ArtCenter Professor Michael Dooley has a passion for comics and animation that go back to when he was just two years old and he likes to share that passion with Pasadenans by opening up his classroom for special speaking events. One of them is taking place on Monday, Feb. 18, when Ben Dickow, a prime mover behind the Captured Aural Phantasy Theater, will “be coming to give his very personal histor... More »
Image depicts the primary landing site on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko chosen for the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission. Image credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission will deploy its lander, Philae, to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Nov. 12. Rosetta is an international mission spearheaded ... More »
The Altadena community is set to celebrate its 3rd annual Pride Walkabout on Saturday, June 8, with a series of events aimed at promoting LGBTQ+ visibility, understanding, and inclusivity. The day-long celebration, organized by Nic Arnzen, founder of Altadena Pride Walkabout, will feature an opening ceremony, a walkabout, a “Shop and Wave” event, a spiritual exploration session, a community picnic... More »
Caltech is all set to conduct its 128th Annual Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 10, its first in-person commencement exercises in three years. The event will start with a procession by the graduating class on Beckman Mall, a performance by the Caltech Glee Club, and the conferral of degrees by President Thomas F. Rosenbaum. The ceremonies start at 10 a.m. Most of the graduating class have spe... More »
The Altadena Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association, and the Altadena Town Council, are hosting a Recognition Celebration for Webster’s Community Pharmacy on Thursday, July 26. The pharmacy was recently named California Small Business Winner in Assembly District 41. The celebration will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Altadena Town and Country Club at 2290 Country Club Drive in Altadena... More »
The Caltech community is responding to a natural disaster of historic scale as several wildfires continue to impact Southern California, including the Eaton fire and the Palisades fire. Many staff, faculty, postdocs, students, and their families have experienced significant losses: More than 250 individuals and families across campus and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have lost their homes to... More »
Thought your Internet speeds were slow? Try being a space scientist for a day. The vast distances involved will throttle data rates to a trickle. You’re lucky if a spacecraft can send more than a few megabits per second (Mbps) — a pittance even by dial-up standards. But we might be on the cusp of a change. Just as going from dial-up to broadband revolutionized the Internet and made high-resolution... More »
Pasadena-based Community Bank has recently added a $700,000 equity investment in Class A stocks at Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution (Clearinghouse CDFI). This is the bank’s second investment in the CDFI which now enhances Clearinghouse’s ability to address unmet credit needs in distressed areas throughout California. “Community Bank’s significant investment strengthens our... More »
The City of Pasadena Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department (PRCS) welcomed the community back to its indoor facilities on Tuesday. All recreation and community centers reopened at reduced capacity, but the Department said capacity allowances will be increased in the upcoming weeks. “The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department is excited to welcome the community back to o... More »
[UPDATED] With only a month before they formally meet for the first time, members of the Pasadena Community Police Oversight Commission said it is still unclear what role the citizen board will play and how it will operate. The newly appointed commissioners made the admission in an online discussion with community members facilitated last Thursday by the Conversation Live and moderated by James Fa... More »
