State Sen. Anthony Portantino and Assemblyman Chris Holden spoke out on Monday about why they think a controversial new gig-economy law – Assembly Bill 5 – needs to be tweaked to protect many freelance workers who have seen diminished job opportunities in what... More »
[smooth=id:1885;] Around noon on Monday at the Robinson Park Recreation Center on Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, a handful of voters were on hand, navigating their way around the new, hi-tech, touchscreen “Ballot Marking Devices” that will get their first major... More »
Per state law, local elections coincide with state elections this year in an effort to increase voter turnout. The change removed local control in Pasadena elections. The City Clerk will not be conducting a vote count at City Hall. Pasadena Now will be updatin... More »
In April, Margaret McAustin announced she would not seek a fourth term in District 2. Four candidates are competing to replace McAustin on council. Tricia Keane, Kevin Litwin, Bo Patatian and Felicia Williams are now competing for the seat McAustin first won i... More »
For the most part things have gone well for local voters at new voting centers according to comments on Pasadena Now’s Facebook page. “It was super easy at Victory Park where I voted today,” said Shoshana Rosenbaum. “Poll workers were very helpful, and made su... More »
Voters will choose Pasadena’s Mayor today. Incumbent Terry Tornek, District 5 Councilman Victor Gordo, former Commissioner Jason Hardin and newcomer Major Williams are fight for the seat in one of Pasadena’s most important elections in years. The city faces ho... More »
City officials have contacted a property management company to make sure Pasadena tenants displaced by a fire and asbestos contamination receive relocation funds. The tenants were locked out of their units after the blaze broke out in one of the units in the a... More »
Despite worldwide concerns over the coronavirus, Mayor Terry Tornek told Pasadena Now he still plans to visit Pasadena’s sister city in Africa. Tornek is scheduled to lead a delegation to Dakar-Plateau, Senegal, Pasadena’s African sister city, from March 10-19... More »
The City Council on Monday night approved a $200,967 contract with an IT consulting firm, CIT Com, Inc., for services related to replacing the Police Department’s computerized dispatch and records-management systems. The move had been recommended by city staff... More »
Amid reports that Asian Americans are increasingly the targets of attacks and discrimination over fears they are more likely to be carrying the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Rep. Judy Chu has called on fellow members of Congress to help stop what she called “h... More »
California Assembly Bill AB 5 stands firmly in place after a motion by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rockland), was voted down by the State Assembly Thursday morning, 50-15. The bill codifies into law a landmark Supreme Court of California case which ruled most f... More »
An official with the Pasadena Symphony and Pops told Pasadena Now that the nonprofit organization is watching an Assembly vote scheduled for today that could overturn a law limiting freelancer’s ability to work. AB 5 prevents freelancers from contributing more... More »
