The pandemic has taken a huge toll on our collective mental health. Feelings of anxiety and grief are compounded when we process them in isolation. For many of us at Pasadena Humane, the company of animals has been instrumental in our ability to cope. We are n... More »
Dear Editor, The foundation of a democracy is the public schools. As many people know, the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) has many families who choose not to send their children to the public schools. As a PUSD alum, the parent of a PUSD graduate an... More »
Help Save a Pasadena Treasure As many book lovers know, Vroman’s, an irreplaceable Pasadena Treasure, is in danger of going out of business. Throughout their 126-year history, Vroman’s has been there for us with their patronage of various local charities, as w... More »
Mayoral candidate and Councilman Victor Gordo joined several elected Southland officials in support of AB 3216, a bill supporters say protects workers. The state of California is poised to protect some of our society’s hardest working and lowest paid employees... More »
“We create our own destiny, our own future, and our own dreams.” Those are the words of Paloma Torres, the senior class president who delivered the 2020 commencement address at Pasadena’s Mayfield Senior School. For Paloma and her classmates, and students, tea... More »
Election Day 2020: The Sequel(s) Possible results of an election nightmare With President Trump clearly indicating that he will contest the election, it is important to consider the possible post-election scenarios for the weeks and even months following Elec... More »
This week, the PUSD Board of Education is set to vote on the Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan, which is a District requirement that developed out of the recent passing of the California Senate Bill SB 98 to “to balance the needs of all stakeholders, inc... More »
Pasadena is my hometown. I grew up here and graduated from local public schools. In junior high school I was introduced to the costs of racial segregation during the first week of classes. In my 7th Grade Metals course (a requirement for all boys), the boy i... More »
Sept 14, 2020 Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council, We can appreciate some of the challenges of trying to figure out how to meet the goal of 9,409 Housing units in the next eight years. It feels not only daunting and even impossible but in this letter we have... More »
At the end of August, I went to the beach for the first time this summer with my mom. This beach is fairly out of the way and there was scarcely anyone there. The other beachgoers who were there were masked, and there was a persistent wind that kept the air ar... More »
On March 19th when Governor Newsom shut down the state to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19, he said, “this [lockdown] is not a permanent state, this is a moment in time.” We are now coming up on six months of a “moment in time” here in California. While many of... More »
I join the chorus of Pasadena residents who, at the August 24th City Council meeting, expressed their outrage at the City of Pasadena’s posting of a narrated video of the killing of Anthony McClain on its website. First and foremost, the statements in the nar... More »
