Monday, August 31, 2015 | 4:55 am
Pasadena’s City Council is expected to vote in favor Monday of resolutions designating four significant addresses in Pasadena as city landmarks under the Pasadena Municipal Code. The four are three houses located at 999 South San Rafael Avenue, 324 South Eucli... More »
Monday, June 8, 2015 | 4:30 am
An historic landmark that has captured the hearts of so many, opened its doors to the public last Saturday afternoon to a crowd of about 300 looking to the day when the Rialto Theatre is restored to its brilliant self when it opened Oct. 17, 1925. The occasion... More »
Monday, June 1, 2015 | 6:38 pm
Ten years ago, nearby neighbor Highland Park was in the midst of not only rediscovering its artistic wings, but embroiled in the growing pains of forming new neighborhood councils. Universal Studios Publicity VP and local resident Elliot Sekuler had an idea fo... More »
Sunday, April 19, 2015 | 7:17 pm
There’s always something new to learn at the Pasadena Museum of History. One thing is that the amputation kit on view in “When Johnny Came Marching West,” an exhibit marking the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, really wasn’t an instrument of tort... More »
Monday, February 23, 2015 | 5:25 am
The Pasadena City College Courier, one of the oldest student-run community college newspapers in the state, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this month. From the first black and white newsprint issue released Feb. 4, 1915 – when the college was still a h... More »
Thursday, February 19, 2015 | 6:34 am
Pasadena business and community members discuss Pasadena’s well established network and history of innovation, its growing start-up culture, and qualities that make Pasadena an ideal community in which to work and live. More »
Tuesday, December 30, 2014 | 5:05 am
Pages from section 10,270 of the “Yongle Encyclopedia,” 1562–1567. Photo courtesy of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. Two historians will discuss an almost 500-year-old Chinese manuscript recently uncovered in the Hunt... More »
Monday, December 22, 2014 | 6:18 am
Pasadena’s Department of Public Works was conferred the “Greening the Arroyo-Agency” award in recognition of its planning, outreach and collaboration efforts on the Oak Grove Area Improvement (OGAI) Project in Hahamongna. The award was made by the Arroyo Seco ... More »
Saturday, October 25, 2014 | 2:47 pm
Hundreds of paradegoers lined the streets of Northwest Pasadena to watch and listen to 2014 Latino Heritage Parade on Saturday morning, and then trekked to La Pintoresca Park for the “jamaica” festival. This year’s theme, “Nuetras Mismas Raices†(Our Co... More »
Thursday, September 18, 2014 | 3:53 pm
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded $83,095 to USC Pacific Asia Museum (USC PAM). The museum will use the grant funds to upgrade the museum’s collections storage area. This is the fourth phase of a long-term project to protect the museu... More »
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | 11:47 am
The South Pasadena Public Library features a music CD collection that is not to be missed. Music CDs are available in a variety of genres including blues, classical, jazz, rock, pop, country, opera, folk, holiday, world, and soundtracks. Music CDs can be check... More »
Saturday, June 7, 2014 | 10:52 pm
How do we define “cool?” That pompadour your grandfather wore? The same ‘do your Dad wore in the ’80s? The one you rocked in the ’90s? Today’s hipster is tomorrow’s laughingstock. That’s just the nature of time. There are a only a few things that stand up to t... More »