Monday, July 6, 2015 | 11:19 am
Bill Thomson, who ran for Mayor and lost earlier this year, announced Monday that he will seek a third term to the Pasadena Area Community College District Board of Trustees for Area 4, which covers most of Pasadena. Thomson says he wants to build on advances ... More »
Friday, July 3, 2015 | 11:20 am
Caltech professor of mathematics Nets Katz has received the 2015 Clay Research Award from the Clay Mathematics Institute. The award was given jointly to Katz and his collaborator, MIT professor of mathematics Larry Guth, for their solution of the Erd?s distanc... More »
Friday, July 3, 2015 | 11:18 am
From Aug. 3 to Sept. 11, Pasadena City College presents a sampling of the varied and skillfull works of professor emeritus Norman Abbey. An opening reception will be held Aug. 21, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Throughout the many stages of his art career, Abbey has ex... More »
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 | 2:45 pm
Once again God blessed Ramona Convent with a beautiful day for graduation. After all of the rehearsals and preparations, everything fell into place perfectly. Graduates walked down the aisle in the Rose Heath Garden in gorgeous white gowns on Saturday, May 30,... More »
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 | 7:16 pm
Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent Brian McDonald has named Kathleen Sanchez as Chief Human Resources Officer and Bernadette Griggs as Chief Business Officer for the district. “Kathleen Sanchez and Bernadette Griggs are two very important members ... More »
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 | 11:34 am
Dr. Steve Seaford has accepted a new appointment to become the new Superintendent for Solvang School District. During the past seven years as assistant superintendent of instructional services, Seaford had been instrumental in leading the district’s transition... More »
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 | 11:16 am
On July 1, 2015, Doug Rees, the Roscoe Gilkey Dickinson Professor of Chemistry, will begin serving as the new dean of graduate studies at Caltech. “Doug’s experience and concern with graduate education make him an ideal choice for dean of graduate studies. I a... More »
Saturday, June 27, 2015 | 7:43 pm
The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education provisionally appointed Adrienne Ann Mullen, Ed.D., to fill the vacant District 3 seat on the PUSD Board of Education at a Special Board meeting June 27. Mullen will serve out the remainder of the current... More »
Monday, June 22, 2015 | 12:49 pm
In On the Road, Jack Kerouac wrote, “What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? – it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy ve... More »
Friday, June 19, 2015 | 10:56 am
Author John Steinbeck lauded the lush, Central California coastal lands as the “valley of the world.” And this summer, Pasadena City College students will have the chance to experience them firsthand and at the same time gain academic credit. Beginning this se... More »
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 | 3:54 pm
For pregnant and parenting teens, celebrating a high school graduation can be a luxury rather than an expectation. Statistically, only half of women who have a child as a teenager will receive a high school diploma before the age of 22. Teen parents face much ... More »
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 | 12:32 pm
On June 1, lifelong educator, previous TCS Education System (TCS Ed System) senior executive, and current provost of Pacific Oaks College & Children’s School, Dr. Patricia A. Breen took the helm of an institution she fell in love with years ago, officially ass... More »