As part of the amendments to balance the city’s general fund operating budget, the City Council voted on Monday to restore a full-time liaison to the mayor’s office and add a management analyst staffing position for the new Civilian Police Oversight Commission... More »
The NAACP Pasadena Branch is teaming with Huntington Hospital to begin administering COVID-19 vaccinations to the local African-American community, starting with 100 doses this Saturday, according to the organization. The vaccine clinics follow other efforts b... More »
Pasadena firefighters joined colleagues and safety advocates at Shriners for Children Medical Center-Pasadena on Tuesday to raise the alarm about potential burn dangers in the home or workplace. The event was hosted by the Children’s Burn Foundation to coincid... More »
Although only a fraction of residents 65 and older have received a COVID-19 vaccine and supplies of the medication remain woefully low, Los Angeles County will expand vaccinations to an array of essential workers in two to three weeks, including teachers, the ... More »
? New COVID-19 infections continued their downward trend Wednesday, but seven people believed to have become infected amid the recent surge were added to the city’s tally of pandemic deaths. The seven new fatalities primarily involved people who had become inf... More »
So far, there have been no reports of COVID-19 variants among the city’s coronavirus cases, according to Pasadena Public Information Officer Lisa Derderian. “No. Not to our knowledge,” Derderian said when asked by Pasadena Now if the variant had been detected... More »
Jet Propulsion Laboratory has announced the selection of three new “key staff” positions on Wednesday. Richard Cook has been appointed to serve as manager of the Mars Sample Return Program Office, while Leslie Livesay will take on a new role as associate direc... More »
The Pasadena Jaycees are partnering with Altadena Ale House to provide free meal kits to restaurant employees who have been furloughed, laid off, or had their hours cut due to COVID-19. “With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the globe, millions remain out ... More »
The One Arroyo Foundation has launched the One Arroyo Trail Demonstration Projects website, designed to allow the community to monitor efforts to restore, connect and preserve Pasadena’s historic Arroyo Seco. In 2020, the foundation retained RJM Design Group t... More »
Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) on Wednesday introduced legislation which would allow housing-related entities (HREs), such as city housing departments and affordable housing developers, to purchase vacant land owned by Caltrans to make way for a defunct... More »
When presented with a Dec. 19 statement by the College Football Playoff Committee praising the city for listening to the concerns of the CFP, a city official said there was never any direct conversation between the city and that group. In a Dec. 19 press relea... More »
After more than two years in orbit, a shoebox-size weather satellite phoned home one last time before plunging into Earth’s atmosphere and burning up on Christmas Eve. RainCube (radar in a cube-sized satellite, or CubeSat) was a technology demonstration meant ... More »
