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Pasadena Unified plans for education during a pandemic

by Matthew Rodriguez | Jul 9, 2020 | News, News Briefs | 2 |

As coronavirus cases rise in the region, Pasadena Unified School District continues planning for...

Pasadena Senior Center to host virtual events

by Christina Fuoco | Jul 9, 2020 | Feature Stories, Slider Image | 0 |

During the COVID-19 crisis, the Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly Street, has been deemed by the...

Covid Count

by Matthew Rodriguez | Jul 9, 2020 | News, The Count | 0 |

Reported Cases in Pasadena and surrounding areas as of Monday, July 6 South Pasadena: 171; Alhambra: 512; Altadena: 267; Arcadia: 191; Glendale: 1,538; Monrovia: 329; San Gabriel: 267; Total Confirmed Cases in Pasadena: 1,401...

Immigrants to meet weekly at courthouse, hoping to stay in the U.S.

by Matthew Rodriguez | Jul 9, 2020 | News, News Briefs | 0 |

After the Supreme Court ruled in favor of DREAMers and upheld Deferred Action for Childhood...

Injury Reserve rapper Stepa J. Groggs dies at 32

by Connor Dziawura | Jul 9, 2020 | News, News Briefs | 0 |

Jordan Alexander Groggs, also known as Stepa J. Groggs of the Arizona hip-hop trio Injury Reserve,...

The Pasadena Playhouse is approved for CARES Act award

by Christina Fuoco | Jul 9, 2020 | News, News Features, Slider Image | 0 |

Pasadena Playhouse has been approved for a $50,000 award as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief...

Former Gov. Jerry Brown and veteran LA journalist Jim Newton team up with All Saints Church for the local release of Newton’s ‘Man of Tomorrow: The Relentless Life of Jerry Brown’

by Kevin Uhrich | Jul 3, 2020 | News Features, Slider Image | 0 |

Former California Gov. Jerry Brown sounded alarms on “global horrors” to come with climate change,...

American media find its worst enemy is often its own government, this time police agencies involved in the George Floyd unrest

by Kevin Uhrich | Jul 2, 2020 | Feature Stories, Slider Image | 0 |

When Americans think of journalists attacked, arrested or imprisoned while doing their job, they...

NDLON and NAACP introduce a new Bill of Rights for Pasadena

by Matthew Rodriguez | Jul 2, 2020 | News Features | 0 |

As the conversation on defunding police continues on a national scale, activists in Pasadena have...

Schiff and Chu sign on to George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

by Lydia You | Jun 25, 2020 | News Briefs | 0 |

Following weeks of nationwide protests and galvanized support for radical police reform resulting...

Gordo seeks independent auditor/inspector general to oversee police and city government; Tornek says community oversight of police is ‘inevitable and appropriate’

by Kevin Uhrich | Jun 25, 2020 | News Briefs | 0 |

Less than a week after the Pasadena City Council voted to begin the process of deciding whether to...

Businesses and government face uncertain futures due to changes forced by COVID-19

by Kevin Uhrich | Jun 25, 2020 | Feature Stories, Happy Birthday Pasadena, Slider Image | 0 |

Like years past, we looked forward to working with the Pasadena Museum of History on celebrating...

Interim fire chief, police command staff and city PIO forced to self-isolate; health officer receives death threats; police chief says officer had no choice in fatal shooting

by Matthew Rodriguez | Jun 24, 2020 | News Features, Slider Image | 0 |

During a press conference Tuesday afternoon about a fatal officer-involved shooting in early May,...

Council expected to have police oversight plan by mid-August

by Kevin Uhrich | Jun 18, 2020 | News Briefs | 0 |

If anyone thought civilian oversight of Pasadena police was going to happen overnight, think again. In fact, the first public unveiling of any plans for a citizen review board won’t happen until mid-August — 60 days. By then,...