Saturday, August 8, 2009 | 5:30 pm
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 »
Saturday, August 8, 2009 | 11:10 am
Pasadena Police Officer Rodney Saunders of the Community Services Section participates in a National Night Out get together with the residents of Garfield Heights Neighborhood Association. Pasadena residents gathered at over twenty different block parties and ... More »
Friday, July 31, 2009 | 10:36 am
Two of Women’s World’s biggest fans: Members Eileen Pisula and Mary Pene.. When Mary Pene’s father died a few years ago, she noticed that her mother became depressed and frail, affected by the lost of the person they loved the most. Her mother had to hold on... More »
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 | 9:44 am
Breathing should be the most natural thing in the world but some of us have a tendency to overdo it! Our lives are stressful and breathing is one of the vital functions that stress disrupts. In high pressure situations the body’s fight or flight response makes... More »
Thursday, July 16, 2009 | 10:27 pm
“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 »
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 | 3:18 pm
If you’ve eaten any meal in La Grande Orange in the old train station in Pasadena you know that their food is fresh and wonderfully prepared. (Read previous reviews of brunch and dinner). LGO recently opened another Café in Santa Monica; whereas the Pasaden... More »
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 | 5:25 am
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 »
Thursday, July 9, 2009 | 1:10 pm
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 »
Friday, July 3, 2009 | 10:04 am
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 »
Thursday, July 2, 2009 | 3:56 pm
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 »
Thursday, July 2, 2009 | 9:15 am
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 »
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | 3:25 pm
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 »