The Los Angeles Dysautonomia Network (LADN) has opened the application period for its 2023 grant program, which aims to assist individuals affected by dysautonomia by alleviating their financial burdens in Los Angeles and throughout California. The nonprofit is based in Pasadena. Dysautonomia refers to a collection of disorders that disrupt the autonomic nervous system’s normal functioning, includ... More »
Teachers at Washington Elementary STEM Magnet school are angry over PUSD’s unfair compensation for teachers. Over the past eight years, Pasadena teachers have received a 3% pay raise, yet, in terms of salary rank, PUSD teachers are in the lowest 10% among unified school districts in Los Angeles County. Pasadena teachers are not asking for more than fair compensation. We deserve the raise we are re... More »
Peering through obscuring clouds of dust, the MIRI instrument has revealed networks of giant cavities and blown-out bubbles in the gaseous arms of distant galaxies. Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are getting their first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths. The data has enabled an initial collection of 2... More »
The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which has started its approach to the Red Planet, will help answer the next logical question in Mars exploration. With only about 50 million miles (80 million kilometers) left to go in its 293-million-mile (471-million-kilometer) journey, NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is nearing its new planetary home. The spacecraft has begun its approach to the Red Planet ... More »
Chubbs, the chill Himalayan mix cat of substantial girth who weighed 29 pounds when he was found wandering in Altadena last week, has got himself a new home in Monrovia. Chubbs’ rotund figure and laid-back friendliness earned him massive media and internet popularity over the past week, where he was Instagrammed, Facebooked, TV-newsed and even “appeared” as a radio guest. But when it came to adopt... More »
Pasadena Community Foundation was recently gifted what it described as a “priceless piece of artwork” in recognition of the Foundation’s early support of the “Mano a Mano” program operated by Pasadena’s National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) and its affiliate organization, the Pasadena Community Job Center. The artwork honors a year of community partnerships and shared solidarity. Artist ... More »
Construction and testing are complete on the CADRE rovers, which will map the lunar surface together as a tech demo to show the promise of multirobot missions. A trio of small rovers that will explore the Moon in sync with one another are rolling toward launch. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently finished assembling the robots, then subjected them to a pun... More »
This image shows the HR 8799 planets with starlight optically suppressed and data processing conducted to remove residual starlight. The star is at the center of the blackened circle in the image. The four spots indicated with the letters b through e are the planets. This is a composite image using 30 wavelengths of light and was obtained over a period of 1.25 hours on June 14 and 15, 2012. Image ... More »
Pasadena Unified School District will begin demolishing portions of Eliot Arts Magnet Academy on Monday, marking the first step in rebuilding the campus after the Eaton Fire devastated the school. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will oversee removal of the auditorium and north wing while stabilizing remaining structures. The fire caused significant damage to the campus, forcing the relocation of ... More »
�HEAT ADVISORY & REMINDERS DURING HOT WEATHER� �PASADENA, Calif.—City Officials are reminding everybody to take steps to protect against excessive heat exposure and to conserve energy when possible due to the hot temperatures this week in Pasadena and a fire yesterday, Oct. 16, at the City’s Glenarm Power Plant that disabled a turbine generator unit.� �Officials with the City’s Pasad... More »
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