Friday, April 15, 2016 | 6:27 am
The Caltech women’s tennis team has moved up a position to rank No. 13 in the latest Oracle/ITA Division III Women’s Tennis Regional Ranking. West Region Rankings The Beavers have not been in action since the last rankings were published on Mar. 31 thanks to a... More »
Thursday, April 14, 2016 | 12:19 pm
Caltech scientists have produced the most detailed map yet of the massive protein machine that controls access to the DNA-containing heart of the cell. In a new study, a team led by André Hoelz, an assistant professor of biochemistry, reports the successful ma... More »
Thursday, April 14, 2016 | 12:19 pm
Cancer is capable of rapidly developing resistance to therapeutic drugs, rendering those drugs harmless—often before they have a chance to work. Now, researchers at Caltech and their colleagues have identified how at least one brain cancer, called glioblastoma... More »
Thursday, April 14, 2016 | 6:08 am
The Pasadena City College softball team has found its groove on offense lately and it’s carried the Lancers in a current 3-game winning streak. PCC hit the 20-victory mark for the second straight season Wednesday as the Lancers rallied from down 4-2 to mercy v... More »
Thursday, April 14, 2016 | 6:07 am
The Honorable Shirley M. Hufstedler — a former federal judge, the nation’s first secretary of education, and a Caltech senior trustee — passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Glendale, California. She was 90. Hufstedler was born on August 24, 1925, in De... More »
Thursday, April 14, 2016 | 5:31 am
It was, by many accounts, one of the simplest, and one of the most complex, decisions the Pasadena City Council has had to face in many years. Two houses. Two families. One view. One sun. Stacey Mayora and Paul Watson, Pasadena residents for a number of years,... More »
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 | 11:46 am
Two 12-year-old children, a girl and a boy, are back in the care of a group home in Pasadena after they went missing, one of them for the second time in a week, Pasadena Police officers said. Pasadena Police Lt. Mark Goodman said Ryan Castellanos and Kia Mitch... More »
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 | 10:44 am
Every second, trillions of neutrinos travel through your body unnoticed. Neutrinos are among the most abundant particles in the universe, but they are difficult to study because they very rarely interact with matter. To find traces of these elusive particles, ... More »
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 | 6:20 am
The smell of malt liquor permeated the air Saturday as Pasadena residents, elected officials, Pasadena’s Interim City Manager and even police gathered at the corner of Summit Avenue and Orange Grove Blvd. to mark an important neighborhood event. No one was dri... More »
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 | 6:00 am
Isaac Holguin scattered eight hits and retired the last 13 batters in order to throw the first complete-game victory by a Pasadena City College baseball pitcher in eight years on Tuesday as the Lancers defeated El Camino College-Compton Center, 10-2. The South... More »
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 | 5:53 am
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today it acquired The Van Dyke Technology Group, Inc. (Van Dyke), a 180-person cybersecurity firm specializing in identity and access management, threat mitigation and other cybersecurity solutions for enterprise network... More »
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 | 9:58 am
A new email scam targeting taxpayers has emerged, local law enforcement says. According to the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP), taxpayers are receiving emails that appear to be from TAP about a tax refund. These emails are a phishing scam, where unsolicited emai... More »