On May 28, Hillsides Education Center (HEC) graduated 11 seniors – the largest graduating class in the 32-year history of the school – during an emotional commencement ceremony held in the auditorium on Hillsides main campus in Pasadena. An overflow crowd ... More »
Assemblymember Chris Holden’s bill (D-Pasadena) to combat the growing problem of kitchen grease theft has passed by unanimous vote in the Assembly and now heads to the Senate. “Restaurants are finding that their used kitchen grease is a hot commodity that ... More »
Congresswoman Judy Chu’s (D-CA) amendment to the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was approved by a voice vote. The amendment requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress on the anti-hazing efforts of ea... More »
Decade Software Company, LLC, longstanding provider of web-based and mobile software applications for regulatory agencies, announced today that the City of Pasadena Public Health Department adopted Decade’s EnvisionConnect Software Suite, a multi-program envir... More »
The city is set to hold a public meeting on the proposed rate increase to the Pasadena Water and Power’s (PWP) electricity rates for 2014. Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard and PWP staff will host the meeting in the Forum at All Saints Church on Thursday, May 22, fr... More »
Vladimir Markovic, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Mathematics at Caltech, has been named a fellow of Great Britain’s Royal Society. He is one of 50 new fellows and 10 foreign members elected in 2014. Markovic’s election brings to seven the number of fellow... More »
Photo courtesy of Fuller Theological Seminary Fuller Theological Seminary professor Glen Stassen, who was renowned for his work on human rights and Christian ethics, passed away in Pasadena last Saturday, April 26. He was 78. Stassen has published several book... More »
At the steps of Pasadena City Hall on Thursday hundreds of Pasadena residents, civic and religious leaders gathered for an event sponsored by the Armenian Community Coalition which commemorates  the mass forced exodus and deaths of 1.5 million Armenians by t... More »
Pasadena City College (PCC) in conjunction with the producers of the award winning documentary, “GO PUBLIC: A Day in the Life of an American School Districtâ€, is hosting a national webcast on April 30th from 6:00 PM Pacific Time, focusing on the challenges... More »
Weather in Southern California is expected to be cold and windy as weekend approaches, the National Weather Service said. Gusty winds are predicted to cross San Gabriel Valley Mountains today, prompting the weather bureau to issue warning for mariners and surf... More »
Caltech, US Geological Survey, and TalkRadio 790 KABC, will host an important broadcast: A Townhall Meeting: The Big Quake Threat is Real. KABC’s Doug McIntyre moderates a panel that includes Dr. Lucy Jones, USGS Seismologist and Dr. Tom Heaton, Caltech, Seism... More »
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Kepler space telescope. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will host a news teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Thursday, April 17, to announce a new discovery made by its planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescop... More »
