The National Weather Service has declared an excessive heat watch during which “dangerously hot conditions” could impact Pasadena from Tuesday morning through Friday evening. Daytime temperatures could go as high as 102 degrees during this period, the NWS sai... More »
For the second time since 2019, Pasadena Media has won the 2021 Alliance for Community Media’s Hometown Media Award in the prestigious category of Overall Excellence in Public, Education or Government (PEG). “I am again extremely proud of our team for being n... More »
The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 56 most newsworthy, informative, and readable. Top Stories: Pasadena Swears in New Fire Chief Caltech Graduates 476 Today in Virtual Ceremony Pasadena’s ‘... More »
Caltech graduated its 476-member strong class of 2021 Friday in a virtual ceremony accompanied by an on-campus livestream event for vaccinated graduates that allowed graduating students to gather and to watch the virtual Commencement together. The Institute be... More »
Public health officials reported three COVID-19 infections and zero deaths in Pasadena on Friday. Pasadena’s average daily number of infections over the prior week increased slightly to 1.4, data shows. The daily case count has not exceeded three in 10 days, a... More »
An unorthodox commencement ceremony will cap off an unprecedented year for Pasadena City College on Saturday as the class of 2021 returns to campus for the first time since the onset of the pandemic to take part in a drive-thru-style “Car-mencement” ceremony. ... More »
Being fully innoculated will pay dividends — in the form of a free seasoned beef Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco — to customers who show their COVID-19 vaccination card at participating California Taco Bell locations on Tuesday. The Irvine-based brand’s offer... More »
Caltech will celebrate its 127th Commencement in a virtual degree conferral and graduation ceremony starting at 10 a.m. Friday. 227 Bachelor of Science, 104 Master of Science, and 145 Doctor of Philosophy candidates will be recognized individually as their nam... More »
Health officials reported a single COVID-19 infection detected in Pasadena on Thursday as the city, county and state all prepare for the lifting of pandemic restrictions next week. No new deaths have been documented in a week, and the two most recent deaths re... More »
A federal appeals court today extended a stay of a judge’s ruling ordering the city and county of Los Angeles to find shelter for thousands of indigent people living on downtown streets and set a hearing to determine whether to keep the mandate on hold or allo... More »
Here comes the heat. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures will soar into the 90s this weekend and hover near 100 next week. The increase will begin on Saturday when temperatures reach 87 degrees and increase to 90 on Father’s Day. After that... More »
Three new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths were reported by the Pasadena Public Health Department on Wednesday. Since the onset of the pandemic, a total of 11,303 infections have been documented, as well as 349 deaths. An average of 1.1 new cases were detec... More »
