Pasadena Water and Power General Manager Phyllis Currie is this year’s recipient of the Alex Radin Distinguished Service Award granted by the American Public Power Association (APPA) as its way of recognizing her “exceptional leadership and dedication to publi... More »
Long-time Pasadena resident Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted cult leader Charles Manson and his followers for the horrific Tate-LaBianca murders and authored numerous books on a variety of subjects, has died at age 80 in a Los Angeles hospital, according to hi... More »
The Pasadena City Council adjourned Monday night in memory of John Kendall, a citizen volunteer at the Pasadena Police Department who donated over 8,000 hours of his time and is remembered as the Department’s jovial Santa Claus during its annual holiday gift b... More »
On June 5th , Marquett Burton and the SmartyPants App team will be leaving Pasadena for a lakeside summer in Michigan with free housing, free co-working space, a $50,000 investment and $200,000 in services and perks courtesy of Coolhouse Labs, a Michigan based... More »
The Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena has announced the passing of its former President and CEO Rachel Estrada. Estrada, who stepped down from her position in February, died peacefully at her home on May 22 following an illness. Estrada began her career at the Boy... More »
Hillsides, a premier provider of child welfare services in Los Angeles County, is pleased to announce that James Gibson has been named the new division director for campus-based services at the agency’s Pasadena headquarters. In this position, Gibson, who is a... More »
Stacey Roth, the chief program officer of Hillsides, has been appointed the vice chair of the steering committee for a Los Angeles Trauma Informed Care Task Force. The 11-member task force steering committee consists of a cross section of Los Angeles County se... More »
Renowned violinist and Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena alumnus Earl Carlyss was among the inductees into the Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Alumni Hall of Fame at the organization’s annual conference in Chicago this month. A Pasadena Club member in the 1... More »
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has selected Caltech professor of biology Doris Tsao (BS ’96) as one of 26 new HHMI investigators. Investigators represent some of the nation’s top biomedical researchers and receive five years of funding to “move the... More »
On Saturday, May 30, Andrea Letamendi, Ph.D., will take to the stage of UCLA’s Carnesale Commons and likely present one of the most “Beyond the Box” talks of this year’s TEDxUCLA event which is themed – appropriately – “Beyond the Box.” While all of the speake... More »
Huntington Medical Research Institutes (HMRI) – a distinguished biomedical research organization in Pasadena – recently appointed Alyssa M. Ward, Ph.D., LCP, as a Visiting Scientist. A resident of San Marino, Dr. Ward will simultaneously continue in her positi... More »
He seems to be able to do it all – Patrol, Traffic enforcement, Community Services. Whatever the assignment, his record is exemplary. Born and raised in Southern California, Cristian Alexander Allen spent his early years in Compton and his high school years in... More »
