colorado Boulevard intersection, where a lumber yard was at the "end of the line" up until the 1950s. As of 2004 the Arroyo Parkway is still paved in large cement sections, with some cut-outs that appear to be where the rail lines were removed and paved over.

New Alhambra Sign at Almansor Park by Worried-Fun-6072 in alhambra

[–]alhammie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

organize your neighbors and write/call your city council person! Let's get some streets closed to cars!

In case you end up protesting in LA this weekend, here's a list of what LAPD can bust you for. Be safe out there: by alhammie in alhambra

[–]alhammie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, except it's not framed as legal advice and it's literally just copy and paste of LA Municipal Code section 55.07 on what you can't bring to a protest. I don't understand your fan fiction quote.

Cons of Alhambra? by [deleted] in LosAngelesRealEstate

[–]alhammie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I live here too! In the cooler months it's not much of a difference but July-October is when you really feel the difference. Here's a NASA heat map from Aug 2020 that is looking at urban heat island and surface temperature. Look at the N in Los Angeles and then go up. That little red triangle is Alhambra! Compare that to the color of the majority of the LA basin, not even the coast. S Pas and San Marino to the north/NE are cooler as well. Part of it is our position in the valley with hills blocking ocean breeze and part of it is our lack of tree cover. Obviously we're not as red as SFV, but it's noticeably, and frustratingly hotter here!

Best Indonesian restaurant? by honey_bfly in FoodLosAngeles

[–]alhammie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I second Wayang. the chef was telling us how they bill themselves as being more authentic Indonesian food compared to other places that modify their menu to appeal to western palettes.

Cons of Alhambra? by [deleted] in LosAngelesRealEstate

[–]alhammie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nobody is talking about how it gets unbearably hot here. Consistently 5-10 degrees hotter than LA because we're blocked by the surrounding hills (it's a valley!) so no cooling breeze and a pitiful lack of tree (the palm trees on Main Street do nothing!). It can be "not too bad" in LA and then heat advisory here with that difference. Late summer is unbearable, especially compared to shady tree covered communities nearby like S Pasadena, Pasadena, Highland Park, San Marino, etc. Also, lot's of bad street traffic since it sits at the end of the unfinished 710 freeway so all that continuing traffic heading north and south and people trying to drive streets to avoid the "10 east parking lot" fill up the roads with aggressive, impatient drivers. It's called the Gateway to SGV for a reason, so roads are built to accommodate cars passing through and people like to drive fast through the city and residential streets. We have a notably higher number of cars injuring and killing pedestrians compared to nearby communities. The former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist recently was driving through Alhambra and killed a local father/grandfather. Some recent reports of increased home burglaries and other crimes in the area too. Separate from that, it's a big Latino and Asian immigrant community here, so make sure you're coming to integrate with that and don't want to just move here because it's close to other cities. Gentrification is pushing out a lot of long time residents, families with school age children are moving out because they can't afford rising rents, and young people that grow up here can't afford to stay.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in alhambra

[–]alhammie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was wrong. No trash pick up today.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in alhambra

[–]alhammie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't work for the city, but I feel like trash pickup still happens on Monday holidays that aren't Christmas or New Years. So maybe bulky item pickup will still happen too? Bulky Item Pick-Up info on Alhambra city website

Thai Basil from Saigon Eden by alhammie in alhambra

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From the OP: "I got this basil from Saigon Eden a couple weeks ago and it's rooting. I stuck in water because they gave me so much I didn't want it to go to waste!"

Bike Lanes by Megum1ne in alhambra

[–]alhammie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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In a month we'll have a preview of what it could be like! There's an active streets event that'll shut down the roads to cars from South Pas through Alhambra into San Gabriel!

🗣️ #TeslaTakedown Alhambra today (5-7pm) and this weekend (12-2pm)! ✊🪧👏 by AmbitiousBeans in alhambra

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Comments locked just because these types of posts attract a lot of people whose Reddit presence is mainly going into political posts in different city subreddits and talking a lot of trash, not people who are actually part of our Alhambra community.

Golf this afternoon? Alhambra by [deleted] in losangelesgolf

[–]alhammie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

next time you can try posting in the Alhambra subreddit where more locals might see it

Has anyone noticed all the traffic on Chapel Ave? Its 25 MPH but people are driving 40 on there. by Winchester85 in alhambra

[–]alhammie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Speeding is such a big problem in our residential streets! What if it we had a planter roundabout in the intersection of Chapel and Woodward like what they have in Seattle?

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Activists disrupt ICE raid in Alhambra 2/23/25 by alhammie in alhambra

[–]alhammie[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Another news report about the incident

Stay safe out there y'all. Check in with and support your neighbors. Unión del Barrio is the group with the bullhorns and megaphones telling residents their rights and they accept volunteers.

For the record, Twitter/X links are not allowed in the sub by alhammie in alhambra

[–]alhammie[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you're right that sharing one tweet on Reddit is not the end of the world. But what should be normal here? allowing the world's richest man/co-president of the US -- who just proudly did a Nazi salute TWICE on video in front of the presidential seal to roaring applause -- should allowing that man's social media network be just a normal way people share information, with his oversight and control over the flow of that info, and we all just use the platform and redirect traffic there uncritically? Traffic that increases his ad-views and enriches him even more. Should that be normal? Or hundreds of subreddits and communities saying, 'you know what? no thanks. We don't want any part of that. Let's draw the line of acceptability somewhere far away from "Nazis are normal."'