On Monday the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education discussed the possible sale or swap of surplus Pasadena Unified properties. As PUSD Superintendent Dr. Brian McDonald explained to the Council, the closure of five campuses in the last two years... More »
Rose Bowl General Manager Darryl Dunn told Pasadena Now that the iconic stadium will not be asking the city for money when he appears before the City Council next month. “At this point we’re planning on updating the city council at the end of March,” Dunn told... More »
The Pasadena City Council and the Pasadena Board of Education in a joint session unanimously moved Monday to snuff out the rise in sales of flavored e-cigarettes and mentholated tobacco cigarettes in Pasadena. The vote will eliminate the sales of flavored vape... More »
[Updated] Housing advocates on Monday said the City Council is headed in the right direction on the YWCA and Civic Center project. “This is an important step in the right direction,” said Anthony Monousos of the Greater Pasadena Affordable Housing Group. “We w... More »
City staff turned to the City Council’s Public Safety Committee (PSC) for input on the Colorado Street Bridge on Monday. As part of an informational item, the committee was presented with an update on suicide mitigation efforts on the bridge. “I believe the ... More »
According to a department agenda, maintenance of city parks and the Arroyo could be transferred to the Recreation and Human Services Department. The item will be discussed at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the City Yards, 233 W. Mountain St., Pasadena. “We want to impro... More »
Although the City Council told City Manager Steve Mermell it wants affordable housing in the YWCA project, the City Manager won’t reveal if any developers have been removed from the process. “It is in the best interests of the City not to comment on this quest... More »
Pasadena Police Chief John Perez will discuss automatic license plate readers, and facial recognition software currently being used by the department later this month. According to Perez, all three issues will be up for “community discussion and education.” Fo... More »
The City Council’s Public Safety Committee will deliberate on proposed design measures to prevent suicides from the Colorado Street Bridge at tonight’s meeting. According to information provided by the Department of Public Works, full-sized mockups of the publ... More »
State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D -Pasadena) hand delivered an invitation to Governor Gavin Newsom from Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan inviting the governor to visit Armenia. “It was a tremendous honor to have had the opportunity to deliver a per... More »
[Updated] The Pasadena Sister Cities Committee announced that Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek will lead a delegation to Dakar-Plateau, Senegal, Pasadena’s African sister city, from March 10-19. “Next month, the trip to Dakar-Plateau will serve to complete the offi... More »
The Pasadena City Council will hold a joint meeting with the Pasadena Board of Education on Monday to discuss updating the city’s tobacco ordinance to ban vaping products. The ban would “prohibit the sale and distribution within the city of mentholated cigaret... More »
