Cynthia Kurtz, former Pasadena City Manager turned former City Manager yet again, returned to familiar territory Wednesday to have lunch with more than fifty friends at the weekly meeting of the Pasadena Rotary Club. A longtime Pasadena resident, Kurtz was ci... More »
Expect to see long lines of well-coiffed and beautifully-attired young women outside Tournament House Saturday. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association will conduct the first-round of interviews with Rose Queen hopefuls who have submitted their applicatio... More »
The relentless heatwave continues today and will last through Friday when it will end abruptly and unusually. National Weather Service forecasters said the current prolonged heat wave will finally break this weekend as a rapidly weakening tropical cyclone stal... More »
With electricity demand reaching record levels due to a drawn-out heat wave, Pasadena, the Southland and the state avoided rolling power blackouts Tuesday as utility managers called for maximum conservation efforts by residents. Wednesday is predicted to see t... More »
With the summer nearing a close and fall/winter weather ahead — pushing more people indoors — City and County health officials on Tuesday urged residents to get vaccinated and take precautions to prevent spread of the virus — and lower the odds of new variants... More »
The Human Relations Commission is planning to hold a community forum in November to mark ‘United Against Hate week.’ In July 2018, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion to protect vulnerable communities in LA County from hate crime. Incl... More »
The operator of the state’s power grid warned of an increasing likelihood of power shortages Tuesday unless consumers can reduce their energy use even more than they have so far, as California continued to bake under an unusually long heat wave that has produc... More »
Punishing triple-digit heat continues to bear down on Southern California, with a fifth straight Flex Alert in effect Sunday urging residents to conserve electricity during peak hours. Sunday’s high temperature in Pasadena was 107. Labor Day was predicted to h... More »
More than 4 million residents in Los Angeles County are being urged to suspend outdoor watering for 15 days — starting Tuesday — while the Metropolitan Water District repairs a leak in a major delivery pipeline. The repairs will take place from Tuesday through... More »
The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 20 most newsworthy, informative, and readable. Top Stories: Bruins Kick Off Football Season Amid Triple Digit Heat Warnings, Eased Water Rules for Fans Ro... More »
For the fifth straight day, a Flex Alert will be in effect Sunday seeking voluntary power conservation to reduce strain on the state’s electrical grid at a time when near triple-digit temperatures continues to drive up air conditioner use. The California Inde... More »
The Pasadena-based Armenian Educational Benevolent Union has awarded scholarships to five students in California, two in Armenia and two in Lebanon under the group’s 2022 to 2023 Scholarship Fund. AEBU Southern California Chapter grants these annual scholarsh... More »
