I was recently appointed by the City Council to the Pasadena Planning Commission. But my first two meetings felt like I had joined the “Reacting Commission.” The July 13 meeting was taken up by a nearly four hour hearing regarding the Affinity Project on South... More »
A former registered nurse at Huntington Memorial Hospital (now known as Huntington Health) in Pasadena has settled a lawsuit in which he alleged he was fired for complaining about being discriminated against because of his medical condition, which he feared co... More »
Some cautionary economic signals are gaining strength in California just a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers adopted a record-breaking $308 billion budget. The Golden State is more likely than not to collect less from personal income, sales and... More »
With a bounce house, a dunk tank, and free backpack giveaway, the Pasadena Boys And Girls Club celebrated its 85th birthday Friday — and perhaps more importantly, the recently-completed $800,000 renovation of their North Fair Oaks Avenue property. An ebullien... More »
It’s one thing to have connections, but it’s quite another to use those connections to benefit those less fortunate. For Polytechnic School senior David Lara, the choice and opportunity was obvious. Said Lara, of his non profit, Project Talent Launch (PTL), w... More »
The Pasadena Police Department released another update on a 2022 homicide that left one man dead. According to police, at about 8:42 p.m. on May 2, police officers responded to shots fired calls and an alert from ShotSpotter, a gunfire alert system. Once they ... More »
Independent Police Auditor Richard Rosenthal shared his report regarding the ongoing investigation into the recent shooting of an alleged carjacking suspect by the Pasadena police at the meeting of the Community Police Oversight Commission on Thursday. 35-year... More »
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Ala. has selected Pasadena-based consulting and engineering services firm Tetra Tech to provide comprehensive environmental remediation services to the Department of Defense outside... More »
A scientific glassblower who sued Caltech, alleging he was wrongfully fired in 2018 in retaliation for complaining about not being provided proper work accommodations for his medical conditions, has reached a settlement in his lawsuit against the school, attor... More »
He crooned for the Dodgers. His voice was more familiar in our Pasadena household than that of my own father, since Daddy worked hard at his own business and came home after I’d finished dinner. I can still hear the iconic Dodger announcer even though decades ... More »
The Power of the Public – Schools In the Superintendent’s Enrollment Committee for the Pasadena Unified School District, a group of us are reading and discussing a book entitled American Public Education and the Responsibility of its Citizens by Sarah Stitzlei... More »
As they jump into a new fiscal year, the Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena welcomes Mehdi Emrani to its Board of Directors. Comerica bank executive Emrani brings a passion for the Club’s work with kids and families in the community. “We’re delighted to welcome Meh... More »
