Jay Zapata, who served as president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Pasadena Foothills Chapter from December 2018 to December 2019, has been selected to receive the AIA’s prestigious Young Architects Award for 2024, an acknowledgment of his unwav... More »
Jordan D. Segall, a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson, has joined the Board of Directors of Pasadena’s Playhouse Village Foundation. “Jordan Segall brings a trifecta of resources to our foundation board: legal and professi... More »
David Goodstein, the Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor, Emeritus, and professor of physics and applied physics, emeritus, passed away on April 10. He served as a professor at Caltech for more than four decades, and as the Institute’... More »
Professor of Biology Henry Lester has been named the 2024 recipient of the Langley Award for Basic Research on Nicotine and Tobacco from the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT). The Langley Award Honors scientists who have made groundbreaking adv... More »
Pasadena Water and Power’s Assistant General Manager of Customer Service and Technology, Jeremy Marquette, has been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his remarkable contributions in transforming the utility’s service delivery and technology impl... More »
Former PHS Bulldog and PCC Lancer Michael Cooper, who helped the Los Angeles Lakers win five NBA championships during the 1980s “Showtime” era and later coached the Los Angeles Sparks to two WNBA titles, has been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame... More »
Assemblymember Chris Holden has honored Rachael Worby, the creative force behind the performing arts nonprofit MUSE/IQUE, as the Woman of the Year for the 41st Assembly District. The recognition, part of the California State Assembly’s annual celebration of Wo... More »
Dr. Lori J. Morgan, President and CEO of Huntington Health in Pasadena, has been named among the distinguished leaders on Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2024 “Women Hospital Presidents and CEOs to Know” list. Dr. Morgan is one of over 196 women executives who were... More »
One of the biggest names in automotive design has joined the Board of Trustees at ArtCenter College of Design. Franz von Holzhausen, chief designer for Tesla and the design lead for nearly all the company’s models since he joined the company in 2010, will brin... More »
The Pasadena Symphony announced on Tuesday that Brett Mitchell will become the orchestra’s next music director, ushering in a new era for the venerable institution as it approaches its centennial in just four years. Mitchell, 44, who currently serves as the ar... More »
Mark Flewelling and Jeremy Shulman, attorneys at Pasadena law firm Lagerlof, LLP, have been honored as 2024 visionaries in the LA Banking & Finance: Trends, Updates, and Visionaries magazine by Los Angeles Times B2B Publishing. Los Angeles Times B2B Publishing... More »
Brandon Rodriguez, a Staff Member at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Chosen as Lead Science Communication Fellow for Ocean Exploration Trust’s 2024 Expedition Brandon Rodriguez, a staff member at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, has ... More »
