Stop! Please don’t destroy the natural character of the Arroyo Seco this way! This a stealth plan that will do permanent damage to the character of the Lower Arroyo in Pasadena. 1. It clearly will have environmental impacts that should be studied carefully. It... More »
The city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system reported gunshots for the first time since it was deployed last week. For those late to the show, ShotSpotter uses sensors to notify police when shots have been fired in certain areas across the city. On Friday, ... More »
A reductionist view I remember years ago sitting in the office of our former local state senator who hailed from a wealthy city next to Pasadena. The senator was asking another board member and I about some PUSD student achievement data and questioning why it... More »
Last night’s council meeting came in at one hour and 33 minutes making it the shortest meeting since Nov. 5, 2018 which came in at one hour and 17 minutes. Of course that excludes the meetings where new council members are sworn in. Wasn’t much on that 2018. F... More »
Many faculty and students at Pasadena City College are very upset at being forced to return to in-person classes earlier than other local colleges and while Omicron was still surging, almost two weeks ago. On January 24, the day our campus reopened, the New Yo... More »
Dear Pasadena Now, As a faculty member at Pasadena City College, I was quite surprised by PCC President Dr. Endrijonas’s current op-ed (published on 2/3/22) that stated the school has “focused on our people” and “integrated and gone beyond” public health guide... More »
There’s not much going on this week. Truth to tell, it is a welcome change from last week’s special meeting. Let’s cover what’s going on, then touch on the big item coming up in a week or so. The City Council will review the denial of a Conditional Use Permit ... More »
If you’re like me, you’ve probably watched a sincere somebody on the screen or in person say this often-used phrase “If you see something, say something.” Well I saw something. In December 2021 during the cloak of darkness, cowards deliberately scattered 200 a... More »
Next month marks the two-year anniversary of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As I think through the steps we’ve taken at Pasadena City College over the past 20-plus months to deal with this disease and its effects, I feel a little like a gardener who takes... More »
We hear a lot in the media about America’s nation’s culture wars – how they have divided us into endlessly battling camps, distracting us from the important business of the country. But in some ways, the current culture wars are a sign of our democracy’s stre... More »
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X understood the system and each worked in their own way to combat racism and segregation to bring about change. One man was about education and nonviolence and the other advocated that equality came by any means necessar... More »
Two items to discuss this week, one from this week and one is a holdover from last week. Let’s do the current stuff first. The City Council will hear a report on the police department’s officer-involved shooting policy on Monday. Time after time, there have b... More »
