South Pasadena resident Jenkins Shannon has been named the new director for the Pasadena Museum of California Art. She takes the place of Christopher Mount, who was ousted after only seven months at the helm. Tweet

A lot of this will be outdated, but … City Water Manager Marcelino Aguilar says of the Wilson Reservoir: “It’s about 100 years old. The life expectancy is supposed to be about 50 years.” Trader Joe’s is suing a New York store that’s decided to reopen as Trader John’s. Drilling began, in a testing phase, [...]

If you noticed that Stealth Bomber flying over Pasadena yesterday, and started imagining all kinds of “Red Dawn” scenarios, you can rest easy. Yesterday was the memorial service for Verne Orr. Tweet

Here’s a quick roundup of some stuff going on in not-quite South Pasadena: Two weeks after an architect unsuccessfully lobbied Alhambra’s Planning Commission for more bedrooms in a condo project, the place burned to the ground. A week or so after Maureen Dowd reminded us that Pasadena Now reports from India, the L.A. Times’ James [...]

For a couple of hours on Thursday, anyway. The pedestrian-friendly pilot program is “designed to find out how traffic impacts the increasing numbers of recreational users.” Tweet