We received a very small number of complaints after we ran the story on the state Assembly’s successful vote to apologize for the atrocities committed against Japanese Americans during World War II. One of Gene Masuda’s opponents claimed it amounted to a campa... More »
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, under a grant from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, is running a public challenge to develop an obstacle avoidance sensor for a possible future Venus rover. The “Exploring Hell: Avoiding O... More »
Metro transit’s traveling info show – which has been barnstorming the region since the start of the month, providing details of a vast and complicated proposal to improve the area’s bus service – stopped in Pasadena on Thursday. In one of 12 regional public wo... More »
Voting in the 2020 Primary starts on Saturday. Under changes to California voting, local residents can vote at new voting centers that will be open for 10 days prior to the election. Under the new system, you can vote anywhere in the county, register to vote o... More »
According to a report by Pasadena Police Chief John Perez, last year his officers used force in 34 of 6,300 arrests during 120,000 calls for service. In total police used force in less than one percent of the arrests made, .54 percent of the time. The statisti... More »
On February 16, Kellye Nakahara Wallett succumbed to her fight with cancer in Pasadena surrounded by her family and close friends. And fight she did, with humor, spunk and laughter. Born and raised in Oahu, Kellye Nakahara moved to San Francisco to establish h... More »
If Victor Gordo wins the mayor’s race, the next conversation will surround his replacement in District 5. In recent memory, the city has appointed two people, Mayor Terry Tornek and then-District 3 Councilman Chris Holden, to replace councilmembers who have re... More »
A woman who alleges former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya sexually assaulted her in 2017 is fighting to keep her name anonymous in court documents related to her lawsuit. The woman, currently identified only as “Jane Doe” in the Los Angeles Superior Court la... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District will discuss the priority enrollment lottery offered to students attending schools that will close at the end of the school year. The board will also discuss temporary transportation assistance to the families impacted by t... More »
A plaque on Pepper Street honoring the time Civil Rights icon Jackie Robinson lived in Pasadena could be raised higher so that it’s easier to find. At Monday’s City Council meeting, local author Okeyo Jumal told the council that he received a call from someone... More »
On Monday, the Pasadena City Council approved an affordable housing concession permit that will facilitate the construction of a new 91,217 square-foot, five to six-story, 90-unit, multifamily residential building (including eight “very low income” units), wit... More »
Tonight’s council meeting could be one of the busiest in a long time. The NAACP is rallying in opposition to the reassignment of Fire Chief Bertral Washington. Emotions are strong on that subject. Two additional items could also be draws. The Los Robles develo... More »
