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Pasadena’s structural budget deficit is already arriving. But some City Council members are so fiscally irresponsible that they are pushing to increase an already high Police Department budget by another $3 million. They want to fund 11 more sworn officer posi... More »
Dear Pasadena Community, I send much love and good wishes as you embark on a new school year. It has been my distinct honor to serve as a Principal and Instructional Leader with the local school district, in the Altadena community since 2012. I have had the pl... More »
The trauma that children and youth in foster care experience is a serious issue which deserves not only our attention but our concerted action to eliminate it. A recent article in the San Jose Mercury News (SJMN) suggests that Hillsides and a consulting psychi... More »
Last night ( 28 July 2016) I attended the Los Angeles County Regional Planning commission Hearing regarding the revisions to the Altadena Community standards District (CSD) at Eliot Junior High School. Some things were very clear: 1. The Altadena Clown Council... More »
As a father whose first born son lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia, I have become increasingly alarmed about disturbing news I have been receiving from Armenia over this past weekend. Throughout the day and night, the situation in Yerevan has been tense. Po... More »
Pasadena Now received a copy of this letter “of support for our police … who badly need it at the moment” from long-time Pasadena businesswoman Diana Olson. Olson said she sent the original to Pasadena Police Sergeant [Keith] Gomez, and also copies to Marilyn... More »
[Editor’s note: Black Lives Matters Pasadena organizer Jasmine Richards was arrested shortly after an August 29, 2015 incident and charged with attempting CA Penal Code § 405a, known at the time of her arrest as “felony lynching.” On January 1, 2016, SB 629, i... More »
As you may know, fireworks are illegal in the city of Pasadena. I’ve been a resident since November of 2011 when I moved here with my husband, but also before that I grew up in the Pasadena/South Pasadena area. Regardless to say, I’m familiar with the city and... More »
[Editor’s Note: This Opinion piece originally pointed to a June City Council meeting date. The item has been re-agendized, and the article has therefore been appropriately updated.] PROHIBITED – Drive-through business, all vehicle services including car or mot... More »
Pasadena’s helicopter patrol fleet has the highest helicopter-to-population ratio of any nearby comparable city. Pasadena’s high level of helicopters to its population mirrors the similar officer-staffing data which indicates that Pasadena is the most over-pol... More »
The New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. Fro... More »
A slow moving national economy mixed with increased city mandates adds stress to many Pasadena business owners. The growth in GDP in the U.S. of 3.5% in 2015 is not fueling a strong growth in locally-based business. This is after eight years of GDP being below... More »
