Seven months after Pasadena’s Minimum Wage Ordinance raised wages to $13.25 per hour, the City will soon be looking at two studies which will examine the law’s local impact. The pay hike was the third phase of an Ordinance which became effective in July of 201... More »
A motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Hilda L. Solis to develop a plan to increase the number of mental health hospital beds has been approved by the Board of Supervisors. Currently, the California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) operates only five fa... More »
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced that its Smart Therm Program received the Energy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Demand Response and Pricing from the Association of Energy Services Professionals’ (AESP) at this year’s 29th Annual AE... More »
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey on Wednesday announced the creation of a new division in the District Attorney’s Office as part of ongoing efforts to address the needs of people living with mental illness in the criminal justice system. She w... More »
On this day we come to celebrate the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King empowered us to seek and serve justice. King taught us not to view the world through a racial prism, religious prism, gender prism, but a character prism. A pr... More »
The iconic “windowless” Bank of America building could be “windowed” if a proposed facelift for the building is approved by a City commission which meets today. According to the city’s Department of Planning and Community Development, the structure at 101 Sout... More »
The Pasadena Design Commission will review changes to a proposal by Chandler School, a private school offering kindergarten through 8th grade classes located at 1005 Armada Drive in Pasadena, to build a new three-story classroom and innovation laboratory build... More »
Low-income housing in Pasadena won’t be affected by the federal government shutdown for this month, but February could be less certain, according to Pasadena Housing Director William Huang. Huang said the partial shutdown could affect the U.S Department of Hou... More »
Major Williams, the first declared candidate for the 2020 Pasadena mayoral election, will speak at a Jan. 20 rally calling for blacks and Latinos to leave the Democratic Party. The rally, to be held in downtown Los Angeles, is being convened under the slogan, ... More »
Upbeat but pragmatic, Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek said Thursday, “The state of our city is good, and equally important, the trend line is positive.” Tornek made the remarks as part of his 2019 “State of the City” address before a packed Pasadena High School gy... More »
As was the case for last year’s State of the City address by Mayor Terry Tornek, this year’s edition is expected to be accompanied by protestors demonstrating outside and in the audience. At issue, again, for those raising the standard of dissent, is the quest... More »
It is said that ignorance of the law is no excuse. As such, and to avoid getting caught in the maws of the law, herein are few new pieces of legislation taking effect in California this month, or shortly thereafter, of which Pasadenans should be mindful. Full-... More »
