City smoking plan won’t affect PCC

Pasadena mayor Bill Bogaard said that he could not see how PCC, as an independent entity, would be affected by new anti-smoking regulation currently being drafted by the City Council.Bogaard, speaking Wednesday morning on a community-organized lap around the Rose Bowl, was uncertain on campus policy.

Ex-student pleads not guilty in murder

Former PCC nursing student Isaac Campbell pleaded not guilty in the slaying of one-time PCC student Liya Jessie Lu on Tuesday at the Alhambra Courthouse.After Campbell entered his plea, Judge Carlos Uranga granted a postponement for the date for the preliminary hearing, which has been set for June 19.

Trial for suspect in killing delayed

A trial on murder charges for former PCC student George W. Pigman IV faces another possible delay after a court decision in Pasadena on Tuesday.The prosecution’s request to have the 27-year-old reexamined for insanity was granted by Superior Court Judge Teri Schwartz, which may delay starting the trial, said defense attorney Jose Colon.

Women’s Basketball sophomores visit Division I programs

The three remaining sophomores from this season’s women’s basketball team have all yet to sign letters of intent to four-year universities, but all have Division I aspirations.Lynette Jacobs has already verbally committed to Texas Southern, a Division I program in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), but still has visits to Robert Morris (Moon Township, PA) and Xavier of Louisiana.