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Andrew Sinclair came to Caltech as a visiting assistant professor in 2022. Finding Caltech to be an ideal place to carry out his research on Chinese finance, he has stayed on. Sinclair continues to pursue his research and teach Caltech students about finance through courses titled Hedge Funds, International Trade and Finance, and, of course, Understanding China through Finance, his own research ar... More »
The growth of bacterial colonies, the piling up of snow during a storm, and the spread of a wildfire are random, seemingly unrelated events, yet they all follow universal mathematical laws. Caltech’s new assistant professor of mathematics Lingfu Zhang wants to elucidate the math behind these growth patterns and understand how and why the math is so widespread. Zhang studies probability theory, wit... More »
The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 20 most newsworthy, informative, and readable. Pasadena School Board Certifies District as Fiscally Sound, Launches Revised School Consolidation Study UCLA Seeks to Halt Depositions as Pasadena Cites Extensive SoFi Discussions in Stadium Dispute Report: USC May Playball Football in SoFi, Also ... More »
Anthem Blue Cross is providing $1.5 million to two Los Angeles-based organizations — Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) and The Salvation Army Southern California Division — to accelerate long-term recovery and rebuilding for families most affected by the January 2025 wildfires, the company said Friday. The funding is part of Anthem and its philanthropic arm, the Anthem Blue Cross Foundation... More »
Los Angeles County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 5.7% in September, the most recent quarterly reporting period, the same rate as August, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department. The 5.7% rate was down from 6.1% in September 2024. Statewide, California’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.6% in September, up from 5.5% in ... More »
The Foothill Unity Center’s Monrovia warehouse looked less like a distribution hub this week and more like a toy store, transformed into a cheerful “Candy Land” for its annual holiday toy giveaway. Beneath swirls of bright color and the whimsical décor, hundreds of parents moved carefully from table to table, selecting gifts that would soon appear under their own Christmas trees. The event, held o... More »
The city’s Design Commission will review plans Tuesday for a massive transit operations facility that would transform two aging commercial properties into a modern maintenance hub. The commission meets at 6:30 p.m. to consider concept designs for the 157,459-square-foot facility at 2180 E. Foothill Blvd. and 2211 E. Walnut St. The city-owned site currently holds two vacant commercial buildings fro... More »
A developer’s proposal to build a seven-story mixed-use building at 490 North Lake Avenue in Pasadena faces significant design challenges. City staff is recommending substantial revisions before the project advances. The Pasadena Design Commission will review the preliminary plans Tuesday evening at City Hall. A report by the Planning and Community Development Department showed the proposed buildi... More »
Pasadena residents will see a gradual cooling trend this weekend, with daytime highs easing into the upper 70s before warmer-than-normal temperatures return early next week, according to the National Weather Service. Friday’s forecast calls for sunny skies and a high near 81 degrees, with calm winds shifting to a light west-southwest breeze in the afternoon. Overnight lows will fall to about 47 d... More »
President Trump signed an executive order today to discourage state governments from regulating artificial intelligence and urge Congress to pass a law preempting such regulations. The order is likely to hit hardest in California, which since 2016 has passed more laws to regulate artificial intelligence than any other state, according to a Stanford report from earlier this year. California is also... More »
