Huntington Medical Research Institutes (HMRI), an independent, leading biomedical research institute based in Pasadena, has announced the appointment of Allyson Simpson as Vice President of Philanthropy and Susie Silk Berry as Director of Philanthropy. Prior t... More »
The main asteroid belt contains millions of objects but only a few date from the earliest stages of planet formation. The Dawn mission, managed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory, explored two such fossils: protoplanet Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres, the latter of whi... More »
City Manager Steve Mermell announced Friday he has appointed Michelle Perera as the new Director of the Pasadena Public Library and Information Services Department. Perera comes to Pasadena from the City of Rancho Cucamonga where she has been the city’s Librar... More »
To an audience that included former Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard, Ethan Elkind, author of “Railtown: Past and Future of the Gold Line” delineated the history of Pasadena’s light rail system, saying that the Los Angeles area’s rapidly expanding public transit sy... More »
Currently a sportscaster for Fox Sports I, and former assistant to the coaching staff of the New England Patriots, as well as a former analyst for the NFL Network and sportswriter at NFL.com, Mike Lombardi will address Pasadena Quarterbacks at its regular Frid... More »
Leadership Pasadena (LP) is proud to announce Lisa Cavelier has joined the Board of Directors as Vice President, Marketing and Community Awareness. “Lisa brings an incredible background in every aspect of non-profit business. She has served as Executive Direct... More »
The Rose Bowl Operating Company has recommended to the executive board that Pasadena City Councilmember Victor Gordo be given a fresh mandate to continue serving as RBOC president through 2017, or until a new president is elected. If passed, the recommendation... More »
Pasadena based employment law firm, Azadian Law Group, PC, was selected by the oldest and most respected legal publication in California, The Daily Journal, as one of the top 20 boutique law firms in all of California. Boutique law firms are those that special... More »
The Doo Dah Parade has been known to honor local heroes in the community as its Grand Marshal. This year’s pick, Scott and Lori Webster, is no exception. Scott’s family have been retailers in Altadena since the early 1920s. As his partner in life and business,... More »
James Robert “Bob” Hatch Sr., a retired aerospace machinist and long-time Pasadena resident, died in his sleep on September 18. He was 97. Hatch was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 12, 1919. His family moved to Los Angeles when he was seven years old. T... More »
John D. (“Jack”) Roberts, Institute Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Caltech and former provost, passed away on October 29, 2016. He was 98. Roberts was a pioneer in the field of physical organic chemistry. He brought nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spect... More »
New Caltech faculty member Andrew Stuart is interested in how the current era of data acquisition interacts with centuries of human intellectual development of mathematical models that describe the world around us. As an applied mathematician in the Division o... More »
