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Project Passion, Inc., the Pasadena nonprofit that grew out of the Eaton Fire relief effort, will collect hygiene supplies, diapers, cleaning products, gift cards and cash for storm-damaged Gary, Indiana, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 1609 Navarro Ave. in... More »
Every third grader at 14 Pasadena Unified School District schools will receive swim instruction through the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center under a new Learn to Swim grant from the LA84 Foundation, the foundation announced in a news release. The grant will support m... More »
Remainders Creative Reuse collects donated fabric, paint, paper, sewing notions and studio art materials, sorts them and resells them at low prices so cost is not a barrier to making things, said Robin Cox, the store’s founder and executive director. Cox start... More »
A pickleball group chat that turned into an evacuation network when the Eaton Fire reached Altadena in January 2025 will take over a public park in Arcadia on Saturday, this time to raise money. The Every Fire Survivor’s Network will hold a Rally for Recovery ... More »
Pasadena Village will hold free bilingual technology help sessions for older adults on Saturday, Aug. 22 and Saturday, Sept. 12, and U.S. veterans who are blind or severely vision-impaired can leave either event with a free pair of Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses, whi... More »
An Altadena couple who lost their Taos Road home of more than five decades during the Eaton Fire are scheduled to break ground on a rebuilt house Tuesday, August 18, according to HPP Cares, the nonprofit housing counseling agency supporting the project. HPP Ca... More »
The Pasadena-based, GRAMMY-winning Los Angeles Children’s Chorus announced Friday it has received a 2026 General Operating Support Grant from the Perenchio Foundation. The $2,040,000 grant, which will be distributed over three years, is the largest in LACC’s h... More »
Pasadena Media is marking a busy summer with the launch of a redesigned website, completion of its 2026 Summer Fellowship Program and a national award recognizing the nonprofit’s community programming. The organization announced Thursday that its new website i... More »
The Flintridge Center in Pasadena to mark the graduation of the fifth cohort of its D.A.D.S. program, which works with fathers on strengthening their families. “When we invest in fathers, we invest in families,” said Pasadena Police Chief Gene Harris at the ev... More »
The Jade Marlin Foundation will hand out free backpacks and school supplies at a Pasadena giveaway on Saturday, Aug. 15, one of several back-to-school events across the region as families prepare for the new school year. The Pasadena-based nonprofit will run t... More »
A panel at the Blinn House, headquarters of Pasadena Heritage, brought together housing developers, homeless services advocates and preservationists Tuesday to examine whether saving old buildings and building affordable housing can actually coexist. Intern Ha... More »
When Valerie Toliver talks about handing a child a backpack, she does not talk about zippers or notebooks. She talks about the look on a kid’s face — the shift, she calls it — when a small face softens as yungster realizes, “Hey, there’s people out here that c... More »
