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The Pasadena City Council adjourned its June 15 meeting in memory of Betsy Nathane, a dedicated community advocate whose efforts helped transformed a closed elementary school into Linda Vista Park. Councilmember Steve Madison requested the adjournment, noting ... More »
A storyteller who built an award-winning solo show around a subzero outhouse, Kona Morris has won Moth SLAMs in New York City, Los Angeles and Boston, according to her biography. On Wednesday, June 17, she brings “Your Story Matters” to the Rotary Club of Pasa... More »
A Pasadena Media executive has been selected to support transportation operations for the FIFA World Cup 2026, one of the largest sporting events ever held. Jasiri Jenkins-Glenn, the organization’s director of community engagement, has been chosen to serve on ... More »
Thomas F. Rosenbaum, the Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair and professor of physics, is in his 12th and final year as Caltech’s ninth president. Rosenbaum’s time as president has encompassed two full terms and part of a third—the longest anyone has ... More »
On Friday, May 29, 2026, Pasadena Police Chief Gene Harris has been recognized as a recipient of the prestigious Who’s Who in America’s Neighborhoods Award in the Government category by Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ... More »
Mandel was born on August 24, 1926, in Antwerp, Belgium, to a German-speaking Polish Jewish family and educated in French schools until the Nazis invaded Belgium in May 1940. His family fled to New York City when he was 14 and lived in Forest Hills, Queens, wh... More »
Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo has often referred to the roughly 1,000 Marines and Sailors of the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment — some of whom are stationed locally on city-owned land at the corner of Paloma Street and Sierra Madre Boulevard — as “our sons ... More »
With sorrow yet also with gratitude for her life and legacy, Fuller Seminary announces the passing of Rev. Dr. Marguerite Shuster, Harold John Ockenga Professor Emerita of Preaching and Theology. Dr. Shuster joined Fuller’s faculty in 1992, after years as adju... More »
The Rose Bowl Aquatics Center has appointed Michael Ross, chief executive of the Pasadena Center Operating Company, to its Board of Directors, the nonprofit announced Thursday. The appointment connects two prominent Pasadena nonprofit institutions at a moment ... More »
A longtime restaurateur, a local bookstore founder and a teen-founded recovery organization were honored Monday for work that city officials said strengthened Pasadena through community service, cultural representation and aid to Eaton Fire survivors. The Huma... More »
Ruthie Hopkins, longtime co-owner and publisher of The Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley Journal, has died following decades of advocacy journalism focused on issues affecting the Black community in Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley, according to the Los Angeles S... More »
Firefighter Armen Hagopian was honored last week as Firefighter of the Year during the Pasadena American Legion Post 13 Police and Fire Persons of the Year Awards Luncheon, an annual event that honors outstanding service and dedication among local public safet... More »
