By Alex Cordero The San Gabriel Valley celebrates Pride in October to bring awareness to National Coming Out Day which is commemorated on Oct. 11. The vice president of the San Gabriel Valley LGBTQ Center, Dylan Lizarraga, shared their coming out story with us and was transparent about what it means to come out. When…
By Alex Cordero The City of Pasadena continues to include local residents’ input on the city’s Specific Plans by bringing the community together on walking tours featuring the Specific Plan area in their respective districts—Lamanda Park being the most recent. A large group of residents joined city staff members, including Field Representative of District 4…
By Alex Cordero A series of events celebrating L.A. Press Freedom Week included KPCC hosting a panel discussion with local journalists about new state law SB-1421 that releases vast information on police conduct—including misconduct and deadly use of force. The talking group consisted of representatives from KPCC, LAist, KQED News, The Long Beach Post and…
By Alex Cordero Governor Gavin Newsom and the State Legislature recently approved a vaccination law enforcing new restrictions on medical exemptions that permit students to continue to attend schools without having all state required vaccines. The vaccine law comes as a result of California’s highest measles outbreaks reported in recent years, including a total of…
By Alex Cordero Local street artist Emery Lambus will have the opportunity to display his artwork along with Andy Jin, a UC Berkeley student and founder of Art Love Charity (ALC), and Mark McFadden, an established Irish painter at AI+ Studio, on Sept. 26th in Pasadena at Ai+ Gallery. ALC and Ai+ Gallery (owned and…
By Alex Cordero Everyone In, United Way, Union Station Homeless Services, Greater Pasadena Affordable Housing Group (GPAHG) and Rosebud collaborated to host the Homeless to Housed bus tour in Pasadena to inform and educate the community about changing the narrative around homelessness. The tour provided plenty of information and insight to some of the solutions…
By Alex Cordero The census has become a community effort in the City of Pasadena, and with the upcoming 2020 Census the Census Complete Count Committee (CCC) has set goals and objectives to target specific hard counting areas in the Crown City. This comes as a result of a U.S. Census Bureau representative’s Powerpoint Presentation…
By Alex Cordero Local film director Brett Nicolletti received recognition for his film “The Running Man of Pasadena,” which screened at several film festivals in California. The film won Best Documentary at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival and received an Impact Docs Award for Excellence in Short Documentary. The short film is now available for…