Police say the death of young woman last Friday in an early morning blaze was a homicide, and that department detectives have arrested a suspect. The body of Maria Donnely, a 28-year-old Pasadena resident, was discovered inside an apartment on South Meredith... More »
The Pasadena Unified Board of Education is set to vote on the employment contract for the district’s new Chief Academic Officer in a closed door meeting Tuesday, a district official told Pasadena Now. The official would not name the individual who has been sel... More »
The voting lasted less than five seconds amidst cheers from the audience. Voting 7-0, the PUSD Board of Education on Tuesday overwhelmingly adopted Resolution 2,166 urging the Pasadena City Council to add an eighth guiding principle to the city’s General Plan:... More »
[UPDATED Friday, sept. 23, 2011 | 1:53 p.m.] Pasadena police this morning said that murder charges with special circumstances of robbery have been filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office against two suspects arrested early Wednesday in conne... More »
The Pasadena Police Department confirmed Wednesday that four individuals have been detained in connection with the death of King King, a 43-year-old black male from Pasadena who owned and operated King King’s Barber and Beauty Salon in the 900 block of E. Wash... More »
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Superintendent Jon Gundry says he wants the children of Pasadena to be ready to embrace and conquer a future we can now only imagine. To achieve this goal, teachers, principals and administrators must shift their focus t... More »
Schools are the heart of the community, Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Board President Renatta Cooper said in her first State of the School Address Thursday night. Ironically, she said, the government’s education policies are hurting schools. “We ... More »
Pacific Oaks College begins the fall semester with a new academic leadership team: Dr. Linda Clowers, the college’s new vice president of academic affairs; Dr. Carl Kalani Beyer, dean of the School of Education and School of Human Development and Family Studie... More »
The dedication of a permanent memorial to 9/11 along Pasadena’s New York Drive took place Sunday under a blazing sun and the roar F-18’s as over 500 listened to a program of government officials and two 9/11 survivors. Led by the Pasadena 911 committee and s... More »
Researchers at Caltech have produced the first high-resolution, three-dimensional images of a cell with a nucleus undergoing cell division. The observations were made using a powerful imaging technique in combination with a new method for slicing cell samples.... More »
Thursday night’s annual NAACP Ruby McKnight Williams Award dinner was a who’s who of important political and civic leaders in the West San Gabriel Valley as more than 400 turned out to celebrate the region’s diversity and outstanding people who have given muc... More »
Tournament of Roses President Rick Jackson today annouced that Executive Director P. Scott McKibben has resigned his post. “Tournament of Roses Executive Director P. Scott McKibben, citing personal reasons, has resigned his position effective today. William ... More »
