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Dolores Huerta, the legendary labor leader and civil rights activist who helped transform the lives of American farmworkers and became one of the nation’s most influential voices for social justice, has died at 96. Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Worker... More »
When Mary Rutte Wallace was crowned Rose Queen just before New Year’s Day 1945, World War II was raging, and there was no Rose Parade for her to ride in. On Tuesday, the 98-year-old will be at Tournament House in Pasadena when the Tournament of Roses crowns it... More »
Kareem El-Badry, associate professor of astronomy at Caltech, has been selected as one of 20 Packard Fellows for 2026. The Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering provide just under $990,000 in unrestricted funds for early career researchers to use ove... More »
The Pasadena Museum of History has added Bradford Macneil, Robert W. Renken and Tron Woods to its Board of Trustees, bringing experience in local history, law and financial services to the Pasadena institution. The museum announced the appointments Monday, Oct... More »
Caltech will formally inaugurate astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana as its 10th president at a public ceremony in Pasadena on Thursday, Oct. 29, following a discussion on the future of space exploration. The two-day program will bring NASA Administrator Jared Isa... More »
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts has named Marybeth Rehman-Dittu of La Cañada Flintridge its president for 2026-27, placing a longtime volunteer at the helm of the organization as it prepares its next major fundraiser and continues supporting music educati... More »
John Bracker plans to retire as head of Pasadena’s Polytechnic School on June 30, 2028, ending a tenure that began in 2014, the school said in an Oct. 13 announcement. The planned departure gives the school’s trustees time to select a successor before the 2027... More »
Each morning, laborers arrive at the Pasadena Community Job Center, 500 N. Lake Ave., which opens at 6 a.m. Monday through Saturday. “Workers come in the morning, sign up to be on the list, and again, they wait there for work to come,” said Jose Madera, the ce... More »
At 13, Julian Wilkes has already discovered something that many adults spend years trying to figure out: The things we love most often have more in common than we think. For Julian, an eighth grader at Sierra Madre Middle School who also attends the Math Acade... More »
Jennifer Adan was 17 when she discovered that writing songs could actually be a profession. Until then, she had been doing what young songwriters do: writing melodies, finding words and wondering whether anybody beyond her immediate circle might someday hear t... More »
Nina Golshan, an associate at the Pasadena law firm Hahn & Hahn LLP, has joined the Governing Board of Sycamores, a behavioral health and child welfare nonprofit with an office in Pasadena, the organization announced. Golshan was formally welcomed at the organ... More »
Terry Madigan, president of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, was named 2026 Volunteer of the Year by the International Festivals & Events Association at an awards luncheon Monday, Oct. 5, in Tucson, Arizona. The award recognizes a volunteer career that began ... More »
