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For nearly two months at the start of this year, Monet Bagneris could not speak. The singer’s throat had gone into shock, a physiological response to the toxic ash that blanketed the area after the Eaton Fire tore through Altadena. She communicated with a dry-... More »
Retired Pasadena Police Department Lieutenant Robert “Bob” Dague, who served the city for more than a quarter century, died Dec. 2. He was 91. Dague joined the Department in 1957 and retired in 1983 after 26 years of service. His career spanned assignments in ... More »
California Highway Patrol Officer Eric Voss, assigned to the Altadena Area office, died Saturday morning from injuries sustained in an off-duty motorcycle crash the previous day, according to official statements from the CHP and Commissioner Sean Duryee. Voss ... More »
Astronomer Michael R. Blanton has been appointed the 12th director of the Carnegie Science Observatories, the institution announced. Blanton will oversee astronomical research in Pasadena and direct telescope operations at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, on... More »
Kenny Lau, a postdoctoral scholar research associate and experimental cosmologist in the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (PMA), passed away on November 22, 2025. He was 36 years old. Lau first joined the Caltech community as a visiting graduate ... More »
In 1939, a young man of Chickasaw heritage walked into an Army recruiting station and signed up, listing Pasadena, California, as his home of record. Over the next two decades, Raymond G. Harvey would fight his way across Normandy, earn the Distinguished Servi... More »
Ted Koerner, 67, has become possibly the first resident of Altadena to move back into a completely rebuilt home after the destructive Eaton Fire, returning just in time for Thanksgiving with his 13-year-old golden retriever, Daisy May. Koerner, whose hilltop h... More »
The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce will honor incoming Tournament of Roses President Mark Leavens at its Annual Breakfast on Thursday, December 4, at the Hilton Pasadena. Leavens, who announced the 2026 Rose Parade theme “The Magic in Teamwork” on February 4, at... More »
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 »
