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 »
With officials saying that Pasadena faces a serious water shortage, conservation programs manager for Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) Nancy Long encouraged gardeners and home owners to install smart and efficient watering systems to ensure water conservation at... More »
A La Salle High School student will be representing Pasadena overseas this summer as a young soccer player. Taylor Mediano, of Sierra Madre, will be playing with her club soccer team for the Adidas National Training Program in London, England from August 14-23... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District announced that it was awarded a $1.175 million grant to implement a “comprehensive high school reform strategy” for students throughout PUSD. PUSD is one of six California school districts selected by ConnectEd: the Califor... More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
