It’s sad, but true. For many Californians, the pain of a minor automobile accident only gets much worse after the accident itself is all over, the glass swept up, and injuries patched. Because after being smashed into by another driver, accident victims often ... More »
Reaction varied to Mayor Bogaard’s 2014 State of the City speech Thursday night. The annual event draws a “Who’s Who” of officials and city leaders, activists and residents by laying out the Mayor’s vision of Pasadena as it is – its strength, its weaknesses.... More »
Pasadena City College officially opened its Center for the Arts with plein air festivities in a quad in front of the modern building attended by close to 500 on Thursday evening. The Center for the Arts brings together the disciplines of art and music in one f... More »
[Developing story] Before hundreds of local civic, business, cultural and community leaders Pasadena’s Mayor Bill Bogaard delivered his 2014 State of the City address Thursday night in Pasadena City College’s new Center for the Arts and declared that “arts a... More »
Pasadena Now reporter Rachel Young sat down with Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard to ask him his thoughts about being Mayor for one of America’s best-known small cities. Pasadena Now:Â How would you describe yourself? Mayor Bill Bogaard: Cautious but committed. Pa... More »
Pasadena High School freshman Ivonne Gonzalez, 14, has been selected as the Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena’s 2014 Youth of the Year, and will represent the Club next month as she joins 27 other Boys & Girls Club members in vying for the title of Los Angeles C... More »
After six years of repeated attempts to enter the City of Pasadena, City Council deterred Chick-fil-A once again by voting down its latest plan last week. The newest proposal that would place Chick-fil-A on Colorado Boulevard across the street from Pasadena Ci... More »
The year-long celebration of Pasadena Public Library’s 130th birthday began with a Saturday bash that included a cake and a special slide show thoroughly tracing the library’s history that played while Theatre American sang through the decades. “Public li... More »
Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard celebrated his 76th birthday on January 18, 2014. Pasadena Now’s Rachel Young sat down with the Bogaards for a look back over the years with Pasadena’s most admired resident. Born to a bread salesman and a beauty salon owner in hi... More »
Gov. Jerry Brown officially declared that California is in a drought emergency, as the state experiences its driest year in recorded history. A recent survey of the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains found the state’s water reserves are at just 20% of n... More »
In a ceremony Thursday night, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association’s Board of Directors confirmed Richard L. Chinen as President for the 2014-2015 Tournament year. Chinen will provide leadership for the 126th Rose Parade and the 101st Rose Bowl GameÂ... More »
Twenty years ago this week an earthquake struck Northridge, Calif., killing 57 people and revealing a serious defect in a common type of mid-rise building. A new study by U.S. Geological Survey and Caltech engineers, shows that these mid-rise buildings with fr... More »
