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The first two quarterbacks taken in the 2023 National Football League (NFL) Draft are listed as special guests at a free event for wildfire-displaced families Saturday, July 18 at Brookside Park in Pasadena, according to an announcement from the organizers. C.... More »
A Vietnamese pot-bellied pig named Sir Oinks-A-Lot has found a new family after arriving at Pasadena Humane as a stray and quickly winning over staff and volunteers. Pasadena Humane regularly cares for dogs, cats and small animals such as hamsters, guinea pigs... More »
The scissors, as it turned out, came from the Altadena Library. Someone had to ask. They were oversized, ceremonial, built for exactly one purpose, and on a recent afternoon they served it: cutting a symbolic ribbon strung across the living room of a building ... More »
A free mobile dental clinic has been set up at the Jefferson Branch Library, where licensed dental professionals and USC dental students are treating children ages 5 to 18 through Aug. 7. The clinic, run by the Pasadena nonprofit Young & Healthy in partnership... More »
Pasadena Humane is using a “Puppy Pool Party” heat-safety event Tuesday at 10 a.m. to preview its second Free Adoption Day of the summer. The event, at the shelter at 361 S. Raymond Ave., gives a preview of dogs available for adoption and leads into Free Adopt... More »
San Gabriel Foothills Indivisible plans to hold a rally Saturday, July 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Old Pasadena. The event is part of “Good Trouble Lives On,” a nationwide weekend of nonviolent action ... More »
Before a single child dribbles a ball at Healing Hoops Altadena on Monday, its three teenage founders had already been turned down or priced out by roughly 50 venues — a three-month search, by co-founder Ryder Wong’s count, that ended only when the Pasadena Ta... More »
The Western Justice Center, a Pasadena nonprofit that also runs restorative-justice programs in Pasadena Unified schools, has concluded a seven-year partnership with the Azusa Unified School District built around peer mediation and conflict resolution, the org... More »
The nonprofit workers who rushed in after the Eaton Fire — the grant writers, the case managers, the volunteer coordinators, the people who staffed the aid centers and answered the phones — have been at it for a year and a half. Now someone is asking how they ... More »
As Americans prepare to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, the Thomas Paine Society is hosting an unusual town hall on July 5 at Castle Green, the 1898 landmark where the organization has been based for three decades. The event will feature a Briti... More »
The oaks and pines that burned in the Eaton Fire are showing up in Altadena again — not as trees, but as floorboards, molding, and trim for the homes being built near where the vdery trees once stood. A new audio documentary series now tells the story of the s... More »
Edward Wolf was once a student who needed a scholarship to get through school. Decades later, he and his wife, Helen Morran-Wolf, created a scholarship that has played an important local role — and their daughter and son-in-law just helped it grow. Foothill Fa... More »
