Walk With the Mayor
Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard and Michael Ross, CEO of Pasadena Center Operating Company, will lead a 3.3-mile walk around the Rose Bowl Loop at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, as part of Up & Moving Pasadena.
Meet at Gate A at the stadium. Free parking is available. All levels of ability will be accommodated.
Up & Moving [...]
Councilwoman McAustin Will Host Community Budget Discussion
Residents of District 2 in Pasadena are invited to attend a meeting about the city budget Thursday, April 2, hosted by City Councilwoman Margaret McAustin.
City Manager Michael J. Beck will present an overview about addressing the gap between revenues and expenditures, including increasing efficiencies, incorporating council priorities, reducing spending, and the possible impact on city [...]
Pasadena Convention Center Opens Its Doors to the Community
Free Grand Opening Weekend Celebration This Weekend
Events Include Free Admission to the 33rd Annual Home Show & Real Estate Expo, Live Entertainment and Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard
The Pasadena Convention Center will open its doors to the community for a grand opening weekend celebration of the brand new, $150 million [...]
Pasadena Literary Festival of Women Authors
Literature lovers who appreciate the contribution that creative women writers have made to the literary world, will enjoy the Pasadena Literary Festival of Women Authors at the Pasadena Senior Center on Saturday, April 4, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
This extraordinary daylong literary experience will feature six local authors who’ll talk about their colorful [...]
Arts & Culture Commission Announces Annual Grants Program
The city of Pasadena is seeking applications for the 2009-2010 Annual Arts Grants Program.
Grants are available for arts and culture programs, arts education partnerships, festivals and parades, and support to individual artists. Last year the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission, through the Cultural Affairs Division, awarded $138,500 to 20 organizations, events and artists.
Submissions [...]
Pasadena’s Deficit Widens
According to the city, a widening budget gap (AKA structural deficit) has been caused primarily by the economic downturn and the crisis at the state budget level. City Manager Michael Beck will present a recommended strategy for reducing spending and increasing revenues tonight as the council and the community prepare for the next fiscal year’s [...]
Bob Hope Airport to Receive Stimulus Funding for Safety Upgrades
Funding to create local construction jobs
Today, Congressman Adam Schiff lauded the Department of Transportation’s announcement that the Bob Hope Airport will receive $3.5 million for safety upgrades on three taxiways. The funding is part of the stimulus package approved by Congress earlier this year and will help create approximately 35 local constructions jobs. [...]
Renowned Scottish Photojournalist Harry Benson Visits Pasadena
Benson Came to America with the Beatles in 1964
I wanted to meet Harry Benson for many years. My father used to speak of Harry when they were both covering some of the most appalling news stories of the day in the mid to late 1960’s. Harry Benson is a photojournalist and my late [...]
“Earth Hour”—When The Lights Go Off Again
“Oh, golly, we’re seven minutes late! Quick, turn off the lights!” And so we began running around the house, shutting off lights.
It was Earth Hour! And here we were—late!
One day last March, I’d read about Earth Hour, just a small notice in the newspaper. On a whim, I decided my husband and [...]
Inaugural Pasadena Marathon Gets off a Wild and Wet Start
determined to run
Runners and spectators both braved the cold rain, to be part of the inaugural Pasadena Marathon.
Thousands participated in the event Sunday morning and hundreds more lined Colorado Blvd. to cheer on their favorite runner or cyclist.
The rain, heavy at times, only seemed to heighten the athletes determination to go for the 24 plus [...]
