The 2016 Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching has been awarded to Ellen Rothenberg, the Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology. Established in 1993, the Feynman Prize annually honors “a professor who demonstrates, in the broadest sense, un... More »
From March 8 through 9, Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley (PPPSGV) was “thrilled” to host Jill Lafer, the Board Chair of the National Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Lafer met with PPPSGV staff and the Board of Directors and had a wh... More »
Cal State LA physics major and Pasadena resident Ethan Villarama, 14, has been selected to participate in a highly competitive internship at the prestigious European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland this summer. For nine intensiv... More »
Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez will speak at 7:00 p.m. March 24 on El Niño awareness issues and public safety. The talk is sponsored by the Armenian Athletic Association Ladies Society. Sanchez will deliver his address at the Armenian Education Benevole... More »
“Hi everybody, it’s Phil Hendrie. All of the voices you hear on the show today will be voiced by me, performed by me, some of them might be getting by me,….Here’s the show.” ~ Phil Hendrie With that, another Phil Hendrie podcast begins. For the uninitiated, th... More »
Car Design News, a leading global online resource for the professional automotive design community, has recognized long-time Pasadena resident and futuristic car Syd Mead as its Lifetime Achievement Award recipient for 2016. Mead joins Marcello Gandini and Fab... More »
The Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer, Pasadena’s premier family law firm, announced today that Partner and Founder, Don Schweitzer has been appointed to the Board of Directors for Foothill Unity Center — a multi-service, non-profit agency serving low-income... More »
Caltech’s Venkat Chandrasekaran, assistant professor of computing and mathematical sciences and electrical engineering in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named a 2016 Sloan Research Fellow. The fellowships, awarded by the Alfred P. Sl... More »
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Tuesday named three scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, as recipients of its Remote Sensing and Drought Science Service award. The award recognizes ongoing assistance provided... More »
South Pasadena Councilman Michael Cacciotti was re-appointed to AQMD’s Governing Board for the 4-year term 1/15/16 to 1/15/20 at the February 18 meeting of the cities of the Eastern Region of LA County by a 21-9 vote. Thirty of the region’s 34 cities were repr... More »
This year’s honoree for the Experience Hope and Strength Award is award-winning actress Mackenzie Phillips (American Graffiti, One Day at a Time) for her memoir High on Arrival. Mackenzie is also on staff at the Pasadena Recovery Center and has been working th... More »
Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek announced this week that Assistant City Manager Steve Mermell has been appointed by the City Council to serve as Interim City Manager. Mr. Mermell assumes his new duties effective February 15, 2016, replacing outgoing City Manager M... More »
