Hours after the World Health Organization announced on Monday that the deadly Coronavirus spread is accelerating, an official at Huntington Hospital told Pasadena Now that the hospital is exploring its options in case of a surge in Coronavirus patients. We ar... More »
Nurses protested at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Monday for better protective equipment. The nurses stood in a line about six feet apart in front of the facility in the 4700 block of West Sunset Boulevard in an effort, they said, to practice th... More »
An advocacy group that supports tenants living in hundreds of Caltrans-owned properties in the 710 Corridor has released its list of 2020 demands. The United Caltrans Tenants (UCT) is calling on the state transportation agency to “keep people in their homes an... More »
Charter Communications, Inc. today announced it will provide SHOWTIME and EPIX premium channels at no additional charge to Spectrum TV customers who do not currently receive those channels through Sunday, April 19. We hope that by expanding these programming o... More »
With the fitness center closed by emergency order and most classes and other activities canceled due to social distancing restrictions, staff at the Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St., have developed creative alternatives for members and non-members durin... More »
Pasadena resident Sean Stewart is one of about 1,400 Americans who are stuck in Peru as of Sunday after Peru became the lone South American country to completely shut down its borders due to the coronavirus pandemic. Stewart, 26, and his friend David Lockwood,... More »
Here’s what’s open and what’s closed and what you can and cannot do according to the order: Besides exceptions for essential businesses, all other business are closed. Here are the exemptions: Auto repair and supply shops: including gas stations... More »
On Saturday, Los Angeles County Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer called on residents to proceed as if they are a carrier of the Coronavirus. As a general rule of thumb, you should assume that you may be infected and that others around you may be infected. Th... More »
A Southland television channel is teaming with the Los Angels Rams to put together a day-long telethon Tuesday to aid California’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Te’LA’thon” will air locally on KABC from 4-7 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tu... More »
Metro Sunday announced new procedures for bus riders and a new schedule for its light rail service in lieu of efforts to contain coronavirus. The new bus procedures are to help passengers and drivers maintain the required six-foot “social distance” while provi... More »
As the Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic of the Pasadena Weekly from July 2009-August 2019, I saw and reviewed hundreds of movies as they were ideally meant to be presented: in movie theatres. But now that two of the nation’s largest theatre chains, AMC and... More »
The organizing committee of the Pasadena City Golf Championship had decided to postpone the tournament, scheduled to have started Friday, March 20, due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency. As it turns out, the County’s weekend decision to prohibit golf course ac... More »
