[Updated April 22 | 6:51 a.m.] Â A Latina commander with the Pasadena Police Department has been chosen to become the new chief of the San Pablo Police in northern California, and will assume her new command beginning next week. Pasadena Police Commander Lis... More »
L-R: Rob Levy, Owner of The Raymond 1886 and VP at HomeStreet, Catherine Simms, VP at Wells Fargo and Jim McCarthy, CEO of Goldstar. Photo courtesy Union Station Homeless Services. Marvin M. Gross, CEO of Union Statin Homeless Services, announced the appointme... More »
Pasadena Housing Director William Huang is set to be inducted in California Housing Consortium’s Housing Hall of Fame on Thursday, May 22. Those who get inducted into the Housing Hall of Fame ” have made a profound impact in the housing sector” and “demonstrat... More »
John Dabiri, professor of aeronautics and bioengineering, will serve as Caltech’s dean of undergraduate students starting on July 1, the institure announced. “John is particularly committed to enhancing faculty-student interactions. His experience as chair of ... More »
“Search angels” Patricia Ann Neal (left) and Laura Ann Brandl-Witherspoon Pasadena-based Spokeo website honored two adoptees who, amid their search for their own roots, helped thousands of foster individuals connect with their missing families and relatives. P... More »
Huntington Memorial Hospital has promoted Stacy Miller to director of volunteer services, effective immediately. Miller previously served as supervisor of the errand and escort volunteer program at the hospital. In her new role she oversees all volunteer servi... More »
Deborah Lewis, an exceptional and highly regarded arts administrator with three decades of experience, has been appointed Executive Director of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) effective April 21, 2014, following a nationwide search, it was... More »
On Friday, March 28, Diana Peterson-More spoke at the monthly Business Growth Workshop at the University Club of Pasadena. Entitled The Unusual Subjects, Diana Peterson-More’s presentation focused on how businesses should employ panel interviews when hiring ... More »
Former US attorney’s criminal division Chief Robert Louis Brosio died on Friday, March 28, in a Pasadena Hospital. He was 77 years old. Brosio headed the criminal division in Los Angeles for almost three decades, supervising hundreds of assistant US attorney... More »
David Partridge, Chairman Emeritus of the Pasadena Museum of California (PMCA), who led the museum’s Board of Directors with passion, integrity and grace for four years, died Saturday, March 29, 2014 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. “David was such a... More »
The U.S. Senate has approved astrophysicist and Caltech alumna France A. Córdova (PhD ’79) as the new director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Currently the chair of the Smithsonian Board of Regents—the Smithsonian Institution’s governing board—... More »
G. Bradford Jones, a founding partner of venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures, has been named a trustee of Caltech. Focusing on technology opportunities in Southern California, Jones has managed successful investments in biotechnology, communications, Inte... More »
