Many local residents on Thursday celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 DACA decision which found that the Trump administration wrongly ended Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court’s liberal judges in the rulin... More »
Assemblymember and former Pasadena City Councilman Chris Holden’s legislation, AB 2983, that would strengthen regulations around automatic refills for prescription medication passed the Assembly Floor on Thursday. “We need to put patients’ health first,” said ... More »
Clearly frustrated over continued public defiance in parts of the state — most notably Orange County — Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday ordered all residents to wear face coverings in almost all settings outside their homes to help slow the spread of the coronavirus... More »
A city spokesperson told Pasadena Now that the city’s health department is looking at options that would people to visit patients in long term health care facilities. “PPHD is considering ways to allow visitors to long-term care facilities, while minimizing CO... More »
Although it’s not easy these days to keep track of what’s open and what remains closed, orange safety mesh fencing is a strong reminder that playgrounds and fitness equipment in city parks remain off-limits. “Our parks are open, but playgrounds and fitness equ... More »
Since 1996, the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program at Caltech has sought to increase diversity in academia by providing students from underrepresented backgrounds with resources like mentoring, research stipends, and other financial assistance... More »
For the first time in nearly two months local health officials reported Coronavirus deaths on back-to-back days. In total, 1,083 people have been infected with the virus in Pasadena and 86 people have died. The increase in numbers came as county officials anno... More »
[Editor’s note: Pasadena maintains its own Health Dept. Thursday, a city spokesperson said Pasadena is aligned with the county in regards to these visitation rules. However, it is not yet clear if Pasadena has issued instructions to nursing facilities about th... More »
County health officials reported a record-high single-day number of coronavirus cases on Wednesday when 2,129 new cases and 34 deaths were reported. County Health Director Barbara Ferrer said at least 600 of those cases were the result of a backlog of results ... More »
At a time when many parents are concerned about exposing their young children to the novel coronavirus, some are postponing or even canceling appointments to vaccinate their children against childhood diseases – a decision that can have dire consequences. “Ped... More »
While all 96 public- and private-school buildings in Pasadena that are required to undergo annual fire inspections got those inspections in Fiscal Year 2019 — representing a 23 percent increase from the previous inspection period — the number of mandated inspe... More »
The Pasadena branch of the NAACP will host a virtual town hall with Rep. Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Chu will address police brutality and the Coronavirus impact on small businesses. The new calls for oversight come as departments across the c... More »
