Some scenes for the new NBC series “Outlaw” were shot at Pasadena City Hall this week, with interiors in the Council Chamber on the second floor and exteriors in corridors and the grand entrance. City Hall portrayed a federal courthouse in Mexico. If you saw a lot of police officers in non-Pasadena uniforms, they were [...]
Two days after an ice cream social at City Hall for employees, the city manager hosted another one for employees who work at the City Yards on the north side of Mountain Street just east of the 210 Freeway. This is where many of the operations for the Public Works Department and Pasadena Water and [...]
City Manager Michael Beck‘s ice cream social for employees Tuesday was a big hit on a very hot day. The servers were mostly members of the executive staff. In the photo above, Fire Chief Dennis Downs and his executive secretary, Peggy Palmer, stand at the ready to scoop the creamy confectionery at this second annual [...]
During a meeting in my office today, Michael Beck (left), the mighty Zack Stromberg, Robert Montaño and I pored over some designs for something that will be revealed to you in time. Michael is the city manager, Zack is my graphic designer in the Public Affairs Office and Robert is a project planner in the [...]
Teresa Lamb-Simpson (left), Congressman Adam Schiff‘s field representative, works out of his Pasadena office at 87 N. Raymond Ave.; Maureen Shanahan, his communications director, works out of his Washington, D.C., office. Of course I’ve known Teresa for years, but only knew Maureen via e-mail. She and Teresa stopped by my office at City Hall for [...]
Larry Wilson fit right in with photos of Caltech’s Nobel Prize winners during a meeting in a lounge at the Athenaeum last week. Read the Full Story at Pasadena PIO
Jefferson Park was abuzz with activity last night as residents gathered for National Night Out hosted by the Pasadena Police Department. National Night Out is an annual event that promotes crime prevention. The photo above shows Officer Arcand and Figo of the Pasadena Police Department K-9 program. In addition to many police officers on hand [...]
Patrick Peter Early, an editor on Wikipedia, notified me last Thursday via Facebook that one of my blog postings has been cited as a source for a Wikipedia article about late Pasadena Mayor Horace Dobbins. To my knowledge, this is the first time my humble little site has been used as a source on that [...]
Last Wednesday I began taping a new edition of “Your City at Work,” a series on KPAS that has me following a city employee out of the office and into the field. Past editions have featured a public health nurse, motorcycle cop, code compliance officer, arborist and other employees who don’t spend all their time [...]
Not too long ago Michael Ma, a sweet young man who works for the Service Center for International Exchanges in the Xicheng District of Beijing, would have been arrested for wearing this shirt. He accompanied our delegation almost everywhere and we got to know him pretty well during our China sister city trip. He’s a [...]
