St. Francis of Assisi, known for his love of all of God’s creatures, is celebrated with a Blessing of the Animals service.In many parts of the world, pets of all shapes and sizes are brought in by their owners to be blessed. Each year, The Gooden School takes ... More »
The Pasadena Area Community College District Board of Trustees and Superintendent-President Dr. Mark W. Rocha have announced the addition of late-start classes at a new campus in Rosemead. The new location will be known as Pasadena City College Rosemead, locat... More »
Over the past decade, Pasadena City College (PCC) has transferred over 1,000 students to USC. Â This represents a significant shift in the transfer patterns of our students. Â PCC is in the top 10 community colleges in California and in the top 100 in the Un... More »
Pasadena City College announced the appointment of Dr. Valerie Wardlaw as Interim Director of Public Relations effective September 5, 2013. Wardlaw previously served as special projects consultant for the Pasadena City College Foundation. Â In her new position... More »
Denise Hamilton is the best-selling author of five contemporary crime novels in the Eve Diamond series and The Last Embrace, set in 1949 Hollywood and inspired by the real-life disappearance of starlet Jean Spangler. She is also editor of the Edgar award-win... More »
Angela Uriu was a bit anxious when she enrolled her children in kindergarten. Now that she has a child in fourth grade, she wanted to learn about Pasadena’s public middle schools so she could be prepared when her child leaves fifth grade. “I want to keep t... More »
Colin Camerer, a behavioral economist at the Caltech whose work integrates psychology with economics experiments to understand how people behave when making decisions, has been named a MacArthur Fellow and awarded a five-year, $625,000 “no strings attached” gr... More »
At Pasadena Unified School District’s Annual State of the School Address on Tuesday presented at Jackson Elementary School, President Renatta Cooper declared the state of the schools in Pasadena as hopeful. “It’s a difficult task, but we believe we’re ... More »
Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign Tuesday the two-tier tuition bill which would allow community colleges to raise tuition up to more than four times per unit, but Pasadena Area Community College District has announced it will not implement the system. Calif... More »
This fall, the play adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s quintessential American novel, The Great Gatsby, is coming to PCC. The campus production, which will be directed by professor Suzanne Hunt Jenner, is currently seeking talented actors to fill the roles of... More »
The Pasadena Unified Board of Education passed several items at the board meeting Thursday night, including the spending plan for allocation of Common Core Standards Initiative rollout. There was a brief discussion on the specifics of the fund allocation, with... More »
Over four dozen volunteers arrived at the Pasadena High School (PHS) early Wednesday morning to kick off Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Student Recovery Day, dubbed the “I’m In” campaign. Each group of volunteers received names and addresses for stude... More »
