Share: Pie and Burger is a charming small restaurant in Pasadena that has been serving since 1963. The restaurant specializes in its classic California hamburgers and top-rated pies, and has received various awards in the past years. Due to the pandemic, however, the restaurant has been having to deal with constant changes in regulations. Local restaurants are facing uncertainty and anguish during COVID times and have been impacted dramatically. Follow:
Black History Month celebrations flourish despite pandemic
Share: Students sit in a Zoom waiting room, anticipating the Show Your Grit event to begin. They arrive little by little, each entrance announced with a pleasant jingle on their computer screens, instead of the greetings of hello that they might be accustomed to. Although the occasion was shared through computer screens, the triumph of black heritage between the students and staff shone through. Follow:
Houston, we have snow problems
Share: Winter clutched Texas with a frigid steel grip, digging its arctic talons into the state’s power infrastructures. Its wrath cast a permafrost over the residents’ already deepening electricity supply crisis. The arctic rampage crept up upon Texas’s water mains and pipes by freezing them solid or ruptured into oblivion. Millions of Texans were forced to deal with loss of power and heat as well as the fear of a severed water supply. Follow:
Pandemic takes toll on enrollment for spring 2021
Share: After nearly a year of enduring the coronavirus pandemic colleges across the nation have seen large drops in student enrollment. Students and faculty alike have been struggling with the adjustment to online learning leading to many students leaving the college system. Follow:
Naked man commandeers campus police cruiser
Share: A naked man believed to be under the influence of PCP stole a PCC campus police vehicle and led Pasadena police on a chase before crashing into a building Thursday night, Feb. 18. Follow:
Jackie Robinson Lecture Series delves into art as activism
Share: The screen is black and white as a clip plays of James Baldwin, the widely admired writer and activist of the 1960s, where he speaks on achieving transformative racial equality in America. Suddenly, a voice proclaims “AMERICA, WE ARE HERE.” Follow:
“Judas and The Black Messiah” does not betray viewers
Share: Racism, violence, betrayal, and guilt are all in this thrilling rated R movie of Fred Hampton. “Judas and The Black Panther” realistically portrays how easily people show their true colors by betraying someone. Throughout the movie, the violence and gunfights between the police officers and the Black Panthers are very evident. Even when the Black Panthers or any black citizens were minding their business, they would get racial slurs or get hurt badly by police officers. “Judas and The Black Messiah” first shows O’Neal, …
Skater violators, boxers bounced and a missing juvenile reported
Share: PCC Police Blotter for February 8, 2021 – February 14, 2021 Monday, February 8, 2021 An officer contacted a transient lying down in the street at Colorado Blvd. & Allen Avenue and requested Pasadena Fire Dept to respond for assistance. Pasadena Fire Dept arrived on the scene and handled it. A staff member reported a subject was observed crouching between the furniture and the fence in Lot 5, Level 3. Officers contacted a transient at the location attempting to sleep. The Transient was …
Filming at the mirror pools, and some suspicious circumstances
Share: PCC Police blotter February 1, 2021 – February 7, 2021 Monday, February 1, 2021 Disturbing the Peace – Pasadena Police Dept. requested an officer to contact the transient calling from the payphone repeatedly at the Lot 8 turnaround. Transient was “speaking nonsense”. The officer advised the transient to leave campus and they complied. Tuesday, February 2, 2021 Transient – A transient was yelling at the corner of Colorado Blvd. & Hill Ave. An officer determined the person was talking to themselves, and …
Skateboard violations, graffiti vandalism, transients and a fire alarm mark the week
Share: PCC Police blotter January 25 – January 31 Monday, January 25, 2021 NO ACTIVITY TO REPORT Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Facilities advised of a male transient sleeping in the elevator at the Clocktower near CC Building. Officer advised the transient to leave campus; complied. Officer made contact with a male transient sitting on the stairs north of C Building. Officer advised the transient to leave campus; complied. Officer out with a male transient who has set up an encampment in Lot …