Assemblymember Chris Holden reacted Tuesday morning to Pacific Gas & Electric’s decision last night to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by saying he will work to protect the interests of fire victims while meeting ratepayer’s needs for safe and affordable electr... More »
If Pasadena’s latest sales tax revenue report numbers were tea leaves for reading the City’s financial future, another cup might require brewing to clarify the picture. Sales tax revenues now hold added importance to the City and the School District as both wi... More »
Before a crowded chamber packed with dozens of local affordable housing advocates, the Pasadena City Council Monday unanimously approved working towards a development agreement with Bridge Housing to complete a Heritage Square South project on City-owned prope... More »
Click for large map Pasadena Water and Power will begin upgrading aging water infrastructure along Orange Grove Blvd. on Monday, February 4, the Department said in an announcement Thursday. Construction work on the Orange Grove Pipeline Project, which intends ... More »
Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) has been awarded a $50,000 grant to fund analyses of financial opportunities that encourage the adoption of greywater systems throughout the city. The ultimate goal, according to the city manager’s report, would be greater potabl... More »
[Updated] An activist group working to ensure continuing minimum wage increases for Pasadena workers has announced its responsibility for a mass emailed research survey characterized earlier this month as “fraudulent” by the City of Pasadena. The City’s reacti... More »
Pasadena’s City Council is expected to act Monday, January 28, on a recommendation from City Manager Steve Mermell to negotiate with Bridge Housing for the development of a mixed-use project on the City-owned Heritage Square South, part of the City’s Heritage ... More »
Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) will offer residential customers who are federal employees the option to defer utility bill payments without penalty until March 1, 2019, or until the federal government resumes full operations. The utility will postpone collecti... More »
Seven months after Pasadena’s Minimum Wage Ordinance raised wages to $13.25 per hour, the City will soon be looking at two studies which will examine the law’s local impact. The pay hike was the third phase of an Ordinance which became effective in July of 201... More »
A motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Hilda L. Solis to develop a plan to increase the number of mental health hospital beds has been approved by the Board of Supervisors. Currently, the California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) operates only five fa... More »
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced that its Smart Therm Program received the Energy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Demand Response and Pricing from the Association of Energy Services Professionals’ (AESP) at this year’s 29th Annual AE... More »
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey on Wednesday announced the creation of a new division in the District Attorney’s Office as part of ongoing efforts to address the needs of people living with mental illness in the criminal justice system. She w... More »
