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This November, Pasadena residents have an important decision to make that will impact our community for years to come. Measure PFD is on the ballot, and if passed, it would provide dedicated funding for Pasadena’s fire and emergency medical services through an... More »
This Friday night across Pasadena, the arts will shine, and people will crisscross the city soaking up the glow. They will take shuttles east and west, north and south, sampling the best of Pasadena’s visual art, dance, music and theater. Paintings and photos,... More »
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California voters face an unusual, and potentially confusing, situation on the November 3 ballot. There is Proposition 40, the proposed one-time tax on billionaires. And then there are Propositions 41 and 42, two measures that, on the surface, sound like sensi... More »
Pasadena City College matters enormously to our community. For more than a century, PCC has provided an affordable pathway to higher education, university transfer, career training, and economic opportunity. Today, the college serves more than 27,000 students ... More »
One of the driving factors in operating any large organization, whether it be a K-12 educational facility or a university or a private corporation is the cost of overhead. In any organization, a certain amount of money needs to be spent to provide whatever ser... More »
In ordinary times, discussing whether and how to deploy new crime fighting tools like drones and automated license plate reader ALPR) cameras in Pasadena would center on cost-effectiveness and reconciling the perennial tension between security and privacy. But... More »
When news got out that L.A. County is suing State Farm, social media filled with people asking: “Why aren’t they suing MY insurer??” Because accountability starts with evidence. One survivor’s experience can be dismissed. Hundreds reporting the same thing beco... More »
Dear Editor, When we vote for a school board member, we usually look for friendly faces, neighbors, or people who tell us exactly what we want to hear. We do so because we don’t always understand the brutal realities of school district governance. But after 14... More »
In the final 100 days, we face a choice that will define whether Altadena rises again—or fades into memory. I can still recall the night of the fire. Families fled in the dark with only what they could carry. Neighbors stood outside waiting for alerts that nev... More »
On the evening of January 7, 2025, as fierce Santa Ana winds whipped through the San Gabriel foothills, I was among the thousands ordered to evacuate as the Eaton Fire exploded out of Eaton Canyon. Power flickered and failed across neighborhoods. Cell service ... More »
There is something we need to rethink about the way we build playing fields for our children. Artificial turf is often presented as a simple solution to a very real problem: We want more children and adults to play sports, but there are never enough fields. Sy... More »
