Thirty years ago, when the nation clamored to disseminate news, facts and awareness of a growing HIV/AIDS epidemic, the city of Pasadena stood at the forefront of activism. It was here that physician and UCLA professor of medicine Michael Gottlieb became one o... More »
Art Stetson, Flintridge Prep’s Director of Admissions, is by far in the top three when you think of interesting people on campus. He’s a charmer, and he never runs out of costumes – year after year he tops himself at Halloween. For all the news about l... More »
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Superintendent Jon R. Gundry today announced the appointment of Adam Wolfson as the district’s Director of Communications and Community Engagement, effective December 15. As a member of the PUSD’s Executive Leadership Te... More »
Homecoming Royal Court, from left Miles Brenninkmeijer, Josette Maskin, Matt Godshall, Kimberlyn Kelly, Sophie Nelson, Nick Sonnenburg, Kelly Ikeda, Connor Jenkins, Madison Worley and Christian Regalado. La Salle High School students had the opportunity to exp... More »
Pasadena Water and Power’s new field operations building has been recognized with a 2011 Sustainable Innovation Award from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Los Angeles Chapter. The award, received in the category of Innovation in Design – Technology, is... More »
St. Francis High School will be holding its annual Open House for prospective parents and students on Saturday, January 7, 2012 from Noon to 3:00 p.m.  They invite everyone from the community to join them to learn more about the benefits of a Capuchin Franc... More »
The path to science glory leads to Pasadena for 15 students contending for the year’s top teen science prize. The first weekend in November, these young innovators will compete for the highest science honor awarded to American high school students when the S... More »
CORRECTION:Â The original version of this story quoted School Board Member Ed Honowitz as describing Scott Phelps’ actions as “Gestapo tactics.” In fact, Honowitz was quoting the words of Ray Cortines. What Honowitz actually said was “”Mr. Cortinez, as the on... More »
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been rated the world’s number one university in the 2011–2012 Times Higher Education global ranking of the top 200 universities, knocking Harvard University out of the top spot for the first time in the su... More »
The Pasadena Unified Board of Education is set to vote on the employment contract for the district’s new Chief Academic Officer in a closed door meeting Tuesday, a district official told Pasadena Now. The official would not name the individual who has been sel... More »
The voting lasted less than five seconds amidst cheers from the audience. Voting 7-0, the PUSD Board of Education on Tuesday overwhelmingly adopted Resolution 2,166 urging the Pasadena City Council to add an eighth guiding principle to the city’s General Plan:... More »
The Invest in PUSD Kids (IIPK) parents group is calling for supporters of public schools to attend the Tuesday (September 27) meeting of the PUSD Board of Education to lobby for approval of a resolution that seeks the City Council’s ratification of an 8th ... More »
