Wednesday, November 4, 2020 | 6:00 am
Parking enforcement returns This is a real hitchhikers guide situation. Posting on a vague website that enforcement will begin on Oct 1? Thats bs! I read 400 people called in to complain and restart ticketing. Thats 400 people out of 142,000. That is less than... More »
Monday, November 2, 2020 | 6:27 am
Our local elections have, for the most part, been blissfully immune from the increasingly negative tenor of national political discourse. Cynical messaging intended to inflame rather than inform hasn’t infected small-city Pasadena. Until now. As we thankfully... More »
Monday, November 2, 2020 | 5:00 am
I think Pasadena not only should vote in favor of Measure O, I feel Pasadena should be ashamed if it does not. I feel I must answer first David Coher’s ridiculous letter against Measure O, and its claims that PUSD does not deserve a new bond because he and the... More »
Monday, November 2, 2020 | 5:00 am
Nationally and locally, the next four years are on the line this week as the vote count begins. Nationally, Trump’s behavior has been shameful, lie after lie. Don’t get me wrong; I expect the candidates to attack each other. But attacking the process and the c... More »
Friday, October 30, 2020 | 5:53 am
As attacks on historical Armenian land strike, the Armenian genocide of 1915 casts its distressing and dreadful shadow on the Armenian people. For the past four weeks, the people of the Armenian Republic of Artsakh, more commonly known by its Soviet name, Nago... More »
Friday, October 30, 2020 | 1:17 am
PUSD Measure O Spending Your Taxes to Raise Your Taxes! PUSD Measure O is a half-billion dollar school facilities bond on next Tuesday’s ballot. Over the next 27 years it could cost PUSD area property owners $800 million in principal and interest payments that... More »
Monday, October 26, 2020 | 12:19 pm
The year 2020 is the 60th anniversary of the Pasadena Senior Center. Our diamond anniversary year began with a plan for dozens of celebratory events and activities throughout the year, and that plan came to a screeching halt just two months later when our enti... More »
Monday, October 26, 2020 | 5:16 am
October 26, 2020 Honorable Mayor Terry Tornek Members of the City Council City of Pasadena 175 North Garfield Avenue Pasadena, CA 91109 Re: COVID-19 and School Openings On October 15th, the mayors of California’s 13 largest cities signed a letter to Governor G... More »
Monday, October 26, 2020 | 4:38 am
It is an honor to serve as our Vice Mayor. Education is one of my true passions and I strongly believe that our Pasadena schools need more oversight and fresh leadership. That’s why I am supporting Businesswoman Priscilla Hernandez for PUSD School Board in T... More »
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | 1:05 pm
In response to an article that appeared in Pasadena Now on Oct. 21 regarding a tribute for Eddie Van Halen, it’s my understanding the City Council will address the issue on Monday, Oct. 26. I submit the following: First, as a former Pasadena High School studen... More »
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 | 6:12 am
Measure O gives PUSD $500 million for facilities and programs. Giving our schools support is essential, but effective oversight is critical for public support and PUSD’s history of failed oversight shows that Pasadena Unified must be reformed, first. Today’s s... More »
Monday, October 19, 2020 | 12:07 pm
Like a person aggrieved, Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek is now playing the victim as he fights for his political life. The reason: Criticism by his mayoral opponent about why Tornek decided to take a ceremonial Sister City visit in March, leaving his colleagues s... More »