Pasadena Issues Another Health Warning due to Smoke Filled Skies
The Morris Fire in the San Gabriel Mountains above Azusa has grown to 1,850 acres and is currently 45 percent contained. To the west, a fire north of La Cañada Flintridge currently stands at 80 acres burned and 0 percent containment. With temperatures anticipated at 100 degrees plus for the rest of the week, smoke [...]
Pasadena PR Firm Hired by Breakaway Republics
The Saylor Company, a Pasadena-based public relations firm, has recently been hired by your not so average, everyday client that’s if separatist governments are average. The governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, to breakaway republics of Georgia in the South Caucasus region, have hired the PR firm specializing in crisis management and international affairs in [...]
PCC President Perfumo Resigns
Pasadena City College President and Superintendent Paulette Perfumo has resigned from her post for personal family reasons, as announced after a closed PCC Board meeting last night, August 25, 2009. The Pasadena City College Board of Trustees held a special meeting in order to discuss the appointment of a new college president. Perfumo had been [...]
Precautions Urged During Poor Air Quality And Hot Weather
With smoky conditions and temperatures approaching triple digits for the rest of the week, the Pasadena Fire Department and Pasadena Public Health Department remind everyone to take care of themselves, their children and their pets. “Due to the Morris Fire near Azusa and resulting poor air quality in Pasadena, elderly residents and other sensitive individuals, [...]
Health Care Reform’s Strongest Advocate Senator Ted Kennedy Dies at 77
“All of our thoughts are with the Kennedy family, and the nation joins them in grief and in prayer. Senator Kennedy, the youngest and last surviving brother of a family that inspired millions of Americans to service, was one of the most influential and effective Senators to ever hold a seat in the United States [...]
The Big Boy on the Block: The Huntington and the Little Guys
The Huntington was founded by Henry Edwards Huntington in 1919 as his own home and the museum and gardens were opened to the public in 1928. It is now a private, nonprofit institution is supported by gifts from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies, and by a private endowment that provides about 30 percent of [...]
Surf City Offers Eco-Tourism and Eco-Luxury
Summer’s nearing an end, and those long lazy beach days will soon fade into sunset. What’s an eco-friendly, fun-loving, in-desperate-need-of-tranquility human to do? Try a quick drive down to Surf City USA. That’s right; Huntington Beach will wet your eco-appetite, and much, much more. Sure, Huntington Beach is known for its world-famous surfing, beach bonfires, [...]
Pacific Asia Museum’s New Exhibition: Calligraffiti
Pacific Asia Museum presents a multi-cultural exhibition that explores the idea of art as a strategy for breaking down concepts of painting/writing, legibility/illegibility, insider/outsider and Asian Art/Western Art. Curated by Collette Chattopadhyay, Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art will be on view from September 17, 2009 through January 17, 2010 and includes work [...]
Pasadena Independent – August 27th, 2009
FULL STORY: http://pasadenaindependent.com/print-edition/pasadena-independent-august-27th-2009/
Wistaria Thrift Shop Re Opens Sept 3
The Wistaria Thrift Shop, run by Sierra Madre Woman’s Club, will have its grand re-opening Thursday, September 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The shop is located at the historic clubhouse, 550 w. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. Closed over summer for refurbishing and restocking, now a large inventory of all new merchandise will [...]