Tuesday, November 25, 2025 | 3:01 pm
Pasadena City College Trustees unanimously approved a historic Community Workforce and Education Agreement that, according to the college, represents a first-of-its-kind approach in California. Unlike other workforce initiatives in the state, this agreement ex... More »
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 | 5:16 am
Drew Gilpin Faust, who broke barriers as Harvard University’s first female president, will address the Caltech community Wednesday, Dec. 3, as part of the Institute’s Presidential Distinguished Speaker Series. Faust served as Harvard’s president from 2007 to ... More »
Monday, November 24, 2025 | 4:00 am
The “I Have A Dream” Foundation Los Angeles has returned to Pasadena schools after a 15-year absence, guaranteeing college tuition for 65 Madison Elementary first- and second-graders through their 2037 high school graduation. The relaunch, announced Oct. 29, m... More »
Friday, November 21, 2025 | 6:21 am
[Updated] After hours of highly emotional testimony and rigorous debate, the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education approved a Fiscal Stabilization Plan on Thursday night, mandating spending cuts totaling over $24.5 million across central administ... More »
Friday, November 21, 2025 | 5:00 am
On a cool Wednesday morning in the Lower Arroyo Seco, the sycamores seemed to be holding their breath. A bright sun shone down on the concrete superstructure of the Colorado Street Bridge, and below, a class of sixth graders from Octavia E. Butler Magnet Middl... More »
Thursday, November 20, 2025 | 6:08 am
As Pasadena’s school board weighs an “existential” fiscal stabilization plan demanded by Los Angeles County education officials, a resolution before the board Thursday night lays out, in unusually blunt language, how years of declining enrollment, rising speci... More »
Thursday, November 20, 2025 | 5:35 am
The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education will convene a high-stakes meeting on Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Elbie J. Hickambottom Board Room to vote on a controversial fiscal stabilization plan aimed at closing a projected $30.5 million deficit for... More »
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 | 11:09 am
More than 650 parents in Altadena and Pasadena have signed an online petition demanding that the Pasadena Unified School District shift proposed budget cuts away from classrooms and toward central office operations, warning that reductions to teachers, special... More »
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 5:04 am
Pasadena Unified’s Mary W. Jackson STEAM Multilingual Magnet Elementary School hosted Ruby Bridges Walk of Courage Day on Thursday, Nov. 13, spotlighting the civil rights icon’s legacy and the importance of safe, inclusive learning environments. Funded by a gr... More »
Monday, November 17, 2025 | 1:20 pm
ArtCenter College of Design has appointed two of its alumni, Joe Tseng and Mariana Prieto, to its Board of Trustees, the college announced Monday. Both began their service this summer, bringing experience in global design leadership, entrepreneurship and socia... More »
Monday, November 17, 2025 | 5:03 am
A motions hearing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday in Department 49 of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles in a discrimination lawsuit filed against the Pasadena Unified School District by seven Latino parents whose children attended Roosevelt... More »
Friday, November 14, 2025 | 6:25 am
The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education spent five hours Thursday reviewing a fiscal stabilization plan that would cut $30.5 million from the 2026-27 budget, drawing sharp community opposition to reductions in arts, athletics, libraries and bil... More »