While the winter surge of COVID-19 infections fueled by the Omicron variant appears to be easing, authorities are watching the emergence of an Omicron “sub-lineage” that has spread rapidly in some countries, with Los Angeles County’s health director saying Thu... More »
The LA County Public Works Department will hold a virtual meeting at 6 p.m. on Jan. 31 on the Devil’s Gate Southeast Improvement project. Over the past three years, the county worked to remove 1.7 million cubic yards of sediment from the Devil’s Gate Dam Reser... More »
Pasadena Now contacted local pharmacies across the area to find out when free N95 masks would be available. And although they have not reached the area, several pharmacies said they expected them as early as Friday. Phones at local CVS pharmacies carried a mes... More »
Mark A. Schuster, MD, PhD, has been appointed to a second five-year term as Dean and CEO of the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine (KPSOM). According to Chair Holly J. Humphrey, MD, the board firmly believes that Dean Schuster’s leadership i... More »
Four Caltech professors, along with one principal staff member from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, have been named as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In total, 14 Caltech alumni were named as fellows this year. AAAS F... More »
The on-street parking meter operations along South Lake Avenue have generated $104,814 in revenue for the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 – 57 percent — $38,000 higher than what was reported in the second quarter in fiscal year 2021 — but remain lower than... More »
Pasadena Water and Power Interim General Manager Jeffrey Kightlinger on Tuesday stressed the need to increase water rates in the city despite reduced water usage by local residents and businesses complying with conservation efforts in light of current drought ... More »
A proposed housing project that could be built near the historic Castle Green and the Green Hotel Apartments will go to the Design Commission, the City Council decided on Monday. The Design Commission will conduct an advisory review of the Sustainable Communit... More »
Assemblymember Chris Holden is seeking nominations for his annual 41st Assembly District’s Woman of the Year and Women of Distinction celebration. “For 30 years, in recognition of Women’s History Month, the Legislature has honored the achievements of women thr... More »
Michelle Perera, the director of libraries and information has resigned effective Feb. 16, according to a letter from City Manager Cynthia Kurtz sent to city councilmembers on Tuesday. Perera has taken a position with the city of Sunnyvale. “Michelle was a s... More »
Local COVID-19 daily case numbers and the testing- positivity rate are trending downward, indicating Los Angeles County appears to have “passed the peak” of the Omicron variant surge, but virus transmission remains at one of the highest points of the pandemic,... More »
Municipal Services Committee Chair and Vice Mayor Andy Wilson wants to use word-of-mouth to get more Pasadena residents online. On Tuesday Wilson asked the city’s Department of Information Technology to conduct outreach to communities in Pasadena which do not ... More »
