I’ve never understood this notion of state and federal dollars being jeopardized when public schools face challenges in performance. The California Attorney General’s recent report on the statewide truancy crisis raised this issue yet again. According to the r... More »
When I arrived at PCC on Saturday (September 21) for the 7th Annual Young African-American Male’s Conference (YAAMC), I was eager to help in the cause of inspiring and empowering black youth. What a wonderful surprise it was when I found myself inspired and ... More »
Assemblymember and Majority Whip Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) issued the following statement on the Assembly vote today to ease prison overcrowding. SB 105 asks the judges to give the state extra time to reduce California’s prison population in exchange for a p... More »
Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27) released the following statement about the potential for military action in response to the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government: “The Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons is an atrocity deserving of universal co... More »
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip L. Sanchez regularly issues a Sunday email to the community and to Police Dept. personnel. In that email, called “Touching Base: A Message from the Chief,” Sanchez routinely recounts events and critical incident... More »
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a senior member of the Intelligence Committee, released the following statement after President Obama announced earlier today that he had canceled a joint military exercise with Egypt in the wake of violent protests resulting in over 5... More »
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip L. Sanchez regularly issues a Sunday email to the community and to Police Dept. personnel. In that email, called “Touching Base: A Message from the Chief,” Sanchez routinely recounts events and critical incident... More »
At All Saints Church, Pasadena, we rejoice that today the Supreme Court Justices ruled on the just side of history in affirming the dignity of LGBT families and affirming the reality that Prop 8 served no purpose other than to discriminate against gay couples ... More »
Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional by violating an individual’s due process and equal protection rights. The Court’s decision to vacate the Ninth Circuit’s ruling on Proposition 8, whi... More »
“I am disappointed by today’s Supreme Court Decision to invalidate the formula used to assess states’ and counties’ application of the 1985 Voting Rights Act. The Court focused its decision on the fact that the “racial gap in turnout†had been redu... More »
Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced unless Congress comes up with an up-to-date formula for deciding which states and localities still need fed... More »
Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a senior member of the Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement in response to allegations that the IRS has engaged in the targeted scrutiny of certain tax-exempt 501(c)4 social welfare groups: “The Internal Revenu... More »
