District 6 Councilmember Steve Madison is holding a town hall meeting set for Tuesday evening that will focus on addressing public safety issues and presenting police and fire department statistics about his district. Scheduled participants indicated expected ... More »
Martha Shenkenberg retired as Chair of the Leadership Pasadena Board of Directors after 17 years with the organization. Martha was a participant in the first LP class of 1999 and remain an active volunteer or Board member ever since. “Martha has been the heart... More »
Today, the National Hispanic Media Coalition announced that former FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani will be joining NHMC as the new Special Policy Advisor. In this role, Tristani will further NHMC’s work to bridge the digital divide and advocate for responsibl... More »
Hahn & Hahn LLP is pleased to announce that attorney D. Jason Lyon has joined the firm as Counsel in its litigation practice group. Mr. Lyon’s practice emphasizes business and personal litigation, employment matters, and land use disputes. Mr. Lyon was previou... More »
Theatre executive Patty Onagan has launched Patty Onagan Consulting specializing in theatre and live entertainment, it was officially announced today. Onagan’s new venture will create strategies that include marketing, communications, publicity, as well as pro... More »
La Salle High School in Pasadena has lost its Track and Field coach and Computer Science department head Fred Riley, who passed away on Sunday. “La Salle High School is saddened to announce that long time teacher and coach Fred Riley passed away Sunday, Februa... More »
The winners of the “48th NAACP Image Awards” were announced tonight during the live broadcast from Pasadena Civic Auditorium which aired on TV One. The two-hour live special was hosted by Anthony Anderson. There was a live pre-show from the red carpet hosted b... More »
Chemical engineer and philanthropist Warren G. Schlinger (BS ’44, MS ’46, PhD ’49), a pioneer in the development of processes to produce clean energy from traditional fossil fuel sources, passed away on February 10, 2017. He was 93 years old. Schlinger was bor... More »
Shrinivas (Shri) Kulkarni, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science and director of Caltech’s Optical Observatories, has been awarded the 2017 Dan David Prize, along with the late Neil Gehrels (PhD ’82) of NASA’s Godd... More »
Collaborate Pasadena (CollPAS) announced Wednesday it has hired Lisa Cavelier as its new Director. For the past two years the initiative has operated with a part-time leadership team and has now grown to the point of bringing on a full-time Director. Through a... More »
Pasadena attorneys Stephen Acker and Richard A. McDonald have been elected to the Board of Trustees of Pasadena Museum of History. As the governing body of Pasadena Museum of History, the volunteer Board of Trustees acts collectively to guide the Museum and fu... More »
Alumnus Sébastien Candel (PhD ’72) has been elected as president of the French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences, Institut de France). Candel is a member of the Mechanical and Computer Science section and was vice president of the Academy in 2015-2016... More »
