The California Department of Public Health clarified Thursday that medical marijuana workers are classified as medical workers and qualify for the highest priority level, Phase 1a, for vaccine distribution, drawing both praise and disapproval in Pasadena. Cann... More »
Supervisor Kathryn Barger on Friday sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom asking for the immediate reopening of schools, grades TK-12, in Los Angeles County. “It has been 11 months since the state closed L.A. County schools, and during this time, we have witn... More »
In nearly every community in America, in towns great and small, there is a Lions Club International group. As the world’s largest service club organization, it boasts 1.4 million members around the world. But did you know there is also a student component to... More »
Pasadena Area Community College District Board Member Sandra Chen Lau announced today that she will be co-hosting an online conversation about school re-openings in California from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m on Feb. 17. The forum will feature Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-Sa... More »
Some light rain could fall in parts of the Southland Friday as the first of two small storm systems moves into the area, but forecasters said the area probably won’t get too wet, if at all. What’s described as a “weak storm system” will bring a chance of showe... More »
“The seeds of a movement more than 30 years in the making may finally be bearing fruit in the Democratic Party,” Dr. Danielle L. Wiggins wrote in the Washington Post in the run up to the 2018 midterm elections. Wiggins, an assistant professor of history at Cal... More »
New COVID-19 cases in Pasadena continued to decline Thursday with 25 infections detected, but fatalities continued to mount with five additional deaths reported, authorities said. As recently as a month ago, the city saw a weekly average of 198 new infections.... More »
There will be no City Council meeting on Monday in observance of Presidents’ Day. But there are some important issues on the horizon. The council is scheduled to meet with the Pasadena Board of Education on March 1. Responding to calls to reopen schools at la... More »
With the city expected to exhaust its supply of first-dose Moderna vaccines today, the city of Los Angeles will close the mass-vaccination sites it runs at Dodger Stadium and four other locations tomorrow and Saturday, a move the mayor lamented as an “enormous... More »
The Pasadena Board of Education is expected to discuss implementing a program aimed at helping high school seniors recover missing credits needed to graduate. Currently, more than 200 Pasadena Unified School District students are missing at least one of the cr... More »
In observance of Presidents’ Day, Pasadena City Hall and many City services will be closed on both Friday, Feb. 12, and Monday, Feb. 15. A list of closures and reminders is provided below. The City’s Citizen Service Center, (626) 744-7311, will close at 2 p.m.... More »
Since district officials began inoculating its employees three weeks ago, the Pasadena Unified School District has vaccinated about 10 percent of its employees. “PUSD has vaccinated about 250 employees so far,” said district spokesperson Hilda Ramirez Horvath... More »
