For two days last week, the Leadership Pasadena Class of 2019 discussed city politics and challenges facing Pasadena directly with the area’s top leaders. Seated in City Council Chambers for the first day, LP participants talked with Mayor Terry Tornek; City M... More »
Pasadena City College on Thursday hosted a campus celebration honoring the 100th birthday of Jackie Robinson, who has stood as a civil rights icon since he broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947 as the first African American to play in the major l... More »
Lodi came into my life quite accidentally last year. And I mean accidentally not as a negative thing but as a delightful happenstance. I usually don’t run into stumble-upons, as I am a person who plans trips down to the very last bathroom break. But on one par... More »
It’s Showcase season! Nearly 250 design enthusiasts and patrons of the arts attended the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts’ (PSHA) annual Empty House Party on Friday, January 25. Held at the Boddy House on the grounds of Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintr... More »
On Saturday, January 26, guest party in Caddyshack style at the Young & Healthy Gala held at the La Canada Flintridge Country Club. Guests dusted off their argyle sweaters, pulled out their Lilly Pulitzer and donned their best plaid to benefit Young & Healthy ... More »
[Updated] Affordable housing advocates held a vigil in front of a Pasadena apartment building owned by Fuller Theological Seminary on the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday to make a point about the sell-off of local housing by the departing school. Last May, t... More »
Students, parents, coaches and Pasadena Unified School District officials celebrated the opening of the newly remodeled Tom Hamilton Gymnasium at Pasadena High School on Tuesday afternoon with an official ribbon cutting. The modernization of the 58,000 athleti... More »
For the third year running, local members of 100 Black Men, an African-American support group, greeted returning students at a number of Pasadena Unified School District campuses Monday, the first day of the district’s 2018-2019 school year. The gathered membe... More »
Police estimate 500 to 600 area residents enjoyed the Department’s second annual Open House on Saturday. The event, which drew lots of families with youngsters, was staged outside and inside Department headquarters at 207 North Garfield Avenue in very warm wea... More »
Students from the ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena City College, and China raced their rubber band-powered model cars last Thursday, August 9, as part of an annual international rubber-band powered race car competition called Formula E Challenge – E for “... More »
Laughter, cheerful conversation and music drifted across Old Pasadena’s Memorial Park Tuesday night as the Pasadena Police Department hosted its 22nd National Night Out near the historic bandshell, as well as at neighborhood venues across the city. During the ... More »
Hathaway-Sycamores held the 3rd Annual Youth vs. Altadena Sheriffs Basketball Game at its El Nido Residential Campus in Altadena, thanks to the generous support of volunteer group, Las Candelas. Youth teams went head-to-head with the sheriffs for some friendly... More »
