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 »
A Pasadena Superior Court judge sentenced a 33-year-old Monrovia man to 17 years in state prison today. The sentencing followed a recent federal grand jury indictment. Judge Janice Clair Croft ordered Gregory Scott Serrano to serve 17 years in a California State Prison on 20 counts of child molestation, Internet pornography and attempted destruction of evidence. Serrano was earlier indicted in a f... More »
Pasadena Now will be expanding its capabilities in a major upgrade during the night of July 8, Publisher James Macpherson said today. “Our growing, complex site has evolved so far in five years that a major re-think was necessary,” Macpherson said. “We are making a number of changes to improve loading speed and to extend our capabilities.” Macpherson said the work will be performed starting about ... More »
And now for the news about the weatherman. KABC’s award-winning meteorologist Dallas Raines and wife Danielle W. Raines seem to want an atmospheric change of residence as they posted for sale their 1998 four-bedroom home nestled at 1437 Rutherford Drive in Pasadena for $1.8 million. The Raineses’ eye-catching Mediterranean Revival home has a total living space of 4,328 square feet and was boug... More »
[Editor’s Note: This story has been corrected. The original report identified the store as a Vons market when in fact it is a Ralphs market.] A shoplifting turned robbery went bad at a local Ralphs market located at 3601 Foothill Blvd., Lt. Russ of the Pasadena Police Dept. said this afternoon. As of 6:30 p.m., Lt. George of the PPD said there were no additional details and updates may be availabl... More »
A large local firm scored a major contract with NASA, allowing it to assume operational management of an assembly facility in New Orleans, it was announced on Tuesday. The federal space agency granted certification status to Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., last week, allowing the firm to assume operational management of the Michoud Assembly Facility in eastern New Orleans, La., the company said in... More »
[Updated Wednesday, July 9, 2009] As tens of thousands music fans filled the stands at Staples Center and an estimated hundreds of thousands tune into the Michael Jackson public memorial service through various media on July 7, a local pastor helped set the tone for what became a somber, spiritual honor to an entertainment legend and global icon. Shortly before Mariah Carey took the stage, fans ... More »
