Not only is a cracked phone screen annoying, but it can be downright embarrassing. But what do you do? You can take it to the dealer, but most likely they will want to replace the entire phone, usually at a steep cost or send it out to be fixed, so no phone fo... More »
Pasadena Rep. Judy Chu opposed Tuesday a proposed law in the House of Representatives that would cut her district’s Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) in half, citing its possible “catastrophic” effect on the community. “My district stands to lose almos... More »
The Indian Department of Space / Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has established a fellowship at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in the name of Satish Dhawan (1920–2002), a Caltech alumnus (Eng ’49, PhD ’51) and a pioneer of India’... More »
A car-to-car shooting targeted a man and a woman driving on Mentone Avenue near W. Howard Street at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night, police report. Neither victim was injured in the shooting, during which two suspects fired multiple shots which struck the victim’s car... More »
[Editor’s note: This story contains a correction. Previous versions erroneously stated that the Aug. 20  Special Master Planning meeting is closed. It is not; it is actually open to the public.] Frayed emotions burst at Tuesday night’s School Board meeting w... More »
The mark of a good school is when its alumni return to give back to the institution that gave them so much. It was a working reunion as young Mayfield alumni returned to campus again this year as Summer Program teaching assistants. Every year a number of alumn... More »
This image from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean shows a collection of limestone towers known as the “Lost City.” Alkaline hydrothermal vents of this type are suggested to be the birthplace of the first living organisms on the ancient Earth. Scientists are inte... More »
On Thursday, August 1, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Vino at Trios will play host to Jason Goelz, owner and wine maker of Jason Stephens Winery. Born in the Midwest before moving to California during his senior year, Goelz took a wine appreciation course during col... More »
A $63 million contract was awarded to General Electric Packaged Power Inc., to design, furnish, and deliver the Power Island Equipment (PIE) part of the Glenarm Repowering Project by the Pasadena City Council at its July 29 meeting. Pasadena is one of only a h... More »
The former Italian eatery Villa Sorriso-Bar Celona has been transformed into a Japanese restaurant named 168. 168, under the same management as that of Villa Sorriso-Bar Celona, apparently has the same space as Bar Celona’s and has similar lounge and bar with ... More »
The Altadena Search and Rescue Team and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has found the two missing hikers on the Mount Wilson Toll Road in Eaton Canyon Monday. The rescue teams responded to Eaton Canyon at around 7:04 p.m. and found the two hikers... More »
A former Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist who spent nine years in Pasadena has been named NASA Chief Scientist effective Aug. 25. Planetary geologist Ellen Stofan, who held a number of senior scientist positions in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasade... More »
