The City of Pasadena Fire Department will graduate six recruits at a ceremony today at 2:00 p.m. at the Pasadena Central Library, Donald Wright Auditorium (285 E. Walnut Street). The new Firefighters that will be sworn are Frank Boykin (Santa Clarita), Carlos Delgado (Ontario), Justin Hester (Corona), Robin Leafblad (Corona Del Mar), James Rono (Rosemead) and Sean Timoney (Lakewood). The graduates... More »
A 17-year-old Fontana resident is in police custody after attempting a carjacking here in Pasadena on Sunday afternoon, according to officials. The attempted carjacking occurred on the 1600 block of Fiske Avenue, when a 56-year-old female Pasadena resident, was pulling into her driveway at around 5 p.m. Two suspects approached her and demanded her purse and car keys as she was exiting the vehic... More »
A bill that will require California residents to spay or neuter their pets is up for vote in the State Assembly Appropriations Committee next week. Senate Bill 250, also known as the Pet Responsibility Act, is a measure that seeks to reduce the number of unwanted pets and the need for pet euthanasia in California. Passed in the California State Senate on June 2 by a vote of 21-16, the bill, propos... More »
My Tattoo, a local tattoo parlor in Alhambra, will represent family system tradition next weekend when the 15-year old shop’s artists join more than 350 worldwide tattooists at the Body Art Expo in Pomona. Owned by Jesse Yen, My Tattoo operates on a family system rather than an American system, explained Assistant Manager Andy Tran. In the American system, artists will either pay or work for an ... More »
The city of Pasadena Northwest Commission convened a special meeting on July 9 to consider approving a recommendation to award a local consulting firm $190,000 from a tax fund to prepare the Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan. With money provided by the Pasadena Community Development Commission Lincoln Avenue tax-increment fund balance, Urban Futures, Inc., took one step closer to developing a specific ... More »
Mountain bikers of all ages and ability levels will be tearing through the San Gabriel Mountains later this month when Naked Crow hosts the third annual Mountain Bike Challenge on July 26. Naked Crow founders David Smith and Ken Marshall, former president and vice president of the Altadena Chamber of Commerce, respectively, established the mountain biking event in 2007 as a means of bringing toget... More »
Dr. Lorne M. Buchman has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Art Center College of Design on Wednesday, the school’s Board of Trustees announced this week. Dr. Buchman, only the fifth president of Art Center since its founding nearly 80 years ago, will take office in October 2009, succeeding Dr. Frank L. Ellsworth, who has served as Interim President of the College since Fal... More »
Chemists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Scripps Research Institute have developed an innovative technique to create cheap but highly stable chemicals that have the potential to take the place of the antibodies used in many standard medical diagnostic tests. James R. Heath, the Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor and professor of chemistry, along with K. Barry Sharpless, the... More »
Two Pasadena City College instructors were named to the school’s Distinguished Lecturer Award, it was announce today. According to Juan Gutierrez, media relations officer at PCC, Dance adjunct professor Richard Kuller and Painting associate professor Rebecca Morris were both awarded by the school’s Board of Trustees and Academic Senate for their outstanding service to students and excellence i... More »
A shoplifting turned robbery went bad on Tuesday afternoon at a local supermarket located in the Hastings Ranch Village, Lt. Russ of the Pasadena Police Dept. said. The alleged shoplifting/robbery occurred just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday. A 50-year-old Ontario male and parolee detainee was arrested for an attempted shoplifting-robbery at the local supermarket, Russ said. Russ confirmed John Deighan ... More »
