Pasadena City Collegehas announced the launch of PCC Mobile, a free mobile campus application that brings college life to the iPhone and iOS-based mobile devices. The application offers mobile access to campus maps, the schedule of classes, event calendars, th... More »
This dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Fornax is a satellite of our Milky Way and is one of 10 used in Fermi’s dark matter search. The motions of the galaxy’s stars indicate that it is embedded in a massive halo of dark matter. [Credit: ESO/Digital ... More »
Oscar Carrillo, arrested by Pasadena police after he confessed to lying in a 911 call that led to the fatal shooting of Kendrec McDade on March 24, has been released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and is “on electronic monitoring.†Car... More »
See the Documents Filed in Court Today Caree Harper, the attorney for the family of the 19-year-old black student shot to death by two white Pasadena police officers on March 24, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday in United States Central District Court allegin... More »
Time is running out for the galaxy NGC 3801, seen in this composite image combining light from across the spectrum, ranging from ultraviolet to radio. NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer and other instruments have helped catch the galaxy NGC 3801 in the act of de... More »
The California Department of Education announced that Don Benito Fundamental Elementary School in the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) is a 2012 California Distinguished School. Don Benito is one of 387 California public elementary schools identified ... More »
One of Caltech’s oldest buildings, the Linde + Robinson Laboratory for Global Environmental Science, is the recipient of a 2012 Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award. The building, an astronomy lab built in 1932 that has undergone extensive renovations ... More »
A house fire in the 700 block of Ladera St. at 10:20 p.m. Monday night caused an estimated $15,000 in total damages and displaced four adults and three children, the Pasadena Fire Dept. spokesperson Lisa Derderian reported. Authorities say the cause was an e... More »
Hardy C. Martel, professor of electrical engineering, emeritus, at Caltech, passed away on March 29 in Pasadena. He was 85. Entering the field at the dawn of the computer age, Martel was an expert on information theory and electric-circuit theory. “He was one ... More »
Alexander Varshavsky, Caltech’s Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Professor of Cell Biology, has been awarded the Otto Warburg Medal of the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM). The medal is considered to be the highest German award for bio... More »
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has declined file formal involuntary manslaughter charges against Oscar Carrillo, who confessed to lying in a 911 call which led to the fatal Pasadena police shooting of Kendrec McDade on March 24. “We have reject... More »
Pasadenans are pulling together to make sure no one in the community goes without a hot meal at least once a week.Starting Thursday, April 5, Pasadena’s Department of Human Services and Recreation is partnering with United Pasadena Hot Meals Program and severa... More »
