Dubbed the “Son of Sinky”; Amorphophallus titanium Blooms Briefly Then Closes
Rare Amorphophallus titanium Blooms – Relative of the Famous Stinky Plant of 1999 – Draws Thousands to Huntington Library When it bloomed at The Huntington in 1999, the gigantic Amorphophallus titanum (a.k.a. the Corpse Flower)created international headlines. A second flowering in 2002 was equally sensational. Now, one of the famous Corpse Flower’s offspring has bloomed. [...]
Schiff, Goodlatte to Lead Senate Impeachment Trial of District Judge Samuel Kent
The House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Judicial Impeachment Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) and ranking member Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), presented the case for impeachment of Judge Samuel B. Kent to the full House. After the presentation, the House unanimously approved four impeachment articles relating to Judge Kent. The articles of impeachment included two articles based [...]
Second Murder Suspect Arrested – Both Suspects Allegedly Gang Members
Pasadena Police Detectives announced the arrest of a second murder suspect in the killing of David Crosby on May 29, 2009 inside the Atlantis Club and Restaurant in Pasadena. Charles Wetstone, 19 of Pasadena resident was arrested without incident at an apartment complex in Glendale, California on the evening of June 16, 2009. This follows [...]
Chief Of Police Bernard Melekian Retires From Military Reserve Unit
- Chief of Police Bernard Melekian announced that effective June 16 , he is officially retired from the United States Coast Guard as a reservist after 26 years of service. His last command was this past weekend patrolling the San Pedro Harbor. He retires as a Chief Petty Officer from the Port Security #311Unit based [...]
Chief Melekian Appointed to California Council on Criminal Justice by Karen Bass
Speaker of the California State Assembly Karen Bass has appointed Chief of Police Bernard Melekian to serve as her appointee to the California Council on Criminal Justice. “It is an honor to have been selected by Speaker Bass for this Council,” says Chief Melekian. It is an incredible opportunity to have a voice at the [...]
17th Pasadena Chalk Festival This Weekend
Saturday & Sunday, June 20 & 21 2009 For centuries artists have painted beautiful images on the boulevards and squares of great cities, using chalk as their medium and the street pavement as their canvas. These artists and their creations were not a destination unto themselves; they were a wonderful element of the everyday [...]
Cruising the Columbia River aboard an American Safari Yacht, Part 1
There are many great memories that come to mind as I recount my nine-day yacht cruise down the Columbia River. There are colossal dams with massive steel locks, giant gorges cut through mountains, behemoth barges and ships drifting past cabin windows, spectacular unspoiled landscapes teeming with wildlife, tiny deserted islands, roaring rapids, historic images [...]
Symphony Unveils Plan to Overcome Obstacles
“We have supported the Pasadena Symphony for years,” I was told by a woman at an opening recently. “But,” she continued, “no more after the mismanagement there.” That is exactly the perception that CEO, Paul Jan Zdunek, must overcome in order to keep his organization, The Pasadena Symphony Association, from becoming stalled in a morass. [...]
Pasadena Independent – June 18th, 2009
Pasadena Police Nab 19 in Prostitution Sting
On June 17, 2009 the Pasadena Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit and Neighborhood Action Team conducted a prostitution sting operation between 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on East Colorado Boulevard. Undercover officers were posed as both prostitutes and customers. This sting focused on male and female participants and resulted in the arrest of eighteen male [...]