The City of Pasadena Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department will hold a public celebration in honor of Jackie Robinson’s 105th birthday from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at the Jackie Robinson Community Center at 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena. Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947 when he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers. Robinson lived in Pasadena ... More »
Yuny Parada, a Pasadena resident and an accomplished Latina actress and activist who was selected to be Community Grand Marshal of the Latino Heritage Parade and Festival on Sept. 16, told Pasadena Now that days before the Parade she is reflecting on the challenges that she has faced and continues to face while advocating for the Latino community. Parada immigrated from El Salvador when she was 18... More »
A bill by Pasadena Assemblymember Chris Holden which would have been one of the final nails in the coffin for the 60-year-old 710 Freeway extension project and which attracted broad support from the cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena, and Alhambra failed in the State’s Transportation and Housing Committee Wednesday. The bill would have returned the “stubs” of the 710 Freeway — at Valley Boulevard ... More »
Engineers at Caltech and the University of Southampton in England have collaboratively designed an electronics chip integrated with a photonics chip (which uses light to transfer data)—creating a cohesive final product capable of transmitting information at ultrahigh speed while generating minimal heat. Though the two-chip sandwich is unlikely to find its way into your laptop, the new design could... More »
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