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Foothill Unity Center has appointed attorney Donald Schweitzer to its board of directors, adding a veteran legal and civic leader to help guide the nonprofit as it delivers food, health care and crisis assistance to low-income residents across the San Gabriel ... More »
Famed primatologist and environmental champion Jane Goodall, who changed our understanding of the animal kingdom through her groundbreaking chimpanzee research, has died at age 91, the institute she founded announced Wednesday — the day she was set to speak to... More »
Sidney Dale Kirkpatrick III, a New York Times bestselling author, researcher, documentary filmmaker and long-time Pasadena resident, passed away after a lengthy illness on September 24 in Duarte, California. He was 69. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m... More »
The California Institute of Technology has appointed Mansi Manoj Kasliwal as director of Palomar Observatory, making her the first woman to lead the historic astronomical facility in its history. Kasliwal, a professor of astronomy at Caltech, brings extensive ... More »
Scott Cushing, assistant professor of chemistry, has been named among the final class of five Moore Inventor Fellows by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. This 10th cohort of fellows marks the fulfillment of a 10-year $35 million commitment by the Moore Fo... More »
The Quantum World Congress (QWC) announced on September 18 that it was giving John Preskill, the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, its Academic Pioneer in Quantum Award for 2025. Preskill earned a BA from Princeton and a PhD from Harvard in ... More »
ArtCenter College of Design will present its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Diana Thater on Saturday, September 27 in Pasadena, honoring a career defined by vision and resilience. Thater, chair of ArtCenter’s Art Department since 2024 and a faculty member ... More »
The American Red Cross honored Pow Wow on Parade Foundation leaders Baltazar Fedalizo and Peter Roybal with the Certificate of Extraordinary Personal Action on September 17, spotlighting their courageous rescue of families during the January Eaton Fire. Two ot... More »
Caroline Quinn, a 1990 graduate of ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, was credited as Senior Set Designer on “The Pitt,” which won Outstanding Drama Series at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14. ArtCenter College of Design publicly celebrated Qui... More »
Robert Redford—whose iconic screen presence and enduring influence bridged blockbuster cinema and independent film—has died at 89, leaving a legacy entwined with Old Pasadena, where unforgettable scenes from “The Sting” were filmed decades before the area’s tr... More »
On September 11, 2001, Pasadena resident Lynn Angell was living a full and busy life when the monstrous reality of 9/11 struck. Lynn and her husband, David, an Emmy-winning television writer and producer known for “Cheers,” “Frasier,” and “Wings,” were aboard ... More »
David Baltimore, the former president of California Institute in Technology in Pasadena who won a Nobel Prize at the age of 37, has died at 87, officials confirmed Sunday. Baltimore died Saturday at his home in Massachusetts. The cause of death was not immedia... More »
