As the holiday season comes just around the corner, memories of your lost relatives come back to mind.  Who says kids don't grieve?  These times can be emotional and cause you to be blue; sometimes even depressed, but you have to remember that hopefully...

Pasadena City College students and alums are highly encouraged to apply for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, which honors excellence by supporting outstanding community college students with financial need to transfer to ...

Moviegoers everywhere will love Disney's delightful and exciting animated adventure, "The Princess and the Frog." But this groundbreaking film will find a special place in the hearts of African-Americans because of its beautiful homage to black families...

  Terrence Roberts book signing for his book entitled "Lessons From Little Rock"as part of the educational event honoring the Tuskegee Airmen.  Photo credit:  Xavier Higgs. Over 250 people attended an educational screening event in honor of the Tus...

African Americans, both young and old, are turning to community colleges in record numbers for an education during these challenging economic times and there is one organization that is providing a ray of hope for these talented students - Resources for E...

The holiday season is here and with it comes special times with family and friends. It is a time for reflection on the year gone by and planning for the year ahead. Many people will make New Years resolutions, often involving getting their financial affai...

A familiar passage of scripture reads: "If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;" Isaiah 1:19.  The word "willing" when translated from its original Hebrew language means to have a desire for a thing; and the word "obedient" f...

"Renaissance and Religion on Central Avenue" Lecture and Tour December 18th & 19th and December 29th & 30th At its height, the Harlem Renaissance movement in Black America was taking root through the nation's inter cities; Los Angeles was no...

"And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed."I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving." (Genesis 32:28)He thought it w...

I have to confess to you, that I am going to try to write this week's column, but my heart is not in it. The news about Tiger Woods hit me like a punch in the stomach. I do understand that Tiger Woods is not a perfect person and that we all make mistakes....

Interview:  Part Two with Author Stephanie Covington Armstrong "Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat: A Story of Bulimia" Background: "Bulimia is also known as bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder characterized by episodes of secretive excessive e...

President Obama is making a huge mistake if he thinks that sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan is the best way to protect our nation from terrorism.  Battling terrorism is our goal, is it not?  Isn't that why we attacked Afghanistan after the...

Warm smiles and laughter, big hugs and lively chatter. Celebration. Thus defines The Journal's 20th Anniversary, and much more. Commemorated by all as a gift to the community, The Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley Journal Newspaper has brought together and unif...

Joe and Ruthie Hopkins could be considered one of Pasadena's prominent couples. On Friday evening, November 20, 2009, some of Pasadena's leading business, political and community leaders came together and celebrated the 20 Anniversary of the Pasadena Jour...

PASADENA - The Pasadena Senior Center is open on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, to extend a warm welcome to seniors, their family and friends and hold its special Thanksgiving Day celebration. The Center, located at 85 East Holly Street in Old P...

The Jackie Robinson Seniors, Inc. organization will hold a Christmas Party featuring a delectable dinner and delightful music at the Jackie Robinson Community Center at 1020 N. Fair Oaks Avenue on Friday, December 4 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.The evenings' fest...

Lena Kennedy is passionate about her community and she makes no apology about it. Recently she was the keynote speaker at the YWCA Pasadena Foothill Valley's "Women of Leadership Forum. She chose to address the audience in a talk show style format featuri...

Pictured (L-R): Rick Cole, Hunt Salembier, Suzanne Berberian, Socorro Manzanilla, Tom Selinske, Greg Apodaca, Gerda Govine, Thelma Vickroy, Phil Hawkey, Ann Erdman, Tom Coston, Sarah Smith Orr, Jane Wetzel, Robert Pacheco, Steve Ralph, Rick Kiel.  Hono...

"Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:" (Psalms 50:14)"I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving" (Psalms 69:30)Everyday I will praise him!As long as I have breath I will praise!My hand, ...

WILL THIS GAME BE NORM CHOW'S REVENGE?It seems like only yesterday that the Pete Carroll and Norm Chow were living in USC paradise. Their team was usually competing for the national championship. Everyone was happy, or at least they appeared to be. Carrol...