When we think about the iconic Swiss Army Knife, we think of a highly functional, good quality, multipurpose tool which always comes in handy when we are in a fix. The ‘Swiss Army Knife’ approach to cybersecurity and network defense problems has come to mean a... More »
City of Pasadena Senior Internal Auditor Rebecca Takahashi is now serving as President-Elect of the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA) for 2022-2023. Before her election, Takahashi served ALGA as an at-large board member, committee chair, conferen... More »
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday will consider a proposal to place a supply of the overdose-reversal drug naloxone, or Narcan, at county libraries and train librarians how to administer it. “Narcan is easy to use, anyone can carry it, and it saves lives,” Supe... More »
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday is expected to formally approve a $32 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by relatives of a 10-year-old Lancaster boy who died in 2018 after allegedly being subjected to extensive torture by his mother and ... More »
It is said that “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” This was my mantra when I decided to run for school board. After being employed with the Pasadena Unified School District for 14 years, I thought about how to... More »
There are few greater disservices to the fight for racial justice than false claims of racism. For example, the Jussie Smollet hoax that he was a victim of a hate crime advanced the right-wing racist narrative that claims of racial injustice in America are mer... More »
Dear Editors, In a recent letter to the editors of Pasadena Now Ryan Bell interprets comments I made about rent control. His fictionalization of my comments warrants correcting. I said very clearly rent control “will not have any of the purported benefits” pro... More »
The Pasadena City Council unanimously approved Consent Calendar items on the Monday Council agenda. Most notably, the calendar contained multi-year labor agreements with both the Pasadena Firefighters Association (PFFA) and the Pasadena Police Officers Assoc... More »
Assemblymember Chris Holden presented his legislative update to the Pasadena City Council Monday, which included two local budget victories: $5 million to the Pasadena Central Library and $3 million to Rose Bowl Stadium. On June 30, the Legislature and Govern... More »
The Pasadena City Council unanimously approved multi-year labor agreements with its frontline public safety personnel Monday evening. The agreements with the Pasadena Firefighters Association (PFFA) and the Pasadena Police Officers Association (PPOA) will prov... More »
The Pasadena Area Independent Schools Consortium invites local parents to their Kindergarten and Elementary School Options Event on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at High Point Academy. The event offers San Gabriel Valley residents an opportunity to learn about t... More »
The increasing cost of housing is not just a Pasadena problem, but a national problem. Historically one size fits all solutions such as the proposed Measure H don’t work for Pasadena. What we’ve always been able to do when we work together as a community, an... More »
