Share: An empty lot sits where the home of the Pasadena City College Flea market used to be, missing its community of around 400 vendors. As the closure surpasses a year, many vendors are left to carry on their businesses through online platforms. Follow:
Pasadena restaurants fight for their place at the table
Share: Pie and Burger is a charming small restaurant in Pasadena that has been serving since 1963. The restaurant specializes in its classic California hamburgers and top-rated pies, and has received various awards in the past years. Due to the pandemic, however, the restaurant has been having to deal with constant changes in regulations. Local restaurants are facing uncertainty and anguish during COVID times and have been impacted dramatically. Follow:
Black History Month celebrations flourish despite pandemic
Share: Students sit in a Zoom waiting room, anticipating the Show Your Grit event to begin. They arrive little by little, each entrance announced with a pleasant jingle on their computer screens, instead of the greetings of hello that they might be accustomed to. Although the occasion was shared through computer screens, the triumph of black heritage between the students and staff shone through. Follow:
Houston, we have snow problems
Share: Winter clutched Texas with a frigid steel grip, digging its arctic talons into the state’s power infrastructures. Its wrath cast a permafrost over the residents’ already deepening electricity supply crisis. The arctic rampage crept up upon Texas’s water mains and pipes by freezing them solid or ruptured into oblivion. Millions of Texans were forced to deal with loss of power and heat as well as the fear of a severed water supply. Follow:
Essential workers: Universal’s ‘Animal Actors’ are still on the job
Share: An anxious crowd sits on bleachers staring at a stage dressed like a movie set. Adults and children peer over each other to view any signs of activity when they suddenly see it. Dogs and cats start scurrying across the stage to the sounds of a jazzy spy movie theme song. Follow:
New Spring courses aim to support ‘Prison-to-School Pipeline’
Share: FIRST, a student organization at PCC has announced a collaboration with the Prison Education Project (PEP). Advisors, Board members, and students involved in the club collectively strive to support and assist those who are affected by the Prison Industrial Complex in navigating through college in their pursuit of higher education. Follow:
Local poet verses audience on religion and LGBTQ life
Share: Poet and Portland State University professor Azami Aman attended a Zoom meeting on Nov. 18 with the PCC QUEST center. Aman talked about their life by poem and read some of their works to the attendees. Aman said that their poems all came from their personal experiences and from their childhood. They are currently working on a piece about their mom and how she found her biological family and was raised by her grandmother and her twin sister. “They are a family friend of …
Art in activism: PCC alumna paints social justice scene
Share: Having a gift often comes with responsibility. This is the case with Brenda Barrios: with her art she has helped various associations fighting for social justice. Follow:
Virtual Thanksgiving has international students gobbling globally
Share: The PCC Thanksgiving celebration annually serves as an opportunity for students to come together and share cultures and traditions. Organizers had to redefine the event this year due to COVID-19, creating new traditions along the way. Follow:
Green Lancer club excited but wary of Biden’s climate promises
Share: Environmental activists in the PCC community are balancing both excitement and skepticism in response to President-elect Joe Biden’s ambitious climate agenda. Follow: