Share: The Academic Senate (AS) at Pasadena City College rebuked a group of faculty members for sharing an “unauthorized” newsletter that was not approved by the AS Executive Board, in what they called a newsletter full of myths, lies, and opinions that lacked “collegiality.” “Please be advised that this newsletter does not represent, nor has it been authorized by the 40+ members of the Academic Senate board,” the email said. “The ‘newsletter’ in question is full of misinformation, untruths and the opinion of one (or …
Oversight committee selected to watch over $565 million school bond measure
Share: The Pasadena City College Board of Trustees elected a 12 member Bond Oversight Committee within the college’s community to ensure that funds from the $565 million Measure PCC are used for what was promised at their meeting in March. After the election results were certified in January the Board began the 60 day process to elect the committee, and began its search. In a press release from PCC following their confirmation and the announcement at the board meeting, the trustees explained the importance of …
California’s wishy washy water policies are a wasted opportunity
Share: California for the last few months has faced one of the wettest winters on record after three years of crippling drought. But without balanced water policies and management plans, we’re either letting all of this rush out to sea, or letting it all get caught in reservoirs. This is a failure of balance in a state of extremes. Without many of California’s water policies in place, we’d be a dry, desolate wasteland. But there’s also the argument that water regulators do too much to …
Ballooned overreactions pop any chance of diplomacy with China
Share: Balloons are often associated with parties, but one’s floating in the jetstream sixty-thousand feet above the United States was twisted by the conglomerate media into mass public hysteria and panic of epic proportions, and hints of true American patriotism from those who rashly support the armed forces and America’s infringement abroad. Balloon spying is nothing new, so the fact that the United States is blowing hot air out of its mouth in response to the Chinese balloon is an overreaction to something that has …
East LA Huskies bite Lancers in loss
Share: The game of basketball is a choreographed dance, each person on the court plays their own role – diving, weaving, dribbling, passing, vying for the ball and a clear line to take a shot at the basket. But each shot, pass, or run down the court isn’t always pretty, as players can get tied up in each other’s space resulting in fouls and minor intra-player kerfluffles. The Lancers were outmaneuvered and out danced in their final game of the regular season, dropping the game …
Winter intersession to return in 2024 after labor board ruling
Share: The Pasadena Area Community College District and the Pasadena Faculty Association (PCCFA) came to an agreement following a Public Employment Relations Board recommendation on Dec. 12, 2022 to bring back the winter intersession to PCC after it was removed from the academic calendar as a three year “pilot program” which started in 2021. The pilot program was created and approved by the PCC Community College District and the Board of Trustees was not legal according to the PERB ruling because it did not properly …
Authorities investigate hazardous materials at library, find baking soda
Share: Update 2:15 p.m.: According to the Pasadena Police Department the suspected hazardous materials ended up being baking soda, and no further action was taken. Original Story: On Wednesday Jan 25 the Pasadena Fire Department responded to a hazardous materials report at 55 South Hill Avenue at 12:15 p.m. According to the Pasadena Fire Department on scene it was supposedly a “white” substance in the book drop-off, and multiple response teams from a number of local fire fighting agencies are responding to the incident. The …
Activists get up to speed in eliminating bike deaths in Los Angeles
Share: As cycling becomes more popular, as both a form of transport and exercise, the planet and especially the United States has faced a massive increase in cycling injuries and fatalities. Even though cities across the globe are becoming more progressive and making it easier to safely ride a bike, the United States lags behind, leading the world in preventable cycling deaths. Some progress has been made across the country, in cities like New York and Minneapolis, though, Los Angeles falls far behind. Only implementing …
Monterey Park mass shooting hits close to home for PCC officials
Share: A gunman opened fire into Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park Saturday night during a Lunar New Year festival killing ten and injuring 10 others in the largest mass shooting in the United States since Uvalde, TX. Elizabeth Yang, a lawyer and local resident of Monterey Park, was home with her family during the shooting and said she began to receive texts from friends to see if she was alright. “They’re usually retired ladies who are looking for something to do and have …
In ‘stunning’ ruling labor board overturns decertification election at PCC
Share: A ruling by the California Public Employment Relations Board last week upheld an injunction filed by the Pasadena City College Faculty Association in the summer of 2022 and invalidated the results of the October secret ballot election held at PCC. The ruling by PERB and its board on Jan. 11 found that the use of “electronic proof of support to trigger a decertification petition” could not legally be used to measure support for a decertification election. “While this ruling was both a huge surprise …