Dianne Newman, the Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology, and Victoria Orphan, the James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology, have been selected as MacArthur Fellows. The Fellowship is a five-year grant awarded to “ind... More »
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA), which supports local music education with one of the nation’s oldest and most successful house and garden tours, is delighted to announce that Dr. Lynn Mehl has been named its president. Mehl, a professor of kinesio... More »
Pasadena Firefighter/Paramedic Jodi Slicker proudly completed 90 flights of stairs on September 10, 2016 to mark the 15th anniversary commemoration of 9/11/01. Firefighters, Police Officers, Military Personnel, and Civilians joined together in a spirit of reme... More »
Huntington Hospital’s Director of Graduate Medical Education Dr. Arvid Underman has finally left the staff at the vaunted Pasadena hospital, but clearly he will never leave the hearts of those he taught and mentored over the last 26 years. Underman was honored... More »
Sierra Madre City Manager, Elaine Aguilar recently notified the City Council of her retirement, effective December 9, 2016. Aguilar has served as Sierra Madre’s City Manager for the past 9 years, and she has a combined total of thirty-three years of public ser... More »
The week Pasadena’s celebrated Public Library Director Jan Sanders retired after 11 years of service, library officials identified Pasadenan Robert Karatsu, the former Director of the Rancho Cucamonga Library, as the library’s interim director while a nation-w... More »
Hillsides, a Los Angeles foster care charity, has named Donna Ford to a two-year term as the new chair of its board of directors. Ford has been a member of Hillsides board of directors for 11 years and served as Hillsides 2011 gala chair. She replaces Brent M.... More »
A Pasadena Police officer who is a rising star in the the specialized arena of mental health practices within the law enforcement community has become the face of the Police-Mental Health Collaboration (PMHC) Toolkit video produced by the Council of State Gove... More »
Pasadena-based Green Dot Corporation has announced the appointment of Mary J. Dent as Chief Executive Officer of Green Dot Bank, its wholly owned bank subsidiary. With the appointment, Dent is now considered resigned as a member of Green Dot’s Board of Directo... More »
Credit union icon Richard Myles Johnson, emeritus board member of Pasadena-based Wescorp Credit Union, passed away last Wednesday, August 31, at the age of 92. Johnson – the namesake for the Richard Myles Johnson Foundation – was known throughout California an... More »
Mark Hagander, CPA; Katja Schaper, CPA: and Michael Rodgers, CPA, MBT, have been named principals at Lucas Horsfall Accountants and Advisors, it was announced today by Mike Amerio, managing partner of the firm. Hagander and Schaper specialize in audit while Ro... More »
Fred Claire’s career spans over fifty years starting as a modest journalist covering local beats to managing the Los Angeles Dodgers and leading the team to winning a World Series. One thing has kept him ticking all of these years and is the common denominator... More »
