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Laurie Sowd has been named vice president for operations at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Sowd, a member of the Huntington’s senior staff, has been directing operations for 19 years; her promotion to vice president reflects ... More »
GTM Sportswear and the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) recently announced Michelle Miller as the GTM Sportswear Athlete of the Month for February 2011. Miller was recognized at a press conference at Polytechnic High School on May 23. She recei... More »
In his third annual Town Hall address to the Caltech community, President Jean-Lou Chameau looked back at the last academic year—from its game-changing research to its streak-ending basketball games—and considered the year to come. “Today, I’m pleased to s... More »
In recent weeks, a number of Pasadena Water and Power Department (PWP) customers have received fraudulent telephone calls from individuals posing as PWP employees. During the phone calls, the imposters demand credit card information from customers to make a pa... More »
Loma Alta Elementary School teacher for visually impaired students Lisa Okikawa has won the Broadway League’s 2011 Apple Award, which honors the efforts of promoting further development of theater education and bringing Broadway theater to the classroom, the P... More »
Kelvin McFarland Pasadena police arrested a Monrovia man they say kidnapped and imprisoned a local teenager and then tried to extort money from the youth’s family. Police arrested Kelvin McFarland, 40, on May 27 and charged him with kidnapping, false imprisonm... More »
Pasadena Fire Dept. officials report an out of control automobile smashed into a martial arts business in the 2200 block of East Colorado Boulevard shortly after 9:00 am this morning, damaging an elevator shaft and trapping a passenger inside the elevator. Au... More »
Thursday, Pasadena Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff Department detectives arrested a suspect in the January 9 murder of Donnell Taylor in Pasadena. The arrest came as Pasadena Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff Department detectives worked together t... More »
Dear Editor, In the wake of fights at John Muir High School last week, reports have focused on the possible causes of the conflicts and the nature of the law enforcement response. However, as I continued to learn more about last week’s incident and based o... More »
Mayor Bill Bogaard 100 N. Garfield Ave., Rm. 228 Pasadena, CA  91109 Dear Mayor, For the past three weeks, we find ourselves encountering open criticism and verbal complaints regarding “the lack of employment opportunities for local residentsâ€. As each ... More »
The Pasadena Community Development Commission will release the Request For Proposals (RFP) for development of Heritage Square’s Very Low Income Senior Rental Housing on Thursday, Feb. 10, a city press release said today. The RFP will be used to solicit propo... More »
On December 13 on Los Angeles Times’ website, an article entitled, “L.A. County ousts head of troubled child welfare department,†announced that Trish Ploehn, the beleaguered director of the Los Angeles County’s Department of Children and Family Servic... More »
