The City Council on Monday voted on ballot language for several City Charter amendment items that will appear on the November ballot. Locally, the stakes could not be higher. Local residents will have the chance to vote on a number of items that could impact t... More »
The City Council voted 6-2 to adopt several resolutions that call for a general municipal election to be held in conjunction with the statewide election. Councilmembers Jess Rivas and Jason Lyon voted against the motion. The City Council also approved langua... More »
Pasadena Unified School District Trustee Tina Wu Fredericks announced that she has received an endorsement from California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond in her bid for re-election to the School Board. According to a statement from Fr... More »
A Pasadena company called SoniClear launched new software Friday designed to automate the creation of government meeting minutes. The Windows-based application called Transcriber 10 uses artificial intelligence to produce meeting minutes from audio and video r... More »
Tap Systems, a Pasadena-based startup, has introduced an upgraded wearable input device designed to transform how people interact with spatial computing technologies. The company unveiled the updated TapXR at the Augmented World Expo 2024 in Los Angeles last m... More »
The City Council will vote on a resolution that could call a General Election allowing residents to vote on several City Charter amendments on the November ballot. However, one amendment has changed since the City Council voted to send it to the ballot. Accord... More »
Jericho Road Pasadena has announced a new Executive Director Social Impact Leadership Program designed to address the lack of diversity in nonprofit leadership. The program, set to take place every Friday in September, will offer comprehensive training for new... More »
[Updated] On July 16, First Place for Youth, Heritage Housing Partners, and Pasadena City College announced a groundbreaking partnership to provide housing for transitional age youth in Pasadena. The collaboration has transformed two existing structures at 23... More »
Edward Yen was sworn in this week as the new Executive Officer of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, taking on oversight of the Board’s $340 million budget and nearly 500 budgeted positions. In a ceremony presided over by Gay Yuen, Ph.D., commissione... More »
Pasadena-based Tetra Tech, along with Texas A&M University, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a mobile electron beam (eBeam) system for destroying harmful “forever chemicals” in contaminated soils and sediments. The project, announ... More »
Two Pasadena-based artists, Ekta Aggarwal and Manjari Sharma, have been named recipients of the 2023-2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grants. They are among 97 artists and nonprofit organizations awarded a total of $3.07 million during the foundation’s J... More »
Construction of a new AC Hotel by Marriott in Pasadena has reached a milestone with the building now at its full height. The project, located at 550 E. Colorado Blvd. at the corner of Madison Ave., is transforming a former surface parking lot into a modern hot... More »
