The fifth night of Hanukkah was celebrated by scores of Pasadenans Thursday night at Paseo Pasadena, with a ceremonial lighting of the Menorah led by Rabbi Chaim Hanoka of Chabad of Pasadena. As Hanoka recalled, the ancient holiday represents the rededication ... More »
Los Angeles County health officials Thursday confirmed the county’s first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, which was first detected in South Africa and has now spread to about three dozen countries. The patient is the second known case of the variant in C... More »
On his last day as Pasadena’s City’s Manager Steve Mermell listed two high points of his career for Pasadena Now. “Serving as the City Manager for such a talented organization provides a lot to be proud of. Certainly, our response to the COVID pandemic stand... More »
Two important items on the city’s Hearing Officer’s December 1 agenda will have to be rescheduled due to technical difficulties. The meeting was scheduled to take place on Wednesday, but according to Planning Director David Reyes there were technical difficult... More »
The Jewish Federation of the Greater San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys, in partnership with the city of Pasadena, will hold its annual ‘Every Person Has a Name’ event, a 25-hour Holocaust vigil to commemorate UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day, starting a... More »
As the Pasadena Tournament of Roses and its partners enter the final stretch leading up to the 2022 Rose Parade, the fourth in a series of sneak previews of floral float entries reveal the colorful and creative spectacle that awaits streetside and worldwide br... More »
Commercial driver’s licenses, learner’s permits, endorsements and special certificates expiring between March 2020 and February 2022, are automatically extended through February 28, 2022, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced today. The p... More »
At Thursday’s Civilian Oversight Commission meeting Independent Police Auditor Brian Maxey is scheduled to make a presentation on previous independent reviews of past officer-involved shootings. The presentation was still being completed on Wednesday morning. ... More »
The first U.S. case of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 was confirmed in San Francisco, federal and state health officials said Wednesday, confirming the belief that the newly designated “variant of concern” first identified in South Africa was already pres... More »
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses exclusive Pasadena Residents’ sale for the Rose Bowl Game presented by Capital One Venture X will take place at 9 a.m. on Friday. Fans with a Pasadena zip code will be able to access tickets online via Ticketmaster, to the ‘Gra... More »
The Caltech Center for Sensing to Intelligence (S2I) has announced that, in collaboration with Pasadena-based Rockley Photonics, a photonics-based health monitoring and communications solutions company, it will allocate $1.5 million in research grants over the... More »
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses has announced a partnership with Sycamores, a leading behavioral health and child welfare agency based in Pasadena. Between now and their appearance in the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day, the group is scheduled to attend numerou... More »
