Authorities said there has now been a case of community spread of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County. The revelation was made after county officials revealed that two more people tested positive for the virus. One person’s infection could be traced back to Japan, ... More »
Pasadena’s California Institute of Technology Saturday announced it has canceled the entire March 14 Explore Caltech event designed to introduce prospective undergrad students to the Institute’s campus and offerings. Separately, the Institute canceled Tuesda... More »
[Updated] According to the latest update from the County Registrar’s office, District 5 Councilman Victor Gordo still leads Mayor Terry Tornek in the mayor’s race. Gordo’s percentage of the vote dipped to 46.14 according to numbers released at 4 p.m. Tornek’s ... More »
[This was filed about 9 p.m. Tuesday night.] In early results, Mayor Tornek leads three challengers in the mayor’s race. Tornek has garnered 4,066 votes or 47.48 percent. Gordo trails with 3.531 votes or 41.14 percent. Major Williams is in third place with 68... More »
Mayor Terry Tornek told Pasadena Now late Tuesday afternoon that he worked hard and feels good about his campaign. “I’m optimistic, but not confident,’’ Tornek said hours before the polls closed. “There is no way of knowing.’’ Tornek is facing Victor Gordo, Ma... More »
Local voters faced long lines at voting centers on Tuesday, and some encountered problems. At City Hall three of the six machines were not working at 11 a.m. “I’ll be glad when we can do this from home,” one voter said. Despite troubles with the three machines... More »
[smooth=id:1885;] Around noon on Monday at the Robinson Park Recreation Center on Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, a handful of voters were on hand, navigating their way around the new, hi-tech, touchscreen “Ballot Marking Devices” that will get their first major... More »
Despite worldwide concerns over the coronavirus, Mayor Terry Tornek told Pasadena Now he still plans to visit Pasadena’s sister city in Africa. Tornek is scheduled to lead a delegation to Dakar-Plateau, Senegal, Pasadena’s African sister city, from March 10-19... More »
The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 62 most newsworthy, informative, and readable. Top Stories: Hundreds Jam PUSD School Board Meeting For Hearing on Proposed Armenian Charter High School Pa... More »
Joe Coulombe, the founder and namesake of the Trader Joe’s grocery chain, which grew from a single outlet in Pasadena to more than 500 stores in 40 states, has died following years of declining health. He was 89. Coulombe’s son, Joe Jr., told reporters his fat... More »
Photo by Kevin Kenney More than 200 people jammed the meeting room and spilled into the adjacent hallway at Thursday night’s Pasadena Unified School District board meeting to support a proposed new bilingual Armenian charter high school in the city. If approve... More »
According to City Manager Steve Mermell, Pasadena Health Director Ying Ying Goh and Dr. David Man, Chief of Infectious Diseases at Huntington Hospital and Leonard De La Cruz, Infection Preventionist will provide a public presentation on the Coronavirus at the ... More »
