When there are promotions of sworn personnel in the Pasadena Fire Department, ceremonial badge-pinnings are part of the well-deserved pomp and circumstance. In the photo above, Kevin Costa, a 14-year veteran of the department, receives his new badge from his wife and mother at Fire Station 34. He was promoted from battalion chief to deputy […]
On Thursday evening, Mayor Bill Bogaard gave his State of the City report at Paseo Colorado‘s ArcLight Cinemas. Hundreds of people came and gathered in the lobby prior to doors of Theater 9 being swung open for the proceedings. Councilwoman Margaret McAustin came prepared for special effects! The theater filled up quickly: Vice Mayor Victor […]
Last night was Mayor Bill Bogaard’s State of the City event in the ArcLight Theaters at Paseo Colorado. How fun it was to see the event on the theater’s marquee! Read the Full Story at Pasadena PIO
This morning while floats were being decorated all around us, we conducted a press conference at the Rose Palace about safety and enforcement measures for the 2011 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game. In the photos above, Fire Chief Dennis Downs addresses the media. Here’s the Rose Palace exterior. You’ve passed it a jillion times. […]
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This was shot Wednesday by Dan Rix, our city engineer in the Public Works Department. His office is on the third floor at City Hall. Read the Full Story at Pasadena PIO
Last night the colorful lights on the City Hall Christmas tree were turned on during a special holidy celebration. The tree was put in place and decorated on Monday by the Public Works Department. Yours truly served as MC last night. Mayor Bill Bogaard flipped the switch that turned on thousands of energy-saving LED lights […]
Itsenäisyyspäivä translates to Independence Day in Finnish. These are photos I shot at the estate of the late Finnish composer Jean Sibelius when I accompanied Mayor Bill Bogaard and his field representative, Judy Kent, to Järvenpää, Finland, in summer 2008 for a celebration of the 25th anniversary of our sister city relationship. Finland was gobbled […]
When I was growing up, I played with snakes and lizards. I’ve never had a fear of reptiles. This 40 lb. python is a sweet boy. So sweet, in fact, that my grandson Steven and I cuddled with it at the snake expo on Sunday at the Pasadena Convention Center. I’ve been to the all-new, […]
Today the information booth in the grand entrance of Pasadena City Hall is being refurbished from stem to stern, including paint, wood varnish, etc. We don’t have any volunteers in the booth today for obvious reasons, so if you come to City Hall and don’t know where a particular office is, there’s a directory nearby […]
