Altadena’s rising culinary star Jodi Taffel, also known as The Fabulous Bacon Babe, is heading to the World Food Championships in Alabama next month to take home the big win in the form of a $100,000 cash prize. The 2016 Championship event is Taffel’s third at... More »
Pasadena-based National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) announced Thursday the ten individuals chosen to take part in this year’s NHMC Television Writers Program: Gabriela Montequin, Jesenia Ruiz, Gene Augusto, Pablo Goldstein, Renier Murillo, Sofía Dávil... More »
Cancer Support Community Pasadena (“CSCP”) has announced the selection of Meg Symes as its new executive director. Symes will fill the vacancy created by Ben Green’s departure. Symes has served as CSCP’s Director of Major Gifts and Special Events for the organ... More »
The chairman of a major insurance company based in Pasadena died last Wednesday at the age of 77 after a long battle with skin cancer. William Bolton, the son of the founder of Bolton & Company, was known for making a local and national impact in the insurance... More »
Entrepreneur and former television executive John Symes, who recently launched PatientTalk.com, announced today that the company will donate 50 cents for every video watched during the month of October to celebrate the strong women and men who have survived an... More »
The Pasadena Symphony Association announces the appointment of David Cubek as Assistant Conductor. David will also serve as the Conductor for the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Philharmonic ensemble. Mr. Cubek currently serves as Director of the Claremont... More »
The Langham Huntington, Pasadena, Southern California’s iconic landmark hotel has added a new leader to its senior management team. Chris Ong brings her own unique hospitality industry experience and knowledge to the Pasadena hotel as the Director of Catering ... More »
Long-time Descanso Gardens Executive Director David R. Brown today announced his plans to retire in the coming year. He has served since 2005 as executive director of the member-supported botanic garden in La Cañada Flintridge, which is owned by the County of ... More »
The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) has named Caltech’s Viviana Gradinaru (BS ’05), assistant professor of biology and biological engineering and Heritage Principal Investigator, as recipient of the inaugural Peter Gruss Young Investigator... More »
UniHealth Foundation has announced the appointment of Pasadena resident Jennifer Vanore, Ph.D., to the newly created position of Vice President of Programs. Dr. Vanore will be responsible for overseeing grant activities and working closely with senior manageme... More »
Local author, historian and 24-year Pasadena Police Officer Victor Cass launched his new novel, “Black Widow Bitches”—a war epic about the first all-female combat infantry unit, the 135th Airborne Division, nicknamed “The Black Widows” because o... More »
If you were to write the life story of a Nobel laureate, you might be forgiven for wanting to make the early morning call and its immediate aftermath the zenith of the story’s arc, followed by little more than a tuxedo, a speech presented before Swedish royalt... More »
