Pasadena, CA — If you love live music and bicycling—or both—Pasadena is the best place to be this weekend in California with awesome back-to-back special events: the exciting sights and sounds of the sixth annual Make Music Pasadena festival and the...

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement after House Republicans pushed a bill to increase the cost of a college education: "Today, the U.S. House of Representatives was divided on a bill introduced by Rep...

Pasadena, CA - Lights, cameras, action. See Hillsides like you've never seen it before as the Los Angeles County charity makes its debut on the centennial video. The video, which was produced in conjunction with Hillsides' 100th birthday, was launched on...

Shuttles Begin June 22 Grab your sunblock, put on your flip-flops and climb aboard the City of El Monte's Summer "Beach Bus," with express transit service from the City of El Monte to Huntington Beach. This $6 round-trip service is a bargain for beach lo...

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, lit up a committee hearing Wednesday by calling for aggressive prosecution of financial institutions involved in the laundering of illegal drug mon...

The Gamble House is One of More Than 1,800 Museums Across America to Offer Free Admission to Military Personnel and Their Families This Summer in Collaboration With the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense. P...

Pasadena, CA – Assemblymember Chris Holden has named Joe Fransen and Awards by Champion as the 41st Assembly District Small Business of the Year. Fransen will be recognized at ceremonies in Sacramento on June 10. "I am pleased to recognize Joe Fransen ...

Pasadena, CA — The public is invited to attend a free, three-part workshop-discussion series on "Cultural Competency" sponsored by the Pasadena Human Relations Commission. All workshops will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays—May 25, Ju...

Pasadena, CA — New grant funding and charitable giving opportunities are being created thanks to the collaborative efforts of the City's Housing Department and the Pasadena Community Foundation (PCF) by transferring the former Human Services Endowment F...

Pasadena Rotary Club2013 Teachers of Excellence Program The Pasadena Rotary Club's annual Teachers of Excellence Program (TOE) honored PUSD teacher honorees May 15, 2013 at the University Club on N. Oakland Avenue in Pasadena. The PUSD teacher honorees...

I have concluded that life, as it stands out in the public arena, is a very confusing thing. As I watched the news and see scandal after scandal unfold and people trying to dance around the facts so that they come out looking good, I am reminded of how th...

Unit 6 Annual Day is 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 9th. Everyone is asked to come out and support this extraordinary Worship Service with the Accents, Birthday Coordinators, Parking/Security, Transportation and Usher Ministries. Pastor Elton Johnson, Metrop...

A tourist noticed a man sitting by the ruins of a home that had been blown away by the winds of a tornado. Puzzled he asked, "Was this your home?" "Yep," he said. "Any of your family blown away with it?" the tourist continued. "Yep. My wife and kids," ...

On Sunday, May 19, 2013, in a ceremony fit for a leader, the community came out in mass to fill the Pasadena Central Library Auditorium. The event, attended by Pasadena residents, community leaders and politicians, past and present, including three past M...

The Pasadena Unified School District is a majority Latino serving district 61 percent of our current Latino students. Currently, there is no Latino presence on the board of education and it is my hope that the current vacancy will be filled by a member of...

It is our intent, with this limited report, to provide a snapshot of the status of African American participation in the life and times of Pasadena. It is a city with much talent and much to offer its citizens and the nation. The African American particip...

We are all busy and have a long list of "things to do" that we keep putting off. One of those "things" that should be done periodically is reviewing and verifying the beneficiary designations on our various accounts. Most financial institutions require th...

"I realized, in some cases, I have to hire individuals who are smarter than I am," said Ron Carter, who runs a public relations firm in Pasadena. "I came to the understanding I cannot do it all," he added. "I thought it would give me independence and fin...

Do your children know how to respond during an emergency or what to do when confronted by a stranger? If you are unsure about your answers to these questions, then you might consider enrolling your child in the Pasadena Kids Safety Academy. This is a se...

A capital campaign – or any other quantum leap in your fundraising – will pull at every fiber of your nonprofit. These are not "business as usual" activities. If you want to grow from one level of donated revenue to another you have to do things diffe...