Share: THE VOTES ARE IN. From Wednesday, May 13, to Thursday, May 14, Pasadena City College’s (PCC) students voted in the spring general election for the new Associated Students Executive Board (ASPCC) 2026-2027 cycle. According to LancerLife/ASPCC, this year’s election was one where students participated the most, with over 1,000 voting ballots received. It’s time to get to know this year’s PCC student government representatives’ plans and goals. Jesus Cuevas Sanchez (he/him) | President Current President of the CORE Radical Scholars Club and upcoming ASPCC …
Internship program for students cancelled this year due to funding constraints
Share: With no warning or official announcement about its cancellation, Pasadena City College (PCC)’s annual internship program Intern Pasadena will not continue for the 2026 summer cycle due to limited grants. Intern Pasadena was first launched by PCC’s Freeman Career Center in the summer of 2024. The program gained its funding from the PCC Foundation through a grant called the Community Excellence Grant, designed to fund innovative projects of faculty and staff. This grant comes from the $30 million Mackenzie Scott grant the college received …
PCC honors women’s basketball’s triple threat: student, athlete, parent
Share: A college student endures the weight of endless assignments and exams on their shoulders in pursuit of higher education. An athlete pushes the limits of their body and tackles a physically demanding practice schedule. A parent takes on the most important task of all: nurturing, raising, and becoming a role model for their child. After a seven-year hiatus from sidelining injuries and personal struggles, Celine Bolton-Ford reenters Pasadena City College (PCC), resuming her athletic career on the women’s basketball team while balancing all three …
BLOTTER: Raw meat gets handled in the GM Building restroom sink
Share: Monday, May 11, 2026 10:05 a.m. – An individual reported she felt unsafe passing by a homeless person near the Tennis Courts. The subject was asked to leave. 11:06 a.m. – An officer escorted a homeless person in Lot 4 off campus after asking them to leave. 3:43 p.m. – A report was made by a student who had his bike stolen from the bike racks near the L Building. 6:15 p.m. – A custodian reported a homeless person sleeping in the GM Building. …
The Bunny Museum celebrates Easter with a basket full of art and Side Street Projects
Share: On a sunny spring day, families and communities clustered around tables spread out with pastel paint, cups of water, and mounds of clay. In the eve before Easter Sunday, Side Street Projects hosted a free ceramics skill-share event called “Clay Bunnychella” at The Bunny Museum in Altadena. Children in bunny ear headbands played with and molded the clay into bunnies that were straight out of their imaginations. Parents also participated in the event, shaping rabbit ears and tails, healing their inner child through creating …
Congressional candidate and PCC alum campaigns on campus
Share: Hidden within the Center of the Arts building, inside of the CA-101 lecture hall, students are seated with anticipation to discuss and express their views. As distrust and uncertainty of our leaders’ decisions on behalf of us build up, coming together to fight for change has become the structure our community needs. This is what happened at the Pasadena City College Young Democratic Socialists of America Club meeting held on Thursday, Apr 4, 2026. “Because in a world where we can be anything, why …
‘The Drama’ takes ‘we listen, and we don’t judge’ to the extreme
Share: An engaged couple in Boston is coming closer to their wedding date, when the worst thing they’ve done is revealed, creating tension and cold feet. Emma Harwood, played by Zendaya, and Charlie Thompson, played by Robert Pattinson, star in A24’s eccentric romantic comedy “The Drama.” The film takes the audience on a roller coaster of shockingly hilarious twists and turns all while watching a conflicting moral dilemma unfold: Would you still marry your fiancée after finding out she planned a school shooting? The scene …
The worst thing a woman can be is ‘mean’
Share: Fabricated beef between an 11-year-old, a Brazilian soccer player, and a security guard is the newest smear campaign tactic added to Chappell Roan’s extensive portfolio of controversies, garnered since her rise to fame. In what seems to be a never-ending battle between the singer, the press, and the fans, Roan has given everyone mixed feelings. For all the trivial and entertaining reasons, it’s clear that people love to hate on her for her confrontational and standoffish attitude. When a woman is allegedly rude to …
Pasadena’s newest third space opens its arms to the community
Share: White walls with exposed brick peeking through complement the white flowy drapes hanging from the ceiling. Flower arrangements dangle delicately from chandeliers as the sunlight illuminates the coffee bar. Tranquil energy surrounds the atmosphere from the hectic pavement outside. Board games and lively conversation from the customers are echoed throughout. This is what’s been missing from the community, a place to co-exist, conversate, and breathe. Inside an old home medical supply store now turned into a vintage-style venue and cafe, Atelier held their grand …
Remembering Octavia Butler’s trailblazing legacy during Women’s History Month
Share: Spread out in a dimly lit room in the Huntington Art Gallery, lie two of the hundreds of Octavia Butler’s personal notebooks in the possession of the Huntington Library. Within the spiral notebook pages, etched in pen, are paragraphs overflowing with self-assurance, affirmations, and appraisal. In a time where heroes in novels were strictly white men in Eurocentric storylines; Butler fought against the grain to see real representation: Black heroes in stories of their own. She wore her identity proudly. She knew exactly her …