A social night with a serious purpose.

Even in the democratic and civilized world we live in today, the freedom to read and the freedom to express ideas are continually under attack, namely through book bans. Since 2021, the U.S. has seen a concerning rise in book bans that has risen overall, with a dip in 2024-25. According to PEN America, 2025-2026 has been the worst year for book bans in the past five years.

The big band burns bright in Camarillo.

Restaurant owners aren't necessarily making dollars.

Pasadena spa grows stronger with LA LISC Rebuild Lab.

But what about the hidden costs?

Our youth journalist reports again on how the community is recovering after the Eaton Fire in Altadena. The grand reopening of George’s Junior Store in Altadena on September 14, 2026, was more than just food and ice cream. Visitors, many of them local, said it felt like a “spark of hope,” while others said it showed Altadena can still thrive.

Why North Woods Inn still gets it right.

Armenian filmmakers create a film dealing with mental health, suicide, and therapy.

Sierra Madre student earns prestigious scholarship for gifted students.

Century-old deodar trees at Longfellow remembered.

Guitarist Greg Porée defines jazz for our local community.

33rd Annual Chalk Festival delivers art and statement.

I was on a train when I first saw the CCTV footage. My wife turned her phone toward me. The small screen presented, for a few moments, a four- or five-story building, some parked cars and trucks, and a number of people. Running. The next moment, a towering gray-black torrent engulfed all. In the video’s first moments, the building appeared quite sturdy, a concrete structure with a central square arch through which could pass a 16-wheeler truck or a full-size tourist bus.

I write about restaurants and the hospitality industry for a living, but there is something else in Pasadena I'm almost as passionate about: the Rose Bowl Loop. Over the past 25 years, I've easily logged more than 3,000 runs and walks around those 3.3 miles. Like the postman, I've made my rounds through wind, rain, blazing Pasadena heat, and, if my memory serves me correctly, I think it even snowed once.

We have a literacy crisis - Reading Is Fundamental.

Most Pasadena residents have probably seen them around town but perhaps without noticing them. They inhabit various city locations, public and private. I’m referring to bollards. The word bollard first meant a short, thick post onto which dockworkers tie off or loop a rope to moor a ship to a wharf. But I’m talking about what are sometimes called traffic bollards.

In its Sierra Madre Playhouse run, The Sixth Act knows their Irish romance.

1,000+ students later, PCC is a transfer powerhouse.

Glendale's bold new festival celebrates diversity.

From national icon to nobody, Frank Leahy vanished from college football's memory.

Candidate for WeHo City Council calls out the cheerleaders.

'The Visit' at Pasadena Playhouse is this season's must-see.

'Another one bites the dust.' (Queen 1985)

Push for insurance accountability denied.  

For many, giving up the animal isn't an acceptable alternative.

Ballots will be mailed October 5.

 New book shines light on world's largest Khachkar Cemetery.

Taiwan's responsibility as a global stakeholder.

What happened to PUSD’s promise to reconsider?

They clear the way for $110 billion merger.

The Altadena Poetry Review: Anthology 2026

Happy Hour Martini: cold glass, cold gin and made the way I asked.

Stephanie Hallett emphasizes continuity, partnership and possibilities ahead.

SCOTUS orders State AGs to respond to challenge from Iowa and Montana.

Hollywood's musical secret weapon reflects on his extraordinary career.

Final hunting season set for fall as opposition continues

Recognizing history so that such actions may never be repeated.

Retrogrades have developed a bad reputation. Mercury retrograde can be blamed for forgotten passwords and delayed flights, while Venus retrograde can be reduced to warnings about exes, bad haircuts and expensive purchases we will regret. But a retrograde is not necessarily mayhem and disaster. In the night sky, a retrograde refers to a planet that appears to be moving backward, against its typical forward momentum.

Players descend on the city for a chess tournament with heart.

Free live music in Downtown Glendale this fall

Jackie Broxton on why Biddy Mason's story belongs in Downtown L.A.

The elephant is a bass, the swan is a cello, and both still enchant kids.

Supreme Court blocks Trump's attempt to disrupt mail-in voting.

Don't forget the flats v. drums debate.

Norway’s popular king has died at the age of 89.

The Festival has a 29-year history through Hollywood.

Honored in Washington, D.C. PWP moves toward its 2030 carbon-free goal.

Poetry belongs to everyone

Remembering 9/11 from a newsroom in Bahrain.