Let me be clear, early last year, 2020, I was in Washington, DC and witnessed military personnel carriers, a squad of soldiers on every corner, vehicles with 50 caliber machine guns mounted on them, tanks, long guns, automatic rifles, humvees, legions of U.S. ... More »
U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) was among a number of Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders to condemn last week’s siege of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. while Congress was certifying Electoral College ballots cast in the Nov. 3 election. Chu c... More »
Local representatives reacted favorably to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget late last week. The $227 billion budget contains $15 billion in economic relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, $5 billion in emergency funding for reopening schools, the virus vaccine... More »
As an Ahmadi Muslims I am disheartened to see the violent protest of legitimate election results in our nation’s capital. Seeing unjustified attacks on the United States’ democratic institutions is especially upsetting. Yet, I call on all to remain peaceful an... More »
The City Council on Monday will hear a pre-development plan review on a mixed-use companion project to the Heritage Square Housing Project. The 70-unit Heritage Square Apartments, located at l762 N. Fair Oaks Ave., just above Orange Grove Boulevard and locate... More »
Pasadena’s Design Commission is meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 12, to review an application for major changes to an approved final design review for a mixed-use project at 39 S. Los Robles Ave. The commission’s special meeting begins at 4:30 p.m. These changes, whi... More »
Mayor Victor Gordo will represent the city on the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG.) The council voted to pay $121,660.94 in back fees and rejoin the group last month after Gordo was sworn in as the city’s mayor. The group represents San Gabri... More »
The City Council will take up eight items on the Consent Calendar on Monday, including a $118,000 with Housing Rights Center to aid households at risk of falling into homelessness after various rent moratoriums expire. “The [Housing] Department believes it is ... More »
In the final community brief of 2020, a Pasadena police official described a city that might have existed in the Old West. Certainly, he could not have been talking about Pasadena, once described by a former mayor as the Paris of the Pacific. Pasadena, where ... More »
The City Council will once again take up amendments to the city’s Historic Preservation Ordinance. The item was tabled last month. According to a city staff report, the ordinance could provide more protections to historic resources that have not been deemed l... More »
? Pasadena health officials reported 147 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and two additional fatalities. The numbers increase the city’s total cases to 8,397, and 175 fatalities. As of Sunday, Huntington Hospital reported 196 patients battling the virus, includin... More »
In what might be called a “backyard chat” with the people of Pasadena, Mayor Victor Gordo on Sunday put out a brief videotaped update of where the city stands in its battle against COVID-19. “Let me just say first and foremost that it’s very important that we ... More »
