[Updated Tuesday, December 13, 2016 | 7:40 a.m.] Saying that her presentation was unrelated to recent public comments over the roles of City Councilmembers in writing and changing City policy, City Attorney Michele Bagneris reviewed the City’s structure as ... More »
In the wake of the passing last Thursday of former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn, JPL issued the following statement: Senator and NASA astronaut John Glenn was, without question, an American hero. Many people remember, whether they are old enough to ha... More »
Caltech’s Harvey Newman, professor of physics, has been granted a lifetime achievement award by the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of High Energy Physics. Newman leads a team of Caltech researchers who work with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, S... More »
Celebrating its seventh Tournament of Roses Parade float entry, “Spirit of Hawaii,” today Dole Packaged Foods announced it will kick-off the road to the New Year with participation in the second annual “Live On Green” festival taking place at the Pasadena Conv... More »
The Foothill Workforce Development Board (FWDB) met today in celebration of the retirement of its Executive Director, Phillip Dunn, who will be stepping down at year’s end after 33 years of service, the last 25 as the oganization’s Executive Director. Under Du... More »
Rabbi Joshua Grater will be heading the local non-profit and interfaith collaborative Friends In Deed effective January 3 as the new Executive Director following the retirement of Reverend Donna Byrns. Friends in Deed is Pasadena’s longstanding community organ... More »
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA), named Dana Marevich as Benefit Chair for the 2017 Pasadena Showcase House of Design. In her role, Dana will oversee the logistics of the 53rd Pasadena Showcase House of Design, ensuring that all aspects of this fund... More »
A team of researchers at Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena are experimenting with robotic submersibles and trying to develop artificial intelligence that may help these instruments track signs of life below the waves. The effort is not just for ... More »
Spearheaded by a $115 million gift from visionary philanthropists Tianqiao Chen and Chrissy Luo, Caltech and the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute have announced the launch of a campus-wide neuroscience initiative to create a unique environment for interdisc... More »
Kathryn Barger will be sworn in Monday, succeeding Supervisor Michael Antonovich in representing the Los Angeles County’s Fifth District, which includes Pasadena. Antonovich termed out after serving in the Board of Supervisors for 36 years. On November 8, Anto... More »
Two-time Olympic gold medal-winning diver Sammy Lee, who learned to dive at the Brookside Park pool in Pasadena and went on to become the first Asian-American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States, died in Newport Beach on Friday, December 2, due ... More »
“Oh, I just forgot what I was going to say!” “Now what was I getting ready to do?” “Where did I put my keys?” For many of us, these exasperating complaints are all too common. And for others facing even more debilitating memory disorders like Alzheimer’s or de... More »
