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 »
Cal State LA alumnus and renowned artist Mark Steven Greenfield has been selected to create artwork for LA Metro’s Regional Connector project. Greenfield, a resident of Altadena, is one of seven artists whose works will enrich the project, which will feature t... More »
Effective January 3, 2017, Rabbi Joshua Grater will become the new Friends In Deed Executive Director, following the retirement of Rev. Donna Byrns. The Board of Directors released a statement in which it said it is excited for the future of Friends In Deed un... More »
Tournament of Roses Executive Vice President and Chair of the Executive Search Committee, Lance Tibbet announced the hire of David Eads as the new Executive Director / Chief Executive Officer of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Currently, Eads is the Executiv... More »
Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School (PO) announces the appointment of two new members to the Board of Trustees, Renatta Cooper and Priscilla Burgess Gamb. Cooper and Gamb are longstanding community members of PO and the community is honored to welcome a... More »
Sherri Ginsberg, the librarian for Hillsides, a Los Angeles County foster care charity headquartered in Pasadena, has been named one of the top 10 librarians in the country by the American Library Association. Ginsberg will receive the 2016 I Love My Librarian... More »
