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Annette J. Smith, Caltech professor of literature, emerita, passed away on October 18, 2025. She was 100 years old. Smith was born Annette J. Leblanc in Algeria on December 8, 1924, “in an 18th-century Arabian palace which had 70 rooms,” Smith said in her 2010... More »
A public celebration of life for longtime Pasadena civic leader Nina Chomsky will be held Sunday, Nov. 16, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Linda Vista Park, 1259 Linda Vista Ave. in West Pasadena. Despite weekend rain, the memorial will proceed as planned, an organizer co... More »
Local nonprofit Bloom Again Foundation has announced new leadership appointments to its board of directors, marking a significant transition for the nonprofit dedicated to supporting economically vulnerable women facing medical crises. Monique Stennis, a commu... More »
The City of Pasadena will pay tribute to one of its most decorated military residents, Lt. Colonel Raymond G. Harvey, during its annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at City Hall. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. and will feature a keynote address, ... More »
Aquil Basheer, a nationally recognized violence intervention strategist who received an honorary doctorate at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in 2015, died last week, according to statements from The Build Program and city officials. No cause of death was disclo... More »
Almost five years after activist Fe Love Williams died at 41, three community organizers will gather next week to attempt something she never achieved: persuading the city of Pasadena to formally designate itself a “compassionate city.” The November 8 “Compass... More »
Fifty years ago, the Pasadena Art Museum teetered on the edge of extinction. Its daring spirit had put modern art on the map — but by 1974, its debts had nearly buried it. Today, that same museum stands reborn as one of Southern California’s cultural crown jew... More »
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts, a volunteer nonprofit that has distributed more than $27 million to local music and arts programs since 1948 and sponsors the popular Showcase House each year, announced on Monday that Dotty Ewing would lead the group as p... More »
A tradition born in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks continues to unite Pasadena’s public safety personnel and real estate community. For the 24th consecutive year, local realtor Rosey Bell and the Pasadena Coldwell Banker team hosted the... More »
Developmental biologist Sir John Bertrand Gurdon, co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and a former Caltech postdoctoral researcher, passed away October 7, 2025, at the age of 92. Gurdon was awarded the Nobel Prize for his pioneering res... More »
June Lockhart, the beloved actress whose career spanned Hollywood’s Golden Age and iconic television roles, died Thursday in Santa Monica at age 100. Her legacy includes a deep connection to Pasadena, where NASA honored her contributions to space advocacy with... More »
The board of directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has selected Shivaji Deshmukh as the agency’s next general manager. Deshmukh, who currently serves as general manager for Inland Empire Utilities Agency, one of Metropolitan’s 26... More »
