Red bullseye indicates location where Sunday’s meteor (or bolide) exploded over California’s Central Valley. The yellow triangles mark infrasound arrays which were key in determining the location of the meteor’s explosion. An infrasound array consists of detec... More »
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The event will be held on Thursday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in , through its Business Opportunities Office, will host a supplier fair featuring 20 to 25 local and nati... 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. B... More »
Images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft Images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have revealed half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn’s F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them. These trails in the rings, which scientists ar... More »
On Friday 04/20/2012, an alert store employee in the 900 blk of Fair Oaks contacted police when she saw two men who appeared to be harassing an elderly woman. SPPD Officer’s determined that the suspects were in the middle of a “Pigeon Drop†scheme, know... More »
A new airborne study with NASA contributions measured surprising levels of the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from cracks in Arctic sea ice and areas of partial sea ice cover. This image was taken over the Arctic Ocean at a latitude of approximately 71 d... More »
Don’t let the complacent smile on the front fascia of the Mazdaspeed 3 fool you; its turbocharged engine and six speed manual transmission makes this hatchback a contender for a legitimate sports car. At its heart it is a sports car. With 263 horses under it... More »
The City of Pasadena will be hosting the “Autism Speaks” family fun walk at the Rose Bowl this Saturday, April 21, 2012. Walk Now for Autism Speaks: Los Angeles has raised over $1,360,738.00 to change the future for those that struggle with Autism (www.walknow... More »
The Pasadena region’s only major trauma hospital, Huntington Memorial, faces a critical blood shortage and is issuing an urgent appeal for blood donations. “We are currently experiencing a critical shortage of O-Negative Blood,” the Huntington’s Blood Donor Ce... More »
Pasadena’s Mikela Velasquez (top) on her way to winning the 100 IM title with teammate Giselle Mendieta in pursuit during the first day of the South Coast Conference Swim Championships Thursday at the PCC Aquatic Center, image by Richard Quinton. Pasadena City... More »
The retreat of Pedersen Glacier in Alaska. Left: summer 1917. Right: summer 2005. Image credit: 1917 photo captured by Louis H. Pedersen; 2005 photo taken by Bruce F. Molnia. Source: The Glacier Photograph Collection, National Snow and Ice Data Center /World D... More »
A recent study finds that the lake known as Ontario Lacus on Saturn’s moon Titan (left) bears striking similarity to a salt pan on Earth known as the Etosha Pan (right). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech and NASA/USGS A new study analyzing data from JPL’s Cassin... More »
