Share: Because of the ongoing pandemic, PCC’s evaluation by the Accreditation Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), which occurred on Monday, March 8th through Thursday, March 11th looked very different from 2015, when the institution was last visited. 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:
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 …
Families clash as the presidential election heightens political differences
Share: Families don’t always agree on everything, like where the summer vacation should be or what to have for dinner. However, some disagreements can cause a family to break apart. As republican and democrat ideologies grow increasingly incompatible, many people are seeing that politics can not only divide a nation but divide a family. Follow:
Blotter: Stay away order and escorting off campus
Share: PCC Police blotter Nov. 30 – Dec. 6 Monday, November 30 A transient refused to leave the CC-bldg elevator. An officer made contact and escorted the transient off campus. Tuesday, December 01 An officer reported that he escorted a transient off campus from Lot 1. Wednesday, December 02 Nothing to report. Thursday, December 03 A verbal stay away order was issued to a transient loitering east of the V-bldg. The transient was then escorted off campus. Friday, December …
LA city council continues to debate homeless encampment ordinance
Share: Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer drafted a new ordinance banning homeless encampments from certain locations during a city council meeting Oct. 26, but many city council members are questioning where those inhabiting the encampments will go once they are ordered to leave. Under the proposed ordinance, law enforcement would be permitted to remove certain homeless encampments after offering alternative shelter to the homeless living there. Those opposed to the ordnance feel that there are not enough housing resources to move people out of …
Blotter: Broken window and missing cadet cart
Share: PCC Police Blotter from November 23 to November 29. Monday, November 23 A cadet reported a suspicious broken window at the Community Education Center. The report was taken. A report was taken of a man “acting suspicious” outside of the C Building. Officers checked the area but could not locate him. A report of a man possibly inside the women’s restroom in the L Building. When people in the area were asked about this man, they said they did not see anyone. …