Sixty-five applicants were hired to make up the entire staff of the newly-opened HomeGoods store in Hastings Ranch Area through a city recruitment program held last month. The Foothill Workforce Investment Board received a total of 428 applications for theÂ... More »
Pasadena Housing Department senior project manager Jim Wong has been recognized by the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing for his contributions to the affordable housing in Pasadena. Wong received the “Bright Light” award for the Public Agenc... More »
Bilingual Spanish speakers will enjoy an hour of stories, music and crafts during “Léeme un Cuento” or “Read Me a Story” at the Pasadena Library-La Pintoresca Branch every Wednesday, 4:00-5:00 p.m. The participants will listen to the reading of Spanish-langua... More »
The Pasadena Housing and Career Services Department has completed the first part of its eight solar installation projects for low-income homeowners to help them reduce their monthly utility bills. The first project in the department’s “Under One Roof†prog... More »
The City Council’s Finance Committee will meet with other members of the Council in a joint session in the Council Chambers at 3:00 p.m. today to focus on the City Manager’s recommended operating budget for 2015. Six departments will present their budget reco... More »
Senior students at Caltech ditched classes Thursday as part of the institution’s annual Ditch Day tradition and left their underclass students with elaborate puzzles, extraordinary mazes, and other challenging hijinks to work on throughout the day. “It’s t... More »
Pasadena City ranked third among the country’s “10 Greenest Mid-Size Cities” in a study conducted by MyLife.com, a social networking website with more than 60 million registered users. “[One of Pasadena’s] nickname is ‘the City of Trees,’ so it makes perfect s... More »
Photo courtesy of Altadena Sheriff’s Station Children who have an eye for law enforcement will be able to learn how to solve crimes through realistic scenarios during Altadena Sheriff’s Station’s summer camp for kids from June 9 to 13. The week-long Crime Scen... More »
The Central Public Library called its first Pasadena Teen Book Festival a “success” after 221 registered teenagers attended, with additional 90 on the waiting list. Twenty authors of “Young Adult” books participated at the event last April 26. The keynote spea... More »
The reconstruction of Allendale and Memorial Parks restrooms worth $938,000 has been completed and the facilities are now open to the public. The Department of Public Works said the reconstruction project which began in October last year and was completed this... More »
Pasadena Fire Chief Calvin E. Wells has directed the activation of Red Flag parking restrictions within Pasadena amid National Weather Service predictions of  critical fire weather conditions throughout Los Angeles County. The alert declared at 6:00 a.m. Su... More »
Library games usually involve board and card games, but in Altadena they also include consoles and other electronic gadgets. The Altadena Public Library will host its monthly Fun and Games Friday for children ages 11 to 17 years old on May 9 at 4:00 p.m. in it... More »
