Share: On November 12, the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a monumental Workforce Education Agreement as California’s first of kind. The five year agreement was recommended by the Facilities Subcommittee and announced publicly on November 17 under the college’s $565 million Measure PCC construction bond. According to the PCC Business and Administrative Services, in November of 2022 Pasadena voters approved Measure PCC with the purpose of preparing local students for four-year colleges and training local residents for high-skilled jobs through hands-on work, …
The mirrorball shone its light on a good couple but not the right couple
Share: Dancing With The Stars (DWTS) has just finished its 34th season and declared Robert Irwin and Witney Carson the mirrorball champions. The popular dancing show turns celebrities into more experienced dancers in spirited competition with weekly eliminations. The best couples to watch this season include The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt with pro Mark Ballas, actress Elaine Hendrix known as Meredith Blake from the Parent Trap with pro Alan Bersten, reality star Dylan Efron with pro Daniella Karagach, Olympic gymnast Jordan …
Dear Trump: Our degrees are not unprofessional, you are
Share: President Donald Trump has stirred controversy once again, but that surprises no one. The Trump administration announced the changing of certain degrees to be “non-professional degrees”; the question that popped out was, what is non-professional even supposed to mean? The blatant insult to these professions is clearly laced in this statement, implying that these degrees, important ones, should not even qualify as a field people train for or find a suitable job in, but one that is not as important to the system. Some …
‘You can find the strength to continue on’: How ‘9-1-1’ honors deceased lead character
Share: “9-1-1” might have actually gone to chaos. “9-1-1” is a popular procedural drama created by Tim Minear, Brad Falchuk, and Ryan Murphy that premiered in 2018 that centers around the lives of first responders, including firefighters, cops, and 911 dispatchers. Murphy may be a familiar name for many as the creator of many popular shows such as the “Monster” anthology series, “Scream Queens”, “American Horror Story”, and the hit Fox series “Glee”. “9-1-1” is now in its 9th season with part 1 premiering on …
‘This is a family’: How Cross Country goes the extra mile
Share: For many people, sticking on a numbered sticker and racing against a bunch of other people is a once a year event, if at all. But for students who run track and field or cross country, this is not just a constant thing but their norm. From students who have run since high school to those just starting in college, these athletes train hard and run even harder for their respective events and teams, both men’s and women’s. Pasadena City College has had throughout …
‘When are we gonna eat?’: Government shutdown leaves SNAP recipients starved for answers
Share: It has been 42 days since the government shut down on October 1, 2025 because Congress did not pass a budget for the new fiscal year. A government shutdown, however, means many federal programs are paused or diminished and hundreds of thousands of federal workers can be laid off. This leaves the country in a lurch as many people depend on these programs, specifically SNAP. This includes the Pasadena City College community who have shared their fears and worries since the program’s shutdown. SNAP …
UndocuAlly training makes staff ‘safe and brave’
Share: Tables in the Creveling Lounge were littered with papers, while a table of Primo Nosh burritos sat in the back of the room. Staff members of the college from both the Colorado and Foothill Campus were amongst those in the crowd. On Friday, October 24, the Intercultural Engagement Center and the Dream Center hosted a ‘Safe and Brave UndocuAlly’ training session for PCC faculty and staff. The training was meant for education practitioners, from teachers to any other kind of staff on campus, regarding …
Tylenol is not the big bad, and neither is autism
Share: “The meteoric rise in autism is among the most alarming public health developments in history,” began President Donald J. Trump in his conference on Monday, September 22, 2025. President Trump and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. made an announcement stating bold actions they were taking to ‘confront the nation’s autism epidemic’. President Trump and Secretary Kennedy made claims that Tylenol was causing a rise in autism diagnoses, and described the rise as an ‘epidemic’ that needed to be …
BLOTTER: Woman reported for exposing herself
Share: Monday, May 19, 2025 9:05 a.m. – A woman was reported exposing herself while lying on a bench in the CA building. She was asked to leave and complied. 12:12 p.m. – An individual was reported to be sleeping in the locker room in the GM building. The individual vacated when asked to leave. 1:40 p.m. – An individual reported that they were experiencing a panic attack and needed help locating their phone in Lot 5. The individual was given an escort to assist …
PCC celebrates centennial with cakes, concerts and candy
Share: A red, rectangular piñata that reads “PCC 100” hung outside the bridge between Lancer Pass and the Quad inside Pasadena City College. Children lined up in a single file to pull down the piñata with thinned strings instead of a bat, with each child pulling a string one at a time for the trap door to open. As the bottom fell out, the children ran towards the floor to pick up as much candy as possible. “This is Latin Heritage Month as well. So …