Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | 5:59 pm
The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night to increase student-teacher ratios in kindergarten through third grade classrooms from the current 18.93 to 1 to 25 to 1, putting the 34 teacher jobs in jeopa... More »
Friday, June 19, 2009 | 10:09 am
Kevin W. Sharer, chief executive officer and president of Amgen Inc., the world’s largest biotechnology company, has been named a trustee of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). From October 1992 to May 2000, Sharer served as the president and chi... More »
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | 8:10 pm
In a festive ceremony Tuesday evening, Blair IB Magnet School graduated 155 of its seniors. Blair is an International Baccalaureate school that serves gifted students in grades 7 through 12. Students who are accepted to the middle or high school must adhere to... More »
Monday, June 15, 2009 | 10:27 am
Mark Kim, co-owner of the Hill Street Café in La Canada voted yes on Measure LC, a $150 per parcel tax that if approved would bring in an estimated $4.5 million over its five-year duration to benefit La Canada public schools. In addition, the restaurant creat... More »
Sunday, June 14, 2009 | 2:40 pm
On Sunday, a Pasadena Episcopal rector and an assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles kicked off a community-letter writing effort aimed at convincing state legislators to change tax laws to balance the state’s budget rather than reduce servic... More »
Friday, June 12, 2009 | 2:41 pm
U.S. Secretary of Energy and renowned physicist Steven Chu, Ph.D., spoke today at Caltech’s 115th annual commencement. Chu, the 12th United States Secretary of Energy, is a distinguished experimental physicist and scientific administrator and Nobel Laureate. A... More »
Friday, June 12, 2009 | 6:54 am
Following in our First Lady’s footsteps, two enterprising young women have started a Community Garden in co-operation with the South Pasadena\San Mario YMCA. The Garden is the brain child of Andrea Damian, an Altadena resident who works as General Manager ... More »
Thursday, June 11, 2009 | 2:14 pm
Three initiatives of the Pasadena Planning and Development Department have won awards by a branch of the American Planning Association, the city announced Thursday. The city of Pasadena ’s online Green Training Program and its Green City Action Plan each wil... More »
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 | 8:32 am
Students from the Pasadena Unified School District receiving the AIM High Scholarships and the PEF/PHS Wark Scholarships were honored on Thursday, June 4, at a special reception at the Tournament of Roses. PEF’s AIM HIGH Scholarships, developed with funding ... More »
Saturday, June 6, 2009 | 8:33 am
Pasadena Police Department officers and staff recently participated in the annual Cleveland Elementary School Career Fair. About 400 students spoke with police officers and park safety specialists and toured police department vehicles. The career fair was spon... More »
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | 1:23 pm
 Sitting Room of the Huntington Suite Most of the hassle of a vacation is the travel. What if you could cut out the travel part and just keep the vacation part? Take a trip to a resort hotel here in your own backyard. Checking into the Langham Huntington Hot... More »
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 | 2:18 pm
Oiseau Design is a full service landscape design company located in Altadena, California. Almost a decade of experience working with and meeting the demands of discerning clients makes Jonatan Damian particularly qualified to see projects from concept to compl... More »