With a $30 million deficit projected over the next 5 years, the Rose Bowl needs a more stable financial structure to continue for the next 100 years. The new structure will likely involve an investment from the City’s General Fund, which should be accompanied ... More »
“Hold those things that tell your history and protect them…The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important…it says: ‘I was here.’…” —Maya Angelou “How do we celebrate Juneteenth?” I asked my great aunt. Her smile beams. She tells the sto... More »
As mayor, I encourage all of us to recognize and understand the significance not only of Juneteenth, but of our American history that has led us to where we are today. We acknowledge our past and now we work towards a future that unites us with respect and app... More »
Monday night’s City Council was what those meetings should be — the elected officials doing the city’s business. Then came the phone calls on matters not on the agenda. Gabo Lizardo came on to talk election issues, but first he took the council to task for lim... More »
The City Council returns on Monday after a special meeting on the Rose Bowl budget and closed session meetings related to the City Manager search. It seems like it’s been a long time since we’ve had one of these and tonight our elected officials get back to th... More »
We’re doing two pots this week. John Kennedy and Jason Lyon maintained their leads in the local City Council races on Wednesday morning in the District 3 and District 7 respectively. So what can we take away from Tuesday’s election? Remember all the hoopla ab... More »
Only one race in the local elections could go to a runoff and that’s the District 7 contest, more on that one later. But I might as well drop the oft repeated line now. No challenger has defeated an incumbent since Bill Paparian pulled it off way back in 1987 ... More »
After reading Robin Salzer’s Guest Opinion in Pasadena Now 5/31, I am mystified and rather alarmed that the writer apparently believes that any challenge to the three incumbents currently running for re-election to the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees i... More »
There’s little doubt that compared to the previous COVID-19 surges we’ve experienced, California’s rates of hospitalizations and deaths during the current and worrisome rise in infections remain lower and more stable compared to the past. This gives us hope th... More »
As we reflect back upon an ever-evolving year in education, we recall how our local schools have had to balance the return to traditional norms with the necessary precautions to ensure health and safety. In many cases, it has presented real challenges for pare... More »
Pasadena City College is governed by a Board of Trustees. The seven elected Trustees represent the communities of Pasadena, Arcadia, a portion of El Monte, La Cañada-Flintridge, Rosemead, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, and Temple City. Board members... More »
It has been the long held policy at Pasadena Now not to endorse candidates in local political races. Several times, Publisher James Macpherson and I have discussed changing this policy, but it remains in place. Yes, we could recommend which of your neighbors y... More »
