When a school district and a community college work hand in hand, what can be accomplished? That was the question in mind at a community meeting at John Muir High School June 16, at the site of PCC’s most recently established satellite campus. The college has been offering classes for high school students and adults at the high school since January 2016. Following the recent completion of the firs... More »
? As part of Conversations on the Quantum World, a webinar series hosted by the Caltech Science Exchange, John Preskill, Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics and the Allen V. C. and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair for the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, or IQIM talks about the promise and challenge of building quantum computers. As a theoretical physicist, Preskill is... More »
Responding to the requests of City Council, the Robinson Park Recreation Center Renovation Project Steering Committee met Tuesday to discuss how to further community engagement and outreach in the project including in the current phase. After the City Council voted against the staff recommendation to hire Gonzalez Goodale Architects at the September 16 meeting, the steering committee was faced wit... More »
This is the orbital trajectory of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON). The comet is currently located just inside the orbit of Jupiter. In November 2013, ISON will pass less than 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) from the sun’s surface. The fierce heating it experiences during this close approach to the sun could turn the comet into a bright naked-eye object Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Dee... More »
Rosetta at Comet This artist’s impression shows the Rosetta orbiter at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The image is not to scale. Image Credit: ESA/ATG Medialab Three NASA science instruments are being prepared for check-out operations aboard the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus in November. Rosetta was r... More »
The Planning Commission last week established steps that could give commissioners a stronger voice on Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) at the beginning and the end of the budgetary process. The commissioners discussed the Planning Commission’s role in the Capital Improvement Project process and agreed to take three steps. The commission will establish a CIP subcommittee of the Planning Commiss... More »
Manhattan Bancorp (OTCQB:MNHN), holding company for subsidiary Bank of Manhattan, N.A. and which has offices in Pasadena, announced today its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2013. For the year ended December 31, 2013, earnings were $1.9 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, compared to $686 thousand, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the comparable period in 2012. Additional highlig... More »
Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation, today reported its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. The Company, which previously declared a $0.67 per share dividend for the quarter, recorded GAAP net income of $67.6 million, or $1.68 per basic and diluted share for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. Core earnings for the period were $30.0 million, or $0.75 per basic and dilute... More »
As the Pasadena Unified School District enters a challenging era marked by fiscal constraints and declining enrollment… there’s a bright light shining on the horizon, illuminating the path of our public schools in new and innovative ways. PUSD is embarking on another year of its Community Schools transformation initiative, with nine schools — Madison Elementary, Longfellow Magnet, Washington STEM ... More »
The Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena, California has been a favorite for comedians and stand-up aficionados for years. Now, The Ice House was recently recognized as one the Top Five Comedy Clubs in the country by researcher Dr. Peter McGraw and author, Joel Warner, writers of The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny. With a star-filled roster of past and present performers, inc... More »
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