53rd California International Antiquarian Book Fair at Pasadena Convention Center, Feb. 7 from 3-8 p.m., Feb. 8 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m., and Feb. 9 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (300 E. Green St., Pasadena, CA 91101). Featuring over 150 booksellers from the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the International League of…
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30-Year PUSD Employee’s Future Remains Uncertain Amid Wilson Middle School Shutdown
By Alex Cordero Marvin Hatchett has been an employee for the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) at Wilson Middle School for over 30 years. In addition to his formal role as a security guard, Hatchett has been volunteering to teach music and other arts to students at Wilson Middle School. As PUSD consolidates schools, the…
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Colorado Street Bridge: History, Heritage and Hope
By Terry Miller A new book, “Arroyo” by Chip Jacobs, has recently been published by Rare Bird Books. The novel has a heavy focus on one of Pasadena’s most iconic, mysterious and forlornly rather notorious structures. For decades, hundreds of people have leaped to their deaths 150 feet from the Colorado Street Bridge onto the…
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Global Charity Event to Fight Homelessness Is at the Rose Bowl
By Alex Cordero The World’s Big Sleep Out will be taking place in over 50 locations worldwide, Charity On Top will be hosting the Los Angeles location at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Dec. 7. People from all over the world will sleep under the stars in solidarity for the homeless in their respective…
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Sierra Madre Resident Barry Gold Killed in Heartbreaking Accident; Gold was a write-in Candidate for Sierra Madre’s Municipal Election 2015
Barry Gold at his home in Sierra Madre 2015. Photo by Terry Miller/ Beacon Media News By Terry Miller Former write-in candidate for Sierra Madre council election a few tears ago was fatally struck by a van, November 4. He was taken to USC Keck Medical Center, where he was later…
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Local Resident to Travel to Patagonia to Raise Awareness for Multiple Myeloma
By Alex Cordero Lupe Duarte, multiple myeloma project manager at City Of Hope, will be flying out of the country for the first time in her life to Patagonia, Argentina to cross over glaciers and hike through deep valleys to raise awareness for multiple myeloma, an incurable type of cancer that develops in plasma cells….
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Pasadena Resident Shares Personal Story of Coming Out
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…
