Pasadena residents are dusting off their helmets and pumping up their bicycle tires in anticipation of Bike Month, a citywide celebration of cycling as a sustainable and engaging mode of transportation. The event, a collaborative effort by the City of Pasadena, Day One, and the Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition, aims to promote cycling and foster a sense of community. With a lineup of events ran... More »
As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom is that all-important income tax revenues in April slightly exceeded the administration’s $16.3 billion assumption. Even so, the bad news is that overall revenues from income, sales and corporate taxes are still running $6 billion behind what Newsom’s January budget projected ... More »
As the nation observes the National Day of Prayer, the City of Pasadena will play host to the 51st annual Mayor’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, May 2. The event, held at the Pasadena Convention Center from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m., is set to bring together hundreds of community members, local leaders, and the interfaith community for a morning of reflection and prayer under the theme “Leaping ... More »
Pasadena will bask in continued dry conditions with warming temperatures through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. Today, the area will experience a slight warming trend, although the presence of a persistent marine layer will moderate temperatures. The weather will take a cooler turn over the weekend as an unseasonably cold storm system approaches from the north. This system i... More »
Sentencing is set for a Pasadena courtroom Thursday for a man convicted of the bludgeoning deaths of his then-estranged wife’s two teenage nephews in the boys’ Arcadia home. Deyun Shi, 52, is facing life in prison without the possibility of parole for the Jan. 22, 2016, slayings of 15-year-old Anthony Lin, who was asleep when he was attacked with bolt cutters, and his 16-year-old brother, William,... More »
The Pasadena cycling community is inviting the public to participate in the annual Ride of Silence on Wednesday, May 15, at 6 p.m. The event, now in its 22nd year, honors cyclists who have been injured or killed on public roadways and raises awareness about the importance of sharing the road safely. The Pasadena Ride of Silence will begin at the Rose Bowl in the north end of Lot K, with announceme... More »
Fuller Theological Seminary announced the graduation of 49 women from its inaugural online Professional Certificate on the Holistic Leadership of Latina Women. The milestone will be celebrated both online and in-person at the Texas campus on Saturday, May 4, 2024. The six-month program, designed to empower Spanish-speaking Latina women from across the Americas, nurtures leadership within ministeri... More »
The Biden administration announced today that President Biden will use his authority under the Antiquities Act to expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument near Los Angeles. The expanded monument will include 105,919 acres considered the “gateway” to the Angeles National Forest and the National Monument. The Biden administration also announced the expansion of Berryessa Snow Mountain Nati... More »
Three men were arrested on Tuesday night in connection with the attempted kidnapping of a 20-year-old woman who was out for an evening jog near her home in Pasadena, according to the Pasadena Police Department. The incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. in the 600 block of North Marengo Avenue. The victim reported that she noticed a man crouched down by a fence while she was running. She continued pa... More »
Lester Graves Lennon, a poetry editor and investment banker, and Sehba Sarwar, a writer, poet, artist, teacher and social activist, have been selected as the new Altadena Poets Laureate for the 2024-2026 term, according to an announcement made by outgoing poets Peter J. Harris and Carla R. Sameth at the Ode to the Land event at Zorthian Ranch on April 7. Lennon is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee... More »
