Cal State University faculty union files labor complaint against system
The union representing California State University professors has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the 23-campus system, saying management has violated the law and failed to bargain in...
View ArticleLos Angeles City Hall cracks down on homeless living in RVs
Homeless and living in a Dodge RV, Angelica Esparza keeps an eye out for Los Angeles traffic officers. Overnight parking of large vehicles is banned in some neighborhood pockets, forcing Esparza to...
View ArticleFree speech on campus: Student journalists are testing limits
When Simon Yung graduated from San Gabriel High School six months ago he could have walked away from the embattled school district, but his desire to give others a voice pushed him to do something...
View ArticleMan accused of firebombing Pasadena business had threatened victims before,...
PASADENA >> A man firebombed a Pasadena water store with two people inside Friday, less than a month after his arrest for threatening the same victims and vandalizing their property before...
View ArticleOcean activists, fishers and scientists differ on heavy anchovy declines
A new, beautifully produced but troubling public service announcement from Oceana features "Glee" television actress and singer Jenna Ushkowitz diving with sea lions off Santa Barbara.Fishing, she...
View ArticleFree speech is getting a lot of talk these days
It's not just student media pushing back in recent months. Free speech, in general, has been getting a lot of buzz lately. The University of California system, with nearly 250,000 students, has become...
View ArticleFamily time means more than shopping
As consumers, we've gotten used to stores being open on Thanksgiving.It's become a growing trend in recent years and I'd have to say we're all a little spoiled. I mean, do we really need to get out...
View ArticleMother of three, pedestrian killed in South LA crash
LOS ANGELES >> Two people were killed and another person was critically injured Sunday at a traffic crash in South Los Angeles that involved a suspected drunken motorist and a mother of three...
View ArticleProject to link Vegas and California with train gets boost
CARSON CITY, Nev. >> A project to link Las Vegas and Southern California with a high-speed train got a boost this week when the newly formed Nevada High-Speed Rail Authority approved an exclusive...
View ArticlePasadena man among 3 Californians to win prestigious Rhodes scholarships
Three college students from California are among the 32 new Rhodes scholars who have been chosen to pursue post-graduate studies at Oxford University in England.The Rhodes scholarships cover all...
View ArticleElderly South Pasadena woman fatally struck by car in church parking lot
SOUTH PASADENA >> An 86-year-old woman died after being struck, dragged and pinned by a car driven by a 93-year-old woman in a church parking lot Saturday afternoon as both women were leaving...
View ArticlePasadena man uses pepper spray to fend off knife attack
PASADENA >> A Pasadena man used pepper spray to defend himself after a family member attacked him with a knife amid a psychotic episode Sunday, police said.The incident took place about 10 a.m....
View ArticleRecord highs then rain, snow forecast for Southern California
LOS ANGELES >> After a day of record high temperatures, storms could bring rain and snow to parts of Southern California later this week, according to the National Weather Service..As of noon...
View ArticleWill higher California minimum wages lead to more automation?
After the city of Los Angeles passed an ordinance this summer to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, Richard LoGuercio spent the following weekend driving around a nearby city, looking...
View ArticleCalifornia cities embracing higher minimum wage
Surrounded by city and union officials at a Labor Day rally in South Los Angeles last year, Mayor Eric Garcetti proposed raising the city's minimum wage to $13.25 per hour by the end of the decade -- a...
View ArticlePasadena social calendar: November 23
FRIDAYReindeer Romp and Zoo Lights, an opportunity to visit real reindeer during the daytime and see the zoo aglow with holiday lights after dark, through Jan. 3, L.A. Zoo, in Griffith Park. $20, $17...
View ArticleThanksgiving holiday in Pasadena circa 1888
This bill of fare from the Raymond Hotel was found in a Thanksgiving week, 1888, edition of The Star, a precursor to today's Pasadena Star-News, along with this text:"The Star can be found on sale at...
View ArticleCheryl Craft honored by USC's Keck School of Medicine
Cheryl Mae Craft, president of the Los Angeles Founder Chapter of ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists), was honored by USC's Keck School of Medicine at its 10th Annual Scholarship Luncheon...
View Article2015 Doo Dah parade revels in the preposterous
PASADENA >> Tortillas rained down on Colorado Boulevard as Pasadena's most eccentric and absurd characters invited guests from near and far to abandon their mundane existences Sunday and revel in...
View ArticleMiller Children's Hospital celebrates 20 years of zero mother-baby HIV...
More than 200 babies who have HIV positive mothers have been born virus-free in the past 20 years at the Bickerstaff Pediatric Family Center, which is part of Miller Children's and Women's Hospital...
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