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Jen García spent two decades teaching English, writing, and workforce development at universities across Southern California. Now she leads AI strategy at Caltech and advises Los Angeles nonprofits on how to adopt the technology. On Friday, she will tell Pasadena’s innovation community how she got from one career to the other. García will speak at the Friday Coffee Meetup on March 6 at FoundrSpace... More »
A motions hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning in Los Angeles Superior Court in the wrongful termination and sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former Barney’s Beanery Pasadena host against the Old Town Pasadena restaurant and several of its managers. Cody Rich, who worked as an evening shift host and occasional security worker at the restaurant at 99 E. Colorado Blvd., alleges in his lawsui... More »
Hundreds of Pasadena Unified School District students will compete in hands-on science and engineering challenges Saturday morning at John Muir High School, and by noon the same campus will open to the broader community for a free festival featuring exhibits from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, and Carnegie Observatories. The two events — the PasadenaLEARNS 2026 Science Olympiad and the... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District’s African American Parent Council tonight will honor six Black educators tonight at a gathering in Altadena featuring Robin D.G. Kelley, a UCLA Distinguished Professor whose scholarship on Black history and social movements has earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship and membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Tuesday event, called “Black Educat... More »
Pasadena’s Recreation and Parks Commission on Tuesday will consider a five-year capital improvement plan that calls for replacing worn-out artificial turf fields, overhauling restrooms across the city, gutting a community center kitchen with gas leak concerns and upgrading trails along the Arroyo Seco. The plan, covering fiscal years 2027 through 2031, proposes $1.459 million in new park appropria... More »
A domestic violence survivor’s name shows up on a campaign flyer she never agreed to. That scenario — the one Pasadena’s Commission on the Status of Women flagged as a real danger — helped drive a City Council vote last month to tighten privacy protections in local elections. Now the commission heads into its March 4 meeting with that win behind it, and a full agenda ahead. The commission meets We... More »
Six of the seven homes on Mesita Road came from the same architect’s drafting table — and now the quiet Pasadena street where they stand could become a landmark district, shielding the mid-century modern residences from major exterior alterations. Pasadena’s Historic Preservation Commission meets Tuesday at 6 p.m. to consider the designation. The Planning and Community Development Department is re... More »
For decades, a stretch of unfinished freeway carved through the heart of Pasadena. It displaced families. It divided neighborhoods. Now, as the city prepares to transform that scar into new development, one resident says the stakes are about more than real estate. The Pasadena Human Relations Commission meets Tuesday, March 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the Jackie Robinson Community Center. On the agenda: a ... More »
Two California lawmakers are trying to open up legislative documents that are technically public records, but difficult for even the most seasoned Capitol insiders to access. The documents are letters registered lobbyists and advocacy groups send the Legislature to support or oppose bills. CalMatters has been seeking greater access to them for more than a year. Assembly members Rebecca Bauer-Kahan... More »
The City Council voted 8-0 late Monday night to deny an appeal and approve concept design review for a four-story, 93,539-square-foot research and development building on Caltech-owned property at 1364 E. Green St., in spite of arguments from neighbors who said the project would harm an adjacent Catholic school and church. The vote, which came after hours of testimony from more than 50 speakers an... More »
