Unemployment is the biggest barrier for community members leaving incarceration or gangs. When people can’t find lasting employment to support themselves and their families, it can be impossible to break out of the cycle of poverty, crime, and incarceration. F... More »
An educational tech company headquartered in Pasadena has raised over $4 million in seed funding to teach children how to code even before their reading and writing skills are sharpened. CodeSpark not only developed online and web games to teach 4 to 9 year ol... More »
Arguing only against the lengthy timeline for implementation, the City Council Municipal Services Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to initiate Metro grant funding for the first phase of a new east-west two-way protected cycle track to be built along Union... More »
In a meeting which clearly highlighted their political differences, District 25 State Senate candidates LA County Supervisor Michael Antonovich and former State Assemblymember Anthony Portantino squared off in a Town Hall-style candidate forum Tuesday evening ... More »
An upbeat vibe filled the air in front of the Pasadena Public Library Tuesday evening at the City-sponsored inaugural National Day Out event, with music, food, and whole lot of education going on all aimed at members of Pasadena’s LGBTQ community. Pasadena Pub... More »
Entrepreneur and former television executive John Symes, who recently launched PatientTalk.com, announced today that the company will donate 50 cents for every video watched during the month of October to celebrate the strong women and men who have survived an... More »
The City of Pasadena is proceeding with the Robinson Park Recreation Center Renovation Project, which will include a substantial rehabilitation of the existing approximately 19,000 sq. ft. recreation center. Currently, the project architectural design team has... More »
In a story that’s as heartwarming as the best Christmas story, Pasadena’s beloved Stats holiday store has inched back away from closing, staged a comeback and now relaunched in time for the holidays. The iconic five-decades old family business liquidated its i... More »
More than 500 friends and supporters gathered Sunday afternoon at Ability First’s new Universal Studios Hollywood Discover a Star Park at its Lawrence L. Frank Center, for its annual Festival of Fall gourmet food and wine event, raising tens of thousands of do... More »
When Meg Symes, events director for Cancer Support Community Pasadena was asked by Pasadena Now to arrange a photo of the women being honored at its sixth annual “Ladies’ Night Out,” last Friday evening at The Rose, she said, “Well, we’re honoring all the wome... More »
Eliot Arts and Magnet Academy unveiled their newly renovated resource center at a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday morning that caters to enrolled students in foster care. The new and improved center was made possibly by PCC’s Scholars Transitioning and Realizin... More »
Pasadena’s Arroyo-adjacent neighborhood associations have expressed concerns about the possible corporate sponsorship and naming of open spaces in the Arroyo Seco. The West Pasadena Residents’ Association, the East Arroyo Residents’ Association, and the Linda ... More »
