In the months leading up to the first detection of gravitational waves by LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory), announced on February 11, Caltech postdoctoral scholar Sheila Dwyer and graduate student Evan Hall spent most of their wak... More »
Two school principals from the Pasadena Unified School District have won top honors for their educational leadership from the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Region XV, which includes Pasadena, Glendale, Alhambra, and the West San Gabrie... More »
A team of researchers led by Caltech scientists has shown that nanoparticles can function to target tumors while avoiding adjacent healthy tissue in human cancer patients. “Our work shows that this specificity, as previously demonstrated in preclinical animal ... More »
There were lots of surprises at Pasadena Community Gardens Conservancy’s Garden Party on Sunday afternoon at the Villa-Parke Community Garden. One of the biggest was the transformation by Susan Osen, Jill Hotvet, Sheridan Link, and Julie Byrne Rweyemamu o... More »
Head coach Pat McGee needed one of his sophomores to step up Saturday if the Pasadena City College baseball team was going to snap a 7-game losing streak and give the team some hope after a 0-5 start to South Coast Conference play. Letterman first baseman Joe ... More »
Tetra Tech Inc., a Pasadena-based consulting and engineering services provider, has acquired INDUS Corporation of Vienna, Virginia, the company announced. INDUS is an IT solutions firm focused on data analytics, geospatial analysis, secure infrastructure, and ... More »
Monday night will be partly cloudy in Pasadena, with a low around 53, as winds of five to 10 miles per hour blow from the southwest becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph tonight. The National Weather Service says another we... More »
Freshman Andre Liu (Novi, Mich. / Novi) notched another 2-0 day between #3 doubles and #6 singles despite a heartbreaking 5-2 loss for a shorthanded Caltech men’s tennis team at the hands of West region foe Southwestern University on Saturday. Box Score The Be... More »
Pasadena-based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced it is now part of the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, joining a U.S. organization of over 27 space industry businesses and non-profit groups that support continued government investment in space ... More »
The online registration for Summer Studio – arts classes for all ages offered by Pasadena’s Armory Center for the Arts – will open Wednesday, March 23, 2016, starting at 10 a.m. An announcement posted on Armory Center’s website last week said nationally-recogn... More »
Local women’s organizations led by the YWCA Pasadena and National Women’s Political Caucus are celebrating Women’s History Month by hosting a private screening of the award-winning HBO film, “Iron Jawed Angels,” at the Women’s City Club on Thursday, March 24, ... More »
The Pasadena City College badminton team stayed perfect at 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the South Coast Conference, but overcame some letdowns in a 15-6 win over East Los Angeles. The contest was played at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium. The Lancers SCC winning streak is... More »
