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Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, is the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States that left nearly 3,000 innocent people dead. Much has happened in the world in the past 25 years. In the days immediately following the attacks, people from throughou... More »
For 66 years, the Pasadena Senior Center has been one of our city’s most enduring commitments to dignity, connection, and healthy aging. As September marks Senior Center Month, it is a fitting time to recognize the essential role senior centers play in strengt... More »
I was once a parent who came to board meetings to speak against school closures. Seven years later, I am the biggest proponent on the Board for school consolidation. Something happens when you get on the Board — you’re forced to make decisions that are best fo... More »
On the morning of September 11, 2001, David and Lynn Angell boarded American Airlines Flight 11 in Boston, bound for Los Angeles — coming home to Pasadena. He was the Emmy-winning producer of Frasier. She was the Hillsides volunteer who knew every child’s name... More »
In a functioning school district, administration brings the board clear recommendations — supported by data, cost analysis and alternatives. The board questions them, weighs them and decides. That is how governance is supposed to work. Thursday night showed wh... More »
One might assume that with Democrats controlling every lever of political power in California, they could easily resolve issues that emerge from the state’s ultra-complex socioeconomic matrix. Nope. Lacking an effective partisan rival and a need for unity, Dem... More »
Now that the 2026 Assessment Roll has been closed as of June 30 and publicly released with a total net taxable value of $2.272 trillion, I thought it would be helpful again if I broke down approximately where our portion of the money goes. But first I wanted t... More »
I agree with Elizabeth Pomeroy that if Pasadena Unified School District is serious about “transformation,” the community must have a meaningful role in defining what that transformation means. But there is another question that must be answered before the conv... More »
The employee who acknowledged failing to post Monday’s special-meeting agendas cannot be made the scapegoat for a special meeting notification that never should have been imposed on staff or the public in the first place. The agendas reportedly distributed aft... More »
In its Special Meeting of August 13, the Pasadena Unified School District School Board took two votes: to declare themselves a Committee of the Whole, and to address one topic: transformation of the District. They tabled items that would have approved various ... More »
We live in a designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ). We support this designation, which is based on reality. You may not live within a VHFHSZ; however, the massive devastation in the Eaton and Palisades fires foretell a VHFHSZ in your future. ... More »
In the days since Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced their wildfire reform rolled into 1700 pages of SB 492, a narrative has taken hold. Fire survivors won. I wish that were true. There is absolutely something worth celebrating here. Fire ... More »
