This is the time of the year when high school students, parents, and families receive news from college admissions. For those who applied to the UCs, which noted 249,000 applications for approximately 46,000 freshmen spots, there are bound to be disappointment... More »
In solidarity with the community groups and members that organized and fought for the Community Police Oversight Committee (CPOC), we call on the Public Safety Committee to ensure that the process for selecting the CPOC members is transparent. The members sho... More »
I, along with other members of our City, listened to the Public Safety Committee meeting today during which the Committee considered the 13 applicants for the three open, community-based organization seats (“CBO seats”) on the Community Police Oversight Commis... More »
Since its construction 109 years ago, Pasadena’s iconic Colorado Street Bridge has tragically attracted suicide attempts. This prompted The Department of Public Works to add a 10-foot barrier in 2016, while the City considered more permanent options to deterr... More »
Reading a Pasadena Now March 29, 2021 article on the creation of temporary housing in Los Angeles has prompted me to write. People who are without permanent housing (homeless people) are our neighbors. They live in our community, attend our schools, and spend ... More »
THE COMPLAINT PROCESS As a resident of NW Pasadena for more than 20 years, it became increasingly frustrating for me to watch how people of color were being treated by Pasadena Police Department (PPD). Whether they were walking, riding a bike, on a scooter, si... More »
The hardest part about being black or any kind of minority in America is, America always wants to change the rules right around the time we start coming up. Every chance we’ve taken to knock down a wall has seemingly stood in front of an even higher, invisible... More »
Yes, that was a long extended vacation, but the pot is finally back on the stove and good stuff is brewing. A lot has happened since then. Huntington Hospital has bounced back, and indoor dining is back. We’re not out of the woods yet, but things appear to be... More »
Plans to return to in-person instruction (reopening schools) coupled with the assumption revolving around learning loss could exacerbate the existing achievement gaps. Coming up on the anniversary of the COVID-19 Shutdown, levels of unfinished learning and soc... More »
The Pasadena City Council will vote on Monday whether to require large supermarkets and pharmacies to provide “hazard pay” to their low-wage workers. As essential employees, they have worked on the front-lines through the entire COVID pandemic at great cost to... More »
Responsibility is not a novel concept. For most of us, the idea of being responsible has been drilled into our heads since we were children, and emphasized and re-emphasized at every teachable moment. For me growing up, responsibility was everything from getti... More »
We the undersigned organizations are demanding the Pasadena Public Safety Committee and the Pasadena City Council reject approving the “5 YEAR AGREEMENT WITH PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (PUSD) FOR SCHOOL PREVENTION OFFICER SERVICES.” We are calling on mem... More »
