Environmental scientist and engineer Michael Hoffmann of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has received a $400,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to build a solar-powered portable toilet that could help solve a major health pr... More »
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has returned the first close-up image after beginning its orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta. On Friday, July 15, Dawn became the first probe to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Â The i... More »
The 1886 Bar at The Raymond will officially introduce Parlor Hour on Tuesday, July 12, and will observe it every Tuesday through Friday from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Research revealed that there was a room in the “Royal Raymond,” the Raymond Hotel’s original name,... More »
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), the nation’s oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization, recently named Joseph M. Costa, Hillsides Chief Executive Officer, as the new chairman to its board of directors for the 2011-2012 fiscal... More »
On Wednesday, July 6, Pasadena Water and Power brought a new water treatment plant online, reviving a local groundwater source that had not been used since 2002. The Monk Hill Treatment Plant at 2696 Windsor Ave. near the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is designed ... More »
For the past ten years, Art Center College of Design has been teaching teachers in its highly acclaimed Summer Institute for Teachers. This year’s Institute will take place on July 27–29 and August 1–2, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Art Center ... More »
Theodore E. Calleton was named the 2011 Arthur K. Marshall Award recipient on June 30, 2011 by the Trusts and Estates Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Pasadena-based Law Firm of Calleton, Merritt, De Francisco & Real-Salas, LLP has announ... More »
Caltech scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft now have the first-ever, up-close details of a Saturn storm that is eight times the surface area of Earth. On Dec. 5, 2010, Cassini first detected the storm that has been raging ever since. It ap... More »
On Saturday, June 11, 2011, the Gamma Zeta Boulé Foundation (GZBF) L.A.M.P. Mentor Program awarded $12,500 in scholarships to five high school graduates heading off to college.  The honorees were active participants in the GZBF L.A.M.P. Mentor Program, durin... More »
The 80-year old Glendale accounting firm of Cashion, Go and Company will be sharing space with the largest accounting firm in the West San Gabriel Valley, the 53-year-old Pasadena firm of Lucas, Horsfall, Murphy and Pindroh, it was announced today by James D. ... More »
Astronomers at Caltech have discovered that galaxies in the distant, early universe continuously ingested their star-making fuel over long periods of time. This goes against previous theories that the galaxies devoured their fuel in quick bursts after run-ins ... More »
Pasadena and South Pasadena police officers arrested three suspects from the Los Angeles area on Wednesday after the suspects were seen by residents casing homes in the area of State Street in Pasadena. That neighborhood has been plagued by a rash of burglarie... More »
