City and Habitat for Humanity officials reviewed detailed plans of the proposed Desiderio Park in the Arroyo near the Colorado Street Bridge Tuesday for community members who voiced concerns about the changes to their neighborhood the project could bring. In 2... More »
California State Sen. Carol Liu’s bill on 710 freeway properties has been approved by the Senate on a 38-0 votation and was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown, who has 30 days to sign or veto the proposed law. The bill would help Caltrans sell state-owned houses no long... More »
“True leaders are motivated by loving concern rather than a desire for personal gain,†Pasadena City Councilwoman Margaret McAustin quoted on Thursday. McAustin spoke as part of a lecture series on leadership in the Pasadena City Council Chambers about how... More »
Congresswoman Judy Chu Tuesday sought out the voices of her constituents on the proposed U.S. military intervention in the on-going Syria crisis. “Congress will debate a response for Syria next week, but I want to hear from you right now,” Chu posted on her of... More »
Former Pasadena Bar Association President David Kirk Robinson, who was also the President of the California Bar Association and of the Western States Bar Conference, died August 20. He was 95. Robinson practiced law at the Hahn and Hahn law firm in Pasadena f... More »
A package “with potential harmful intent “ brought a number of law enforcement agencies including the FBI to an office building on Colorado Blvd. at North. Lake Ave. Wednesday afternoon about 3:11 p.m. Four victims suffered itching and irritation to their ... More »
Elizabeth Steidel, a high school student at Pasadena’s Westridge School, was honored as the Outstanding Library Volunteer by Pasadena Museum of History at its annual Volunteer Recognition Reception on Saturday, August 24. “I have the honor of prese... More »
Assemblymember Chris Holden’s AB 139 which strengthens penalties that abusers are required to pay to ensure more funding for Domestic Violence Shelters was signed into law by Governor Brown today. “I am grateful to the Governor for signing this important b... More »
Ten years after a Delta II rocket launched NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, lighting up the night sky over Cape Canaveral, Fla., the fourth of the agency’s four Great Observatories continues to illuminate the dark side of the cosmos with its infrared eyes. “I a... More »
A group of about 15 partygoers, many intoxicated, challenged and attacked Pasadena police officers in a street melee that erupted in the 1000 block of North Raymond Ave. at 1:30 a.m. early Sunday morning. Two officers sustained injuries and three suspects were... More »
Col. C. Gordon Fullerton, Caltech graduate and the astronaut who performed the first flight test of a space shuttle in 1977, died on Wednesday in Lancaster, Calif. He was 76. Fullerton had sustained a severe stroke in late 2009, and had been confined to a long... More »
Glen Stassen, the Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics at Pasadena’s Fuller Theological Seminary, was featured in USA Today’s recent article, “Churches of all kinds raised funds, encouraged crowds.” The article reports on the role of churches in mobil... More »
