Powered by the series “When They See Us” and the film “Dolemite is My Name,” Netflix leads the list of nominations for the 51st NAACP Image Awards, which will be presented tonight at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The awards honor the “accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film, and also recognizes individuals or groups who promote social justice thr... More »
Anticipation grew Thursday as nominations were publicized for the 54th NAACP Image Awards, to be held in the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in front of a live audience for the first time since 2019. The Feb. 25 ceremony will air on BET. The big-budget sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” scored a leading 12 nominations Thursday for the 54th NAACP Image Awards, while ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” led the... More »
California’s Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative (MMBI) aims to provide high-speed internet to all Californians, particularly those in underserved communities. The Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative is a partnership among several entities. As specified in SB 156, the California Department of Technology (CDT) and its Office of Broadband and Digital Literacy is overseeing the acquisition and management o... More »
Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the sun on average than does Neptune (which orbits the sun at an average distance of 2.8 billion miles). In fact, it would take this... More »
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Thursday that the Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony will be held in Pasadena on October 17, with “The Young and the Restless,” “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives” leading the nominations. The three long-running soap operas will compete for outstanding daytime drama series, according to the complete list of nominees released by the acad... More »
CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” scored a leading 18 nominations Thursday for the 2022 Daytime Emmy Awards, closely followed by ABC’s “General Hospital” with 17 and trailed by NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” with 11. The bulk of the Daytime Emmy Awards will be presented June 18 during the Creative Arts & Lifestyle ceremony, with the main ceremony scheduled for June 24 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. ... More »
Considering his near perfect junior season on the mound, there are even a string of superlatives that don’t do Dawson Netz justice. Even words like “awesome” and “dominant” and “unparalleled” don’t seem strong enough for a guy that refused for anything less than perfection. And while we say ‘near perfect,’ we mean it. Netz went 12-0 with a 0.26 ERA. That includes eight complete games, seven shutou... More »
Planet formation is a complex and tumultuous process that remains shrouded in mystery. Astronomers have discovered more than 3,000 exoplanets—planets orbiting stars other than our Sun—however, nearly all are middle-aged, with ages of a billion years or more. For astronomers, attempting to understand the life cycles of planetary systems using existing examples is like trying to learn how people gro... More »
East West Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: EWBC), parent company of East West Bank, the financial bridge between the United States and Greater China, today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2012. For the second quarter of 2012, net income was $70.6 million or $0.47 per dilutive share. East West increased second quarter net income by $10.0 million or 17% and increased earnings per dilutiv... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) has been awarded a $15 million Magnet School Assistance Program (MSAP) grant from the U.S. Department of Education to create and expand three new or revised magnet programs. This is the third major magnet grant awarded to PUSD since 2013. PUSD is among 19 programs in the U.S. to receive the magnet grant. “This third magnet grant solidifies the vibrant pu... More »
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