School’s starting and your child has a reading list a mile long. You could get the books from the library but the last library book they had ended up in who-knows-who’s backpack and then disappeared into the ether. That cost you. The only other alternative... More »
Pasadena City College is making arrangements for students from La Cañada Flintridge, Altadena, and other areas impacted by the fires to preserve their enrollment in classes at the beginning of the fall semester, which begins on Monday, August 31, 2009.  Se... More »
After much consideration, the Board of Trustees of the Pasadena Area Community College District and Dr. Paulette J. Perfumo, superintendent/president of Pasadena City College, have reached an agreement by which Dr. Perfumo will relinquish her current leadershi... More »
Geoffrey L. Baum has officially launched his campaign for re-election to the governing board of the Pasadena Area Community College District, according to a press release issued Saturday, August 8. First elected in 2001, Baum represents Trustee Area 1, which i... More »
“Whoosh.” “Swish.” “Arrgh.” As he stood in a circle of students at the historic Masonic Temple Building in Glendale on Wednesday, Sam McCarthy, 13, of Pasadena, belted out various sounds to warm up his vocal chords for a voice lesson. McCarthy, one of 18 pupil... More »
More than 200 concerned activists and citizens turned out at Pasadena’s Neighborhood Church on Tuesday night for a public forum hosted by the American Civil Liberties Union to discuss the idea that certain groups of students are funneled to prison without ever... More »
Two Pasadena City College instructors were named to the school’s Distinguished Lecturer Award, it was announce today. According to Juan Gutierrez, media relations officer at PCC, Dance adjunct professor Richard Kuller and Painting associate professor Rebecca... More »
Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent Edwin Diaz this week announced that he has named new principals at Don Benito Fundamental School, Hamilton Elementary, and Loma Alta Elementary, and an administrator at the Oak Knoll Center. Julianne S. Reynoso h... More »
The Pasadena City College Board of Trustees voted to cancel PCC’s winter intersession at its July 1 meeting, according to published reports. The college reportedly faces a projected $7.7 million deficit for the upcoming fiscal year. Canceling the winter inte... More »
Television Operations instructor Carmen Porreca of Pasadena City College was honored this week with the Risser Outstanding Teacher Award, it was announced. Given to a full-time, tenure track or tenured faculty at PCC, the Risser Award is the most prestigious h... More »
About 30 high school students welcomed July and the upcoming Independence Day holiday by tossing raw eggs at the Caltech campus lawn on Wednesday afternoon. As part of the Caltech Young Engineering and Science Scholars Program, underrepresented high school stu... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) was “truly excited” to discover Marshall Fundamental School made the Newsweek “Top Public High Schools in 2009” list, public officials said Monday. Newsweek’s list, which represents the top six percent of all high sc... More »
