New women’s fashion retailer Nikki West is set to open Wednesday, August 1 in Old Pasadena’s One Colorado with a 7 p.m. plein air roped-off-VIP-and-public-can-watchit-too runway show that will see owner Nicole Winnaman’s signature fashion collection go down th... More »
Extent of surface melt over Greenland’s ice sheet on July 8, 2012 (left) and July 12, 2012 (right). Measurements from three satellites showed that on July 8, about 40 percent of the ice sheet had undergone thawing at or near the surface. In just a few days, th... More »
Stephen L. Mayo, chair of the Division of Biology and Bren Professor of Biology and Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), has been named the William K. Bowes Jr. Foundation Division Chair. The William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, based in... More »
The City of Pasadena is planning community meetings on July 19 and July 21 regarding the status of the former YWCA building near City Hall. The meetings will include information about the City’s process for submissions from qualified developers who are inter... More »
Tom Harris holds one of his swords. [Credit: Marcus Woo] It’s called Greek fire. Invented around AD 670, it was one of the first flamethrowers, involving a pressurized siphon to shoot a stream of liquid flame at enemies. The Byzantine Empire used this incend... More »
It goes almost without saying that summer activities bring bruises, aches, and pains which need TLC and careful watching, and among the very best local practiced eyes and healing hands you can hire are those of chiropractor, Dr. Kevin Cressey. Cressey – hims... More »
Pasadena City College architecture students have been selected to participate in “2×8,†an annual exhibition sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) that showcases exemplary student work from architecture and design institutions throughout ... More »
Mike Brown, the Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor and professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), has been named a co-winner of the 2012 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics for his efforts to understand the outer solar... More »
Ann Gentry, cookbook author, cable TV chef and founder of the popular organic vegan restaurant Real Food Daily, opened the third location of her restaurant in the South Lake Avenue on May 22. Real Food Daily has become a destination with a loyal following fr... More »
A new airborne study with NASA contributions measured surprising levels of the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from cracks in Arctic sea ice and areas of partial sea ice cover. This image was taken over the Arctic Ocean at a latitude of approximately 71 d... More »
[Credit: Sky & Telescope magazine] An entirely new globe of the moon—the first in over 40 years—is now available, thanks, in part, to Caltech alumni. Using images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, a team at Sky & Telescope magazine, includi... More »
Local archery organization the Pasadena Roving Archers suffered a devastating loss of equipment and supplies over the past weekend as the result of a Saturday night break-in of their storage facility, according to Club President Gary Spiers. Spiers says the es... More »
