The California Department of Education on Wednesday released the 2011 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) which showed that Pasadena Unified School District schools improved one percentage point in their Academic Performance Index (API) scores from 758 in 2010 to 759 this year.  The state set 800 as this year’s target. Nearly half of PUSD schools scored above 800 with the Sierra Madre Schoo... More »
Changes in Australia’s mass as reported by data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites from June 2010 to February 2011. Areas in greens and blues depict the greatest increases in mass, caused by excessive precipitation. The contour lines represent various land surface elevations. A new study co-authored and co-funded by NASA finds extensive flooding in Australia, co... More »
The rate of improvement in student achievement continues at Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD), as middle schools and high schools post double-digit gains over the last five years, and elementary schools continue to rise, according to the 2010 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) results released today by the California Department of Education. “This is strong and clear evidence that... More »
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses named Natalie Anne Innocenzi as the 92nd Rose Queen today. This announcement concludes a month-long process that began with more than 1,100 Pasadena-area young women who participated in the Tournament of Roses Royal Court tryouts. Queen Natalie was selected from the recently appointed seven-member Royal Court. The Rose Queen and Royal Court will reign over th... More »
NASA UAVSAR image of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, collected June 23, 2010. The oil appears much darker than the surrounding seawater in the greyscale image. This is because the oil smoothes the sea surface and reduces its electrical conductivity, causing less radar energy to bounce back to the UAVSAR antenna. Additional processing of the data by the UAVSAR team produced the two inset color ima... More »
The Huntington Library’s collection of rare books and manuscripts in the fields of British and American history and literature is nothing short of extraordinary. The Art Collections are distinguished by their specialized character and elegant settings in three separate galleries on the Huntington grounds. A fourth space, the MaryLou and George Boone Gallery, hosts changing exhibitions.... More »
The Pasadena City Council will meet in a joint session with the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday in a 6:30 p.m. meeting in the City Council Chamber slated to focus on, among other items, a joint use agreement which would appropriate $1.25 million from Pasadena’s General Fund. Also to be discussed is an update on the PUSD Asset Management Plan, including the potential ... More »
Pasadena City Manager Michael Beck today announced the appointment of William H. Boyer as the City’s new Public Information Officer (PIO). Mr. Boyer assumes his new duties effective immediately in the City Manager’s Office. “We’re delighted to announce Mr. Boyer’s arrival to replace outgoing PIO Ann Erdman, who recently retired after serving the City of Pasadena and its residents with distinctio... More »
After secretive and opportunistic public policy-making for six years on whether police officers will be advantaged compared to other witnesses by getting an early look at video of their shootings, Pasadena under interim City Manager Steve Mermell is moving to a somewhat more open process to decide public policy – but it still carries forward elements of the past secretive public policy determinati... More »
Although Marissa Rangel has moved on from the Pasadena City College softball and volleyball programs, her experiences as a two-sport Lancer have followed her throughout her successful playing career at Texas Wesleyan University. She collected an impressive list of accomplishments while playing and attending PCC from 2008-2010, including twice being selected to the All-South Coast Conference Firs... More »
