Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | 5:54 am
One of Pasadena’s most influential arts organizations is preparing to bestow its seventh annual Impact award to an outstanding local contemporary arts group working directly with youth. The Pasadena Art Alliance (PAA) will award that deserving youth-oriented a... More »
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | 5:51 am
The Municipal Services Committee unanimously approved on Tuesday the Pasadena Water and Power’s (PWP) 2021 Power Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) Update, which may result in an estimated 2.7 percent average annual rate increase in customers’ electric bill. The a... More »
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 4:45 pm
A former principal at schools in Pasadena and Inglewood has pleaded guilty to misappropriation of public funds, forgery and grand theft. Kyle Douglas, now 51, was ordered to pay $67,700 in restitution, along with 120 days of community service and three years p... More »
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 4:07 pm
Supervisor Kathryn Barger voiced her strong opposition to a motion passed by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to extend and expand emergency renter eviction protections through 2023. “The bottom line is public health experts are advising that we are not go... More »
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 3:05 pm
District 7 candidate Jason Lyon announced key endorsements of his campaign for the Pasadena City Council on Tuesday. The endorsements are from a broad coalition of local leaders: former California Community Colleges Chancellor and State Senator Jack Scott; Los... More »
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 1:26 pm
The City Council approved election resolutions calling for a Primary Municipal Election for City Council members in Districts 3, 5, and 7 to be held on June 7 and the General Municipal Election, if necessary, on November 8. Perspective candidates can pull pape... More »
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 12:27 pm
State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Pasadena) testified yesterday during the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in strong support of a $1 million grant from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC) to the One Arroyo Foundation. “One Arroyo is a great... More »
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 11:32 am
Rep. Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) and House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-07) sent a letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) requesting the agency’s partnership in making improvements to the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) p... More »
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 11:26 am
City Manager Cynthia Kurtz said on Monday the city would be willing to reconvene the committee responsible for planning the Black History Parade depending on the status of the pandemic. Kurtz said the city would be happy to bring the committee back together ag... More »
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 6:49 am
Pasadena City College students and faculty returned to campus for in-person learning Monday on a day dominated by COVID-testing and dissension by some teachers and students who believed the reopening to be unsafe and too early in light of the recent COVID surg... More »
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 6:00 am
The Planning Commission will receive an information item on a zoning code amendment that would allow affordable housing to be built on church property. City staff has been exploring the establishment of regulations that would allow affordable housing as a perm... More »
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 5:53 am
The City Council unanimously approved on Monday the proposed agreement with the California Conservation Corps (CCC) to assist with non-native vegetation removal in the Arroyo Seco. The approval was based on city staff’s findings that “the project is consistent... More »