Share: The Bobcat fire that is currently sweeping through Angeles National Forest, blanketing the foothill communities in smoke and ash, has caused Pasadena City College to fully shut down its facilities until Monday, Sept. 14, campus officials announced today in an email. Follow:
Student Health Fee required despite campus closure
Share: Despite not being allowed on campus to access in person health services, the estimated 30,250 students registered at Pasadena City College this fall are still required to pay the Student Health Fee. Follow:
Blotter: Burglary in the U building
Share: Monday August 24 Someone called the Pasadena PD with an anonymous tip of a suspicious vehicle in one of the Pasadena City College parking lots parked with their doors open. A PPD officer investigated the parking lots and all of the video surveillance cameras were checked. No vehicles were found parked in any of the parking spaces by the officer or found on video. Around 9 pm, two transients were found to be bathing in the 2nd floor hallway of the IT Building. Facilities …
Bobcat Fire: Santa Ana winds put city of Pasadena on high alert
Share: The newest addition to the ring of Southern California fires, the Bobcat fire, broke out in Angeles National Forest Sunday night. Follow:
Athletic association and PCC delay the return of sports
Share: Erika Endrijonas, superintendent-president of Pasadena City College has postponed the return of sports to PCC until spring 2021. Follow:
Blotter: Battery, suspicious people, and an arrest on campus
Share: Monday, August 17 An officer responded to an elevator call. A person was stuck in an elevator in Lot 5 on the north side of campus. The officer requested the Pasadena Fire Department to assist with getting the man out of there. The subject was released from the elevator without further incidents. Tuesday, August 18 No activity was reported. Wednesday, August 19 An officer escorted two transients off campus from the Boone sculpture garden. Thursday, August 20 A pedestrian contacted an officer and reported …
Racism and rebuke: An email reveals ‘all lives matter’ faculty
Share: This story has been updated to include a statement from Marc Angelucci on his status as an honoree from the Southern Poverty Law Center. PCC found a moment of unity in the midst of troubling times when college leadership unanimously passed the resolution denouncing the killing of unarmed Black individuals, but responses to an internal email quickly drew outrage at two professors for their views, according to a partial thread obtained by the Courier. Follow:
Pasadena protesters stand with Black lives
Share: Thousands of demonstrators caravaned through the streets of Pasadena Tuesday, June 2 to protest and hold a vigil after the unjust murder of George Floyd by Minneappolis police officers, forming a united call for justice and demanding actions of change from the inner city government. The peaceful protest was organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Pasadena Branch, alongside with the National Day Laborers Organizing Network, faith leaders from the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, and the Community Clergy Coalition. The …
Blotter: Subject stabbed near PCC campus
Share: Monday, May 25 No activity reported. Tuesday, May 26 No activity reported Wednesday, May 27 Dispatch observed a male transient looking through cardboard boxes near the campus hazmat office and possibly taking items out. Officer made contact with the subject and escorted him off campus. Thursday, May 28 Pasadena Police requested assistance with a large tree branch blocking a lane at Del Mar and Sierra Bonita. Area coned off. Message was left for facilities to remove tree branches. Cadet reports a female transient in …
PCC boards denounce COVID-19 related racism against Asian Americans
Share: On May 20, The Board of Trustees, Academic Senate, and Coalition of Asian Pacific Employees (CAPE) adopted a resolution to denounce racism against Asian Americans and Asian Pacific Islanders on campus. This is in relation to the COVID-19 outbreak and the unjust nature against Asian Americans. Resolution No.646, which is the denouncement formal name, will not tolerate any hate speech, hate crimes and reference to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus.” PCC, just like many other campuses, have taken initiative in fighting back against racism …