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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | 4:50 pm

Comments from the readers Not happy Dear Editor, There are curious things to be found in the mail these days. Last week I found a campaign postcard with disparaging and dismissive statements about me. This postcard featured the same type of tiresome attacks me... More »

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | 6:32 am

Comments from the readers Developers are leading Pasadena astray. Sure, Pasadena is a nice place to live and the need for more housing in our community as well as neighboring cities is acute. But are we building what is most needed for our citizens or are we b... More »

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Political Gumbo: Candidate Lessons, Weed and NAACP

Monday, February 24, 2020 | 4:49 am

We received a very small number of complaints after we ran the story on the state Assembly’s successful vote to apologize for the atrocities committed against Japanese Americans during World War II. One of Gene Masuda’s opponents claimed it amounted to a campa... More »

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Sunday, February 23, 2020 | 9:08 pm

Comments from the readers Phelps breaks it down I read a letter submitted recently to Pasadena Now that said the PUSD does not survey those who leave the school district, in order to be aware of the district’s many shortcomings. I wanted the public to know tha... More »

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Friday, February 21, 2020 | 5:54 am

Comments from the readers New Voting Machines I wish the Now News would do a story on the upcoming voting process.This will be a new system that those who voted in the past in locations that they were familiar with along with Sample Ballots that were mailed in... More »

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | 6:03 am

Comments from the readers Feb. 17, Political Gumbo Phil Hosp has (fortunately) stayed involved, as a VP of the Madison Heights Neighborhood Association and a member of the Pasadena Center Operating Company board. Kyle   Feb. 12, Former Ambassador College Condi... More »

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | 6:03 am

Comments from the readers Feb. 14, Cinema 21 Your in-depth articles are really welcome and needed. Special thanks for today’s piece on the Washington Theater – it is great to know what has been going on at this site. So many of us in the community have been ho... More »

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Political Gumbo: Elections, Appointments and Post-elections

Monday, February 17, 2020 | 3:28 am

If Victor Gordo wins the mayor’s race, the next conversation will surround his replacement in District 5. In recent memory, the city has appointed two people, Mayor Terry Tornek and then-District 3 Councilman Chris Holden, to replace councilmembers who have re... More »

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Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | 1:00 am

From the Web Feb. 10 Los Robles Development Immutable forces at play here: Population is not going to shrink – and the roads aren’t going to get any wider. Another way to look at this? “You’re not stuck in traffic, you are the traffic.” Consider addressing the... More »