Pasadena Now received this letter in connection the following article: City Considers Removing Tree near New Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine: With what we now know about the relentless march of Climate Change, we must protect every tree in our community a... More »
As a new school year commences this week, and given your robust coverage of the first day of school throughout PUSD campuses, I thought this was an important time to share my perspective. Our public schools need our support and our enrollment, perhaps now more... More »
Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (“Prop 64”) legalized the cultivation, possession, and use of marijuana/cannabis by adults (age 21+) for nonmedical purposes. Approved by CA voters in November 2016, this law allows adults over the age of 21 to gr... More »
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing a permit for County Flood Control’s Devil’s Gate Sediment Mining and Trucking program, aka the Big Dig. The public notice they issued indicates some of the provisions that will be in the final permit and invites th... More »
[Editor’s Note: Far-reaching events are unfolding which will shape the future of Pasadena’s public schools. School Board Member Scott Phelps walks us through some of these issues in a series of Opinion pieces he has written to help the public better understand... More »
On November 9, 2017, Pasadena police officers violently attacked 21-year-old Christopher Ballew at an Altadena Mobil Gas Station after allegedly stopping him over tinted windows and a missing front license plate. The beating—captured on a bystander’s cell phon... More »
“Pasadena today possesses a certain character which is unique among American cities. Located as it is on a plateau framed by a great range of mountains to the east, and favored with a wealth of tree and plant life throughout the entire year, it has assumed a t... More »
[Editor’s Note: Far-reaching events are unfolding which will shape the future of Pasadena’s public schools. School Board Member Scott Phelps walks us through some of these issues in a series of Opinion pieces he has written to help the public better understand... More »
Through no fault of her own, the Altadena Library Board of Trustees President may be holding office illegally. Betsy Kahn is the current President of the Altadena Library District Board of Trustees; the Board is the governing legislative body for the Altadena ... More »
Each day in Pasadena, the most vulnerable people in our community, including our homeless and at-risk neighbors, come to a variety of agencies and faith communities for food, shelter, protection, compassion and love. While meeting their immediate physical need... More »
It has been two years in the making, but it was well worth the wait. Last month the Pasadena Planning and Economic Development Department released the City’s Draft Climate Action Plan (CAP). The 100-page document is very readable. It provides citizens with a c... More »
Pasadena Now invites members of the community to submit their opinions. There’s a thin line between fiction and reality. In Pasadena, unfortunately, that line happens to be blue. The vast majority of the men and women of the Pasadena Police Department conduct ... More »
