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Pasadena-based Blaze Pizza plans to relocate its headquarters to Atlanta, according to National Restaurant News. Blaze Pizza was founded in Pasadena in 2011 by <mark class="bsearch_highlight">Rick</mark> and Elise Wetzel, founders of Pasadena-based Wetzel’s Pretzels. The company has locations in Pasadena on Colorado Boulevard and Fair Oaks Avenue. The 7,500-plus restaurant-level employees at the c... More »
Los Angeles County officials Thursday are asking for help in broadcasting and sharing five anti-bigotry public service announcements, which are intended to educate residents about hate crimes and how to report them. The Truth and Accountability League, a nonprofit founded in 2020 to address anti-Armenian racism, partnered with the county’s Commission on Human Relations, as well as its LA vs. Hate ... More »
Pasadena Media’s award-winning local TV talk show “Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman” returns this Friday with guests <mark class="bsearch_highlight">Rick</mark> Gould and John Onderdonk of the One Arroyo Foundation. On July 13, the One Arroyo Foundation and the City of Pasadena broke ground on the Trails Improvement Project, which will enhance miles of trails in the Arroyo Seco. Gould is the M... More »
Gov. Gavin Newsom, still stinging from a public defeat last month, signed a package of bills today that he and lawmakers pledged will combat rising retail theft. The 10 bills are intended to make it easier to prosecute people suspected of retail and vehicle theft without undoing changes voters approved a decade ago that reduced prison sentences for nonviolent crimes. Voters in November will see a ... More »
Pasadena Village, a nonprofit supporting aging-in-place older adults, is introducing a new weekly series called Village Connections. The free program, starting Sept. 26, is specifically produced for individuals aged 50 and above in Pasadena. Held every Thursday at 2 p.m., the series will take place at the recently opened Washington Park Community Center. Attendees can enjoy complimentary coffee a... More »
Pasadena Village has initiated a collaborative program with Washington Park featuring weekly events for seniors at the new community center. The series, dubbed Village Connections, launched late last month and will run every Thursday through Nov. 14, offering free presentations and activities. Katie Brandon, Executive Director of Pasadena Village, welcomed attendees to the inaugural event. Doug C... More »
Since their discovery in 2007, fast radio bursts—extremely energetic pulses of radio-frequency light—have lit up the sky repeatedly, leading astronomers on a chase to uncover their origins. Currently, confirmed fast radio bursts, or FRBs, number in the hundreds, and scientists have assembled mounting evidence for what triggers them: highly magnetized neutron stars known as magnetars (neutron stars... More »
A Noise Within, a leading regional theatre located in East Pasadena, has appointed three new members to its Board of Directors: retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Julie Fox Blackshaw, former Kirkland & Ellis partner <mark class="bsearch_highlight">Rick</mark> Madden and actor and voice teacher Leilani Jones Wilmore. The appointments strengthen the company’s governance as it produces c... More »
As the Palisades fire began, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone appeared before the Board of Supervisors for a previously scheduled discussion on how to spend the first $152 million in property taxes that county voters approved in November for fire protection and emergency response. Few other local governments could have this type of conversation, Supervisor Janice Hahn told him at the ... More »
Leaders from the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church spoke on Thursday at an event at local First AME Church after touring the destruction in Altadena and Pasadena caused by the Eaton Fire. The fire, which is now 90% contained, burned through Altadena earlier this month, leaving rubble and ashes in its wake as it destroyed most of the homes in that town and left nearly 150 homes uninhabitable... More »
