On January 14, 2025, President Biden honored nearly 400 junior faculty members from across the country with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Among the honorees are three Caltech professors: Katherine Bouman, associate ... More »
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has appointed Shannon McHugh as assistant director of research and Brett Rushforth as the new editor-in-chief of the Huntington Library Quarterly (HLQ), the institution’s peer-reviewed academic journal ... More »
Editor’s Note: Eleven days after the Eaton Fire, Pasadena Now is taking a closer look at the lives of some of those who lost everything in the disaster, and talking with them about their lives before the fire, their current circumstances and their hopes for th... More »
While the death toll from the various wildfires ravaging parts of the Los Angeles area remained unclear Thursday, relatives of four people who died in the Eaton Fire near Altadena and Pasadena paid tribute to their lost loved ones. One of the people who died w... More »
Bill Nye, who leads the Planetary Society in Pasadena, received the nation’s highest civilian honor on Saturday, when he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden along with 18 others. “Bill Nye has inspired and influenced generation... More »
In 2015, I interviewed President Jimmy Carter on the phone for a Pasadena Weekly cover story—perhaps the biggest interview of my nearly 20-year journalism career, and I’ve interviewed some biggies. I was in the middle of a road trip to Lake Havasu when the cal... More »
In a fusion of tradition and contemporary vision, Lindsay Charles, 17, is poised to make her mark as the 106th Rose Queen when she presides over Pasadena’s 136th Rose Parade on New Year’s Day. The Westridge School student brings her unique blend of environment... More »
While horses gather at midnight beneath Pasadena’s 210 freeway, Ada Gates Patton will begin her meticulous 4:00 a.m. inspection of nearly 200 equine participants in the 2025 Rose Parade. Gates Patton, who in 1978 became the first woman licensed to shoe thoroug... More »
ArtCenter College of Design announced on December 19, that Matthew Rolston, the influential photographer whose career began with a commission from Andy Warhol, will receive its 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award. The acclaimed alumnus, whose photographs have grac... More »
A Pasadena man — who had been part of a construction crew that had worked at an Arcadia home — was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of a 76-year- old woman whose body was discovered in her backyard. Superior ... More »
“I never played a game at the Rose Bowl,” said donor W. Robert “Bob” Kohorst, who along with his wife, Shelley Allen, recently pledged a significant foundational gift in support of their “neighborhood” stadium. “I don’t have any great connections to the Rose B... More »
The Los Angeles Master Chorale is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Marshall A. Rutter, a devoted champion of choral music, who died peacefully on Wednesday December 4, 2024, at the age of 93. Surrounded by his loving family, Rutter passed away at his... More »
