On July 31st at 2:19 a.m. police and fire personnel responded to a fire in the 100 Block of S. San Marino Avenue. Upon arrival, firefighter’s and officer’s saw fire to the rear of the main property. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire in approxim... More »
A car was driven “approximately 20 feet†into a building on East Walnut Street near Raymond Avenue at about 8 p.m. Monday night, trapping the driver until Fire Dept. crews arrived, officials say. The driver was extricated and transported in stable condit... More »
A Pasadena firefighter suffered a severed fingertip during cleanup operations after fire crews extinguished an evening house fire in the 800 block of South Madison Ave. on Monday night, officials report. The firefighter was transported to Huntington Memorial H... More »
Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have discovered the first known “Trojan” asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth. Trojans are asteroids that share an orbit with a planet near stable points... More »
While many hotel rooms, recording studios, and even some homes are built with materials to help absorb or reflect sound, mechanisms to truly control the direction of sound waves are still in their infancy. However, researchers at Caltech have now created the f... More »
The Pasadena Area Community College Board of Trustees unanimously voted to approve the appointment of five new members of the Pasadena City College Executive Team. The appointments are the culmination of an extensive, four-month, nationwide search. Â Three hir... More »
Dawn took this image during its current orbit of Vesta, traveling from the day side to the night side. The large structure near the south pole that showed up so prominently in previous images is visible in the center of the illuminated surface. Compared to oth... More »
Planned Parenthood hailed the Institute of Medicine (IOM)’s recommendation on including prescription birth control as a women’s preventive health service, which would be covered without co-pays by new insurance plans under the Affordabl... More »
 From left to right: Corrie Antillon, Bianca Melkonian, America Molgado, Alexandra Shoji, Nicole Tolosa, Erica Nevarez, Maryanne Householder, Sascha Rosemond, Julia Morreale, Marissa Jones, Regina Cabrera and Liliana Jacobs. Not pictured: Daphne Lu, Karineh ... More »
In an email letter, Pasadena Unified School District Chief of Facilities David Azcárraga reported on District plans for the re-use of the school campus, now closed to students. Azcárraga said that at the community meeting on June 27, PUSD presented a three-p... More »
Parsons announced that Cleshar Contract Services, Ltd., a London-based civil contracting company, has awarded it a contract in connection with new depot offices for Docklands Light Railway. Parsons will provide electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) consultancy... More »
Edward M. Stolper, provost of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and William E. Leonard Professor of Geology, has been named a Foreign Member of Great Britain’s Royal Society. He is one of eight scientists elected in 2011. Stolper’s election br... More »
