Monday Dec 28 | Pasadena Weekly
For five years, Pasadenan Kate Kuo and Elizabeth Gayed of South Pasadena commuted to the Westside four days a week - and that was just to get a workout.
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Featured Story: -Trouble Above
Every day Northwest Pasadena residents Roli Gostelow and Keith Dsouza watch, hear and feel military helicopters manned by Pasadena police officers circle their neighborhood.
The last time the Progressive Left had the level of political and cultural dominance it enjoys today was in the early to mid-1970's.While some lefties were high-fiving themselves over getting the USA out of Vietnam and making legalized baby-killing national policy, a few academics were looking at ways to push the boundaries even further.
School notes: PUSD creates strategic planning committee
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El Sereno charter school opens coffeehouse
Forget bake sales. To reduce the impact of education budget cuts, an El Sereno charter school hopes to bolster its coffers with a jolt of caffeine, opening its own neighborhood coffeehouse Saturday.
Vincent O'Brien rises before 5 a.m. most mornings at his Azusa home, heads to the 10 freeway and drives the distance to Tucson, Arizona - without leaving Southern California.
Foothill-De Anza names new chancellor
Linda Thor, president of Rio Salado College in Tempe, Ariz., will become chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Feb.
School notes: Rio Hondo holds art show, choral concert in December
The Rio Hondo College Division of Arts & Culture will feature several events this month in the fields of art, music and theater at the campus, 3600 Workman Mill Road, and other local venues.
2 UA grads' firm lets students design future dorm room online
By Ian Friedman While bare walls and confined spaces may make dorm rooms feel more like jail cells than designer suites, a company with local ties is giving students some of the same design tools used by high-end interior designers.
Report claims drastic CSU program cuts are rooted in alternative agendas
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Monday Newsmakers: Sen. John Benoit gets ready to serve as county supervisor
John Benoit of Bermuda Dunes will resign from the California Senate today. On Tuesday, he will be sworn as the Riverside County supervisor representing the 4th District, which covers most of the Coachella Valley.
Joan Martin is ready to retire
After 21 years of uninterrupted teaching at Price Elementary School, Joan Martin, who was born, raised and schooled in Downey, is retiring in June, but not for the usual reasons.
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AKA Celebrates Fifth Annual Scholarship Workshop at Pasadena High School :
Students applying for college scholarships were able to take advantage of a free college scholarship workshop hosted by the Eta Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Toronto Pictures, Inc. announced the appointment of Ms. Vivian Afriyie as Chief Financial Officer.
New Pomona school superintendent: I learned from the best
Richard Martinez isn't afraid of hard work and challenges because he's faced them before.
An anomaly in judging at Carson science fair
The 200 judges at the biomedical science fair surveyed the exhibits, pursing their lips.
Beltran signs with Cal St. L.A.
Mikel Beltran, a pitcher for the Oxnard High baseball team the last four years, has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Cal State Los Angeles.
Our View: UC fee hikes hurt `best and brightest'
THE University of California Board of Regents has threatened to set a new high for higher education today by hiking student tuition by 32 percent, sending the cost soaring above $10,000 a year for the first time in UC history.
Cal State L.A. students protest budget cuts and slashed classes
About 150 students, faculty and staff gathered at Cal State Los Angeles Tuesday to protest tuition hikes, a reduction in course offerings and staff layoffs.
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