After being honored for his nearly 20 years as a member of the Pasadena City Council, Vice Mayor Steve Madison Wednesday introduced a high-powered panel of experts for his District Town Hall — an in-depth update on Pasadena’s goal of creating a carbon-free city by 2030. The panel included Pasadena Water and Power Department Acting General Manager David Reyes; a keynote from California Institute of Technology Professor Steven Low; and a panel discussion featuring Chris Yeh of California Institute of Technology, Will McNamara of Sandia National Laboratories, and Cynthia Cannady of Pasadena 100 ..read more

The campaign for Pasadena Unified School District School Board District 6 candidate Lisa Kroese said Wednesday that Kroese has received the endorsement of Sierra Madre Mayor Kelly Kriebs, In a published letter, Kroese said the endorsement marks a “significant milestone” in her campaign for the Board. “Mayor Kriebs is not only a respected leader in our community but also someone who deeply understands the importance of education and the key role it plays in shaping our children’s futures,” Kroese wrote. “Her endorsement highlights our shared vision and commitment to improving our schools, and s ..read more

The Pasadena Area Community College District Board of Trustees convened for its regular business meeting on Wednesday, May 8, which included a joint session with the Associated Students Board. The wide-ranging agenda covered topics from a facilities strategic plan update to numerous budget augmentations, contract approvals, curriculum changes, and personnel matters. During a study session, the Board delved into the Facilities Strategic Plan, originally approved in 2020 to guide the college’s strategy for enhancing campus facilities. The plan is currently undergoing a refresh to reflect shifts ..read more

Pasadena can expect mostly sunny skies Thurday, with high temperatures reaching the mid-70s. The morning may see some low clouds, but they should clear out by late morning. Tonight, the city will experience mostly clear skies, with temperatures dropping to the mid-50s. Friday will bring similar conditions, with temperatures warming up slightly to the upper 70s. The morning may start with some low clouds, but they will burn off quickly, leading to sunny skies for the rest of the day. Over the weekend, Pasadena will see a slight increase in temperatures, with highs reaching the 80s on Sunday. Ho ..read more

A historic 12,744-square-foot retail and office building located at the corner of Arroyo Parkway and Colorado Blvd. in Old Pasadena has sold for $8 million. The sale marks the end of nearly a century and a half of continuous ownership by G&C Frost Company, based in Westlake Village, which had owned the land since 1874. According to real estate brokers CBRE, the property at 130 E. Colorado Blvd. sits on a 0.53-acre lot and features 46 surface parking spaces and over 60 feet of frontage on the iconic Rose Parade route. Developed in 1952 and renovated in 2011, the two-story building was previ ..read more

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to consider a $45.4 billion recommended budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, which is $1.4 billion less than last year’s Final Adopted Budget, according to a report by Chief Executive Officer Fesia Davenport. The budget includes significant investments in addressing homelessness, expanding mental health services and reducing the jail population. It also includes 116,159 total budgeted positions, which is 835 more than last year’s Final Adopted Budget. The “Recommended Budget At a Glance” section of the report highlights that the County faces $1 ..read more

Pasadena-based consulting and engineering firm Tetra Tech has secured a substantial contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to help improve Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and security. Tetra Tech announced on Tuesday that it had been awarded a $439 million, five-year contract by USAID. The project, called the USAID Securing Power, Advancing Resilience & Connectivity Activity, aims to make Ukraine’s electricity, natural gas, and heating systems more reliable, secure, and efficient. As part of the contract, Tetra Tech will work closely with the Ukrainian governme ..read more

Pasadena-based Casa Treatment Center, one of the first treatment centers in Southern California designed specifically to meet the needs of women in recovery, hosted an art showing featuring artwork created by women in its programs on May 7. The goal of the project was to help women in treatment build confidence, reduce depression and anxiety, and learn healthy ways to cope with life’s challenges and negative emotions, according to a statement released by the center.  Research has shown that art therapy provides participants with a learning environment where they are able to gain self-awar ..read more

Two Caltech professors, Thomas Y. Hou and Jonas C. Peters, have been elected amongst the newest members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) this year. Membership in the academy is considered one of the highest honors a scientist can receive. Thomas Hou is the Charles Lee Powell Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics. Hou’s work focuses on multiscale problems arising from geophysical applications and fluid dynamics. He has made significant progress on the 3D Euler singularity problem, which is closely related to the Navier-Stokes Equation Millennium Problem ..read more

Aaron Gerwer, an educator with over 20 years of experience, has been appointed as the new site director for Aveson Global Leadership Academy in Altadena, California, starting in the fall of 2024, according to a statement from the school. Gerwer has spent the last decade in school leadership roles after initially serving as a teacher. He has led several highly diverse schools in the Philadelphia Public School System to excellence, the statement said. Among his notable contributions are establishing an inquiry-based teacher-to-teacher mentorship program, co-designing a weeklong, interdisciplinar ..read more