Monthly Archives: April 2009

I remember, back before everyone and every entity either was or pretended to be environmentally conscious, when Pasadena was an early leader in going green. For its own sake. For trees and streams and open spaces. Potential council members including … Continue reading →

When Gavin Newsom snuck into Pasadena a couple of Friday nights ago for a big party at Nancy and Jim Goodel’s Arroyo-side home, it was before his announcement today — on his Facebook page, no less, or on Twitter, depending … Continue reading →

Whack-job wannabe dictator Hugo Chavez of Venezuela played to the cameras at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad over the weekend by walking around the conference table to present President Obama with a book. It was the hugely influential … Continue reading →

When Rep. Linda Sanchez, who represents a good chunk of our Whittier circulation area, gives birth in a few months, she’ll be just the eighth woman to have a baby while actually serving in the House. I’m thinking no senators … Continue reading →

It’s never surprising as such to see Pasadena City Hall in the movies or on TV — although when we caught the new Amy Poehler comed “Parks and Recreation” for the first time Thursday night, it was noted that it’s … Continue reading →

After performance artist John Fleck’s “Side Effects May Include …” at the Boston Court Tuesday afternoon, LA Weekly theater critic at large — his title since being de-staffed in an economizing move — Steven Leigh Morris held an onstage conversation … Continue reading →

It’s the surest sign of economic downturn: Your local Italian sports car franchise blows a gasket. And that’s what’s happened at Maserati of Pasadena at the southeast corner of Del Mar and Fair Oaks: no mas Maseratis in the picture … Continue reading →

The great performance artist and actor John Fleck – as opposed to the great former Star-News City Hall reporter John Fleck – just performed his “Side Effects May Include …” at the Boston Court across the alley from the paper’s … Continue reading →

Surely I’ve said it before, and perhaps I’ll say it again — but Sunday’s One City, One Story shebang in which Pasadena’s head librarian Jan Sanders interviewed novelist Luis Alberto Urrea was the best ever in our seven-year history of … Continue reading →