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Jennifer Thompson, a South Pasadena resident who spent 30 years in broadcast advertising, is making her first run for public office as a candidate for the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees seat representing Trustee Area 5, a seat held by incumbent Kristi... More »
Kristine E. Kwong, who has represented Trustee Area 5 on the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees since 2022, is seeking re-election on the Nov. 3 ballot against first-time candidate Jennifer Thompson. Area 5 covers South Pasadena, San Marino and part of Te... More »
Cynthia Torres has spent two decades helping teenagers get into college. Now she wants a seat at the table that shapes the schools they attend first, where she says student opportunities and the resources needed to sustain them must be considered together. Tor... More »
For the past four years, Dennis McNamara has watched how the Pasadena Unified School District spends its bond money. Now he wants a seat on the board to ensure the District prepares and follows a comprehensive master plan. McNamara, a longtime Pasadena financi... More »
Pasadena City College Board President Steve Gibson is seeking a second four-year term in a contested Nov. 3 election against Pasadena resident David Coher. The race will decide who represents Northwest Pasadena and part of southwest Altadena on the college dis... More »
David Coher started his college career at Long Beach City College, transferred to USC on a scholarship, and went on to earn a law degree from Georgetown. Now the Pasadena mediator and attorney wants a seat on the board that governs the community college system... More »
Veronica Elias has spent a quarter-century inside schools — coaching teachers, turning around test scores, building systems she says outlast any single leader. Now she wants to bring that work to the other side of the table. Elias, who filed her nomination pap... More »
Michelle Richardson Bailey has served nearly a decade on the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education, long enough to watch the district she grew up in face many challenges. She is asking voters for four more years. She faces one challenger: Veronic... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education will review and vote on an exclusive negotiating agreement for the potential redevelopment of the former Linda Vista Elementary School property in Pasadena on Thursday, Oct. 22. The proposed agreement inv... More »
Before Francis Pollara became an economic development leader for the City of Los Angeles, a local city commissioner, or a founding partner of his own consulting firm, he was a teenager taking classes at Pasadena City College, years before dual enrollment exist... More »
Thirteen years after he stepped off the Pasadena City College board, Geoffrey Baum wants back on it — and he already has company on the ballot. Baum, who served three terms on the board and two as its president before leaving in 2013, announced in June that he... More »
Felita R. Kealing, an Altadena resident and longtime Pasadena Unified School District employee whose family home was destroyed in the January 2025 Eaton Fire, has entered the race for the district’s District 1 seat on the Board of Education, which represents N... More »
