PCC Board to discuss appointment of new president
The Pasadena City College Board of Trustees will be holding a special meeting on August 25, 2009, in order to discuss the appointment of a new college president. President Paulette Perfumo has been on leave since August 6, and members of the board do not know where she is. The President’s Office at PCC said, [...]
Pasadena AT&T store robbed
An AT&T cell phone store on East Colorado Boulevard was robbed Monday morning, August 17, 2009. Two men approached the store’s manager as he was entering the store at 8 a.m. threatening him. They stole several phones and an undisclosed amount of money. If anyone has any information regarding the robbery, please contact police at [...]
Woman robbed at gunpoint in Pasadena
A Pasadena woman was robbed at gunpoint early Monday morning, August 17, 2009, while withrdrawing money from an ATM machine on the 3700 block of East Foothill Boulevard. The ordeal took place at 2 a.m., when the woman was approached by what was described as a black man in his 30’s. The man demanded money and [...]
St. Baldrick’s Foundation Awards $11.5 Million for Cancer Research
St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a non-profit public charity based in Pasadena, which raises money for childhood cancer research, has awarded $11.5 million in funding for oncology research worldwide. The money will be used to conduct research and allow for clinical studies and trials, and future research. St. Baldrick’s is the world’s largest volunteer-driven fund raising organization [...]
Pasadena Patriots Plan to Rally at Healthcare Horum
The Pasadena Patriots, a grass roots organization created in response to the “over-reaching federal government,” will be rallying at a town hall meeting Tuesday, August 11, 2009, where Congressman Adam Schiff will be in attendance, along with a panel of industry representatives and consumer groups, to discuss new healthcare reform. Jonathan Wilson, founder of the [...]
Pasadena Firefighters Rescue Trapped Owl
Firefighters along with the Pasadena Humane Society worked for 45 minutes Thursday morning, rescuing a Great Horned Owl tangled in a net above a Pasadena golf course. Discovered by golf course employees around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, August 6, 2009, at the Eaton Canyon Golf Course at 1150 N. Sierra Madre Villa Ave., firefighters arrived shortly [...]
Monrovia Man Runs135-Mile Badwater Ultramarathon
Could you ever imagine yourself running 135 miles in 120 degree heat? Could you imagine doing that nine times? Well, native Monrovian John Radich has completed just that in his fifty-five years of life, among other running feats, and plans on continuing his running career in support of The Way to Happiness Foundation, a non [...]
JPL Scientists Confirm Jupiter Impact
Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech have confirmed that an asteroid has impacted Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, after a tip from an amateur astronomer on Monday. Using NASA’s Infrared Telescope facility atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, JPL scientists were able to confirm that a large [...]
Man Stabbed to Death at Pasadena Restaurant
A Pasadena man was found fatally stabbed outside a restaurant in Pasadena late Thursday night. Officials report that the murder took place at Mandarin Garden restaurant at 701 N. Fair Oaks Ave. around 11:30 pm Thursday night. The man, reported to be in his 20s, was found in the restaurant parking lot. Passers-by called 911. [...]
UPDATE: Pasadena Teenager Shot in Head
Pasadena Police have reported that a 17-year-old girl shot at a house party in Pasadena late Saturday evening was not the intended target of the shooting. The incident took place at a house party around 10:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Westgate Street. Some 100 people were in attendance of the party. It is [...]