The Caltech community looks back this week in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday to the civil rights leader’s first visit to Pasadena. The trip brought King to the Caltech campus, where, as a young emerging national advocate for equality, he ... More »
The Pasadena Hot Meal Program will provide takeout and hot meals from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena. Although a city order mandates that all local residents stay in their homes as much as possible and ... More »
As the deadly COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the world, local residents awoke to massive shutdowns, including local schools, after a weekend of social distancing. Early Monday afternoon, City Manager Steve Mermell declared a local emergency closi... More »
Councilman Victor Gordo told Pasadena Now he has asked City Manager Steve Mermell to schedule an emergency/special meeting of the City Council on Tuesday. According to Gordo, several subject would be discussed at the meeting, including the status of virus in P... More »
The Pasadena Symphony has rescheduled its upcoming March 21 “Mozart and McGegan” concert at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena to May 23. The decision was in response to a directive by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to ban gatherings... More »
Blaze Pizza, the Pasadena-based modern-day “pizza joint” serving up fast and affordable artisanal pizzas, has canceled its in-store Pi Day celebration, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 14 at all of its locations. Instead, all customers usin... More »
The city is working with local residents having trouble paying their municipal services bill as a result of financial hardship brought on by the Coronavirus outbreak. “Although PWP has not developed a specific financial assistance plan to address Covid-19, the... More »
The Rose Bowl Aquatics Center has canceled a Junior Olympics event over concerns regarding the Coronavirus. The cancellation was announced in a letter on Monday addressed to all Southern California Swimming Junior Olympic participants, coaches, parents and off... More »
According to a statement received by Pasadena Now, ArtNight will proceed this weekend as scheduled. “We understand you may have questions about how the City is preparing for ArtNight amid residents’ Coronavirus concerns. As of today, we are continuing with Art... More »
The Pasadena City Council is set to deliberate Monday on a recommendation by the Department of Planning and Community Development to restart the review process on a proposal to build a new 112,205-square-foot, five-story medical office and retail building at 5... More »
To date, no cases of the highly contagious and potentially deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have turned up in Pasadena. But what if? And what then? Specific answers to those questions are still evolving, even as Mayor Terry Tornek told Pasadena Now earlier ... More »
Just a day after issuing a statement notifying Pasadena Unified parents that the city’s health department has declared a public health emergency because of the spread of the novel coronavirus, the District Superintendent Brian McDonald sent the PUSD community ... More »
