The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) is seeking applicants for its Strategic Plan Steering Committee, responsible for advising the District’s upcoming strategic plan process. Members will assist in developing a framework for community engagement, identifying focus areas for parents, businesses and community organizations, and designing a community engagement plan. This community-based c... More »
 Owner George Babakhanian displays one of his masterpieces Are you fluent in French – pastries? I admit it, my French is rusty but the meaning of “Aux Delices” (“all the delicious things in life”) flooded back to me when I tasted one of their scrumptious pastries at the Art Deco-styled Old Pasadena bakery the other day. The shop, which looks and feels straight out of pre-war Paris, is small ... More »
 The newly announced Tournament of Roses® Royal Court. Left to right: Princess Ashley Thaxton, Princess Kinsey Stuart, Princess Katherine Hernández, Princess Michelle Van Wyk, Princess Natalie Innocenzi, Princess June Ko, Princess Lauren Rogers The seven members of the 2010 Tournament of Roses Royal Court were announced today at Tournament House from a group of 26 finalists. As ambassadors of ... More »
The Pasadena Area Community College District Board of Trustees voted to remove the “interim†designation from the title of Dr. Lisa A. Sugimoto, who had been serving as the institution’s interim president since September 16. The announcement was made during the Board’s regularly scheduled meeting. Sugimoto will serve as president of PCC until her contract is completed on June 30, 2010, or unti... More »
[Updated Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 | 4:45 P.M. ] Pasadena Police Chief Bernard K. Melekian today announced his retirement from the Pasadena Police Department effective November 8 and that he has accepted the position of Executive Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services with the Department of Justice. That position was offered to him by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Chief Mel... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) announced the selection of Laureen Nadhira-Nayo as the District Teacher of the Year. Ms. Nadhira-Nayo was honored as an “ambassador for education†by County Superintendent Darline Robles and the Los Angeles County Board of Education at the annual awards ceremony sponsored by the County Office of Education. “I congratulate Ms. Nadirah-Nayo for rec... More »
Pasadena Police arrested Lesly Rugama, 37 from Canoga Park for residential burglary charges. The District Attorney’s Office has filed several counts of burglary and is awaiting further information regarding additional victims. The victims in these cases were unaware that their “missing†property was actually stolen by Rugama. Rugama has used her employment as a part-time housekeeper over t... More »
Pasadena Police announced the arrest of a bank robber nicknamed the “Baby Boomer Bandit.†Salvador Sanchez (Pasadena resident, 64 years) was arrested in the 800 block of N. Mentor Avenue after Detectives received tips from the community that he was living in the area. Police Detectives, working with the F.B.I. have been searching for the suspect after several bank robberies occurred in Pasaden... More »
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Superintendent Edwin Diaz announced that Alexander Hamilton Elementary has been designated a national Blue Ribbon School. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan conferred the prestigious honor upon only 314 public and private schools nationwide, and 25 public schools in California. The Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private schools that a... More »
Gary J. DiSano, 62, President of the Tournament of Roses Association for the 121st Tournament of Roses Parade and 96th Rose Bowl Game died yesterday, Sept. 20, according to an emailed press release from the Association. DiSano has chosen the theme, “2010: A Cut Above the Rest” for the January 1, 2010 Rose Parade. He had said about his theme that “the Tournament strives to put a Parade and Game... More »
