When the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami struck off the northeast coast of Japan on March 11, they caused widespread destruction and death. Using observations from a dense regional geodetic network (allowing measurements of earth move... More »
A five-year survey of 200,000 galaxies, stretching back seven billion years in cosmic time, has led to one of the best independent confirmations that dark energy is driving our universe apart at accelerating speeds. The survey used data from NASA’s space-based... More »
Thursday, Pasadena Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff Department detectives arrested a suspect in the January 9 murder of Donnell Taylor in Pasadena. The arrest came as Pasadena Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff Department detectives worked together t... More »
Dear Editor, In the wake of fights at John Muir High School last week, reports have focused on the possible causes of the conflicts and the nature of the law enforcement response. However, as I continued to learn more about last week’s incident and based o... More »
Mayor Bill Bogaard 100 N. Garfield Ave., Rm. 228 Pasadena, CA  91109 Dear Mayor, For the past three weeks, we find ourselves encountering open criticism and verbal complaints regarding “the lack of employment opportunities for local residentsâ€. As each ... More »
The Pasadena Community Development Commission will release the Request For Proposals (RFP) for development of Heritage Square’s Very Low Income Senior Rental Housing on Thursday, Feb. 10, a city press release said today. The RFP will be used to solicit propo... More »
On December 13 on Los Angeles Times’ website, an article entitled, “L.A. County ousts head of troubled child welfare department,†announced that Trish Ploehn, the beleaguered director of the Los Angeles County’s Department of Children and Family Servic... More »
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First Foundation, a financial institution with headquarters in Southern California, opened its Pasadena office today with an experienced banking and wealth management team, marking its first foray into the Greater Los Angeles market. New and existing clients n... More »
California General Bank, NA and Professional Business Bank, both commercial banks headquartered in Pasadena, today announced a definitive merger agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Professional Business Bank will merge into California General Bank, ... More »
Pasadena’s incoming police chief Phil Sanchez was sworn in Monday night in the courtyard at Pasadena City Hall before a crowd of law enforcement, city officials and community members. Sanchez, 53, succeeds Bernard Melekian, who retired last November. Like Mele... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Board of Education voted last night to issue final layoff notices to 207 teachers, librarians, administrators, nurses, counselors, psychologists, clerical and maintenance workers to meet a $23 million budget deficit ... More »
