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Altadena Groups to Gather in Support of SB 1090 Ahead of July 1 Assembly Hearing
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (323+ words) SB 9, signed in 2021, allows owners in single-family neighborhoods to split lots and build duplexes, while SB 1123, which took effect in July 2025, permits the construction of up to 10 homes on qualifying vacant single-family-zoned lots. An earlier version of SB 1090 focused on…...
Pasadena Chamber Installs 40-year Real Estate Veteran Bill Ukropina as New Board Chair
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (468+ words) Bill Ukropina has spent 40 years putting his name on commercial real estate signs across Pasadena. On Friday night, June 26, 2026, at a black-tie gala in the Langham Huntington Hotel's Viennese Ballroom, the city's business community gave him something even more challenging…...
Soaring Beyond Frostig: Celebrating the Class of 2026 Graduation - Pasadena Schools
16+ hour, 49+ min ago (129+ words) Soaring Beyond Frostig: Celebrating the Class of 2026 Graduation Pasadena Now Soaring Beyond Frostig: Celebrating the Class of 2026 Graduation Frostig Class of 2026 has officially graduated, marking an inspiring milestone filled with achievement, growth, and perseverance. Warm congratulations are extended to each…...
Bethany Christian School Annual Fund: Just 6% Away from $90 K Goal for New Science Lab
18+ hour, 4+ min ago (132+ words) We're almost there, Bethany family!" Mr. Jon Hawes, Bethany's Head of School shares that thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, we are just 6% away from reaching our goal of $90, 000 towards the Annual Fund. The deadline is June 30, and…...
Maranatha Students Explore Faith and Justice Through Christian Legal Aid Partnership
18+ hour, 7+ min ago (135+ words) Senior Grace Jung shares: "This experience has been absolutely incredible. I laughed, prayed, and was encouraged by the clients and mentors who made it possible. I've learned so much about law, service, and what it looks like to be mentored…...
Municipal Services Committee to Gather More Data Before Recommending Artificial Turf Replacement
1+ day, 57+ min ago (439+ words) An ad hoc committee will gather more information on artificial turf before the Municipal Services Committee (MSC) makes a recommendation to the City Council on whether to replace aging athletic fields at Villa Parke and Robinson Park with enhanced synthetic…...
A Pasadena Broker Takes the Chamber's Helm
1+ day, 21+ min ago (205+ words) In the fire's aftermath, the Chamber extended free memberships to businesses in Altadena's hardest-hit 91001 ZIP code, an initiative announced at the 2025 gala. Ukropina, who said Pasadena itself lost a little more than 200 structures, cast the move as a statement of…...
Fuller Names New Testament Scholar to Endowed Chair With Deep Pasadena Roots
1+ day, 54+ min ago (330+ words) The chair carries the name of George Eldon Ladd, who taught at Fuller from 1950 until his death in 1982 and whose book "A Theology of the New Testament" became a standard text across seminary classrooms after its publication in 1974. The position…...
Student Researchers Return to JPL, Continuing a Pipeline That Has Outlasted Budget Cuts
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (371+ words) The annual program continues what is now a more-than-four-decade tradition " one that has trained more than 7, 000 alumni through its flagship Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships " even as the laboratory navigates a period of significant institutional change. Against that backdrop, the summer…...
School District "Transformation" Resolution Gets Green Light
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (632+ words) The Board of Education on Thursday approved a resolution setting an Aug. 13 study session on "district transformation" " a process critics called out as campus consolidation under another name. The board adopted Resolution No. 2894 (Revised), which rescinds the district's earlier "optimal…...