As the U.S. Secretary of Energy and hundreds of graduates and their families looked on, Caltech president Jean-Lou Chameau began Friday’s commencement ceremony by announcing $30 million in gifts as the first phase of a proposed $90 million initiative for a new... More »
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) announced that Marshall Fundamental School has been named one of Newsweek magazine’s Top Public High Schools for the seventh consecutive year. Every year, the list is compiled by Washington Post education columnist Jay... More »
The Rose Bowl game will move from network television to ESPN for the 2011 game, joining the rest of the BCS on the network, ESPN executives announced today. The 2010 Rose Bowl and BCS National Championship Game — both in Pasadena at the end of the upcoming sea... More »
Following in our First Lady’s footsteps, two enterprising young women have started a Community Garden in co-operation with the South Pasadena\San Mario YMCA. The Garden is the brain child of Andrea Damian, an Altadena resident who works as General Manager ... More »
Three initiatives of the Pasadena Planning and Development Department have won awards by a branch of the American Planning Association, the city announced Thursday. The city of Pasadena ’s online Green Training Program and its Green City Action Plan each wil... More »
Late yesterday, the House passed the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act authored by local Congressman Adam Schiff as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (H.R. 2410). The measure expands the examination of press freedom worldwide in the State Dep... More »
The investigation into the April 22 traffic accident at Orange Grove Blvd. and Martelo Ave. in which a mother and her young daughter died has led Pasadena Police to conclude that the mother, who was driving, “may have become incapacitated prior to the collisio... More »
 A short vacation was needed, somewhere to decompress for a couple of days. But where? Why not close-by Huntington Beach? I’m originally from Long Beach so I know about HB, that funky town to the south with quaint little beach houses, a pier and all-that-i... More »
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Students from the Pasadena Unified School District receiving the AIM High Scholarships and the PEF/PHS Wark Scholarships were honored on Thursday, June 4, at a special reception at the Tournament of Roses. PEF’s AIM HIGH Scholarships, developed with funding ... More »
Over 200 mourners gathered Tuesday morning at Altadena’s Metropolitan Baptist Church for the memorial service of David Crosby, Jr., 32, who was fatally shot May 29 as he attended a party following a funeral. Police have not gone on record with a motive for the... More »
Pasadena Police Lt. Bruce George said Monday morning that an Altadena man arrested for drunk driving and a hit and run accident threatened an arresting officer with bodily harm as the suspect was being booked Sunday afternoon. George said that the original inc... More »
