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Pasadena, California
Official nameCity of Pasadena
NicknameCity of Roses, Crown City
Settlement typeCity
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLos Angeles
GovernmentInfo
GovernmentCouncil-Manager
City ManagerMayor Bill Bogaard (D)
Jacque Robinson
Margaret McAustin
Chris Holden
Steve Haderlein
Victor M. Gordo
Steve Madison
Terry Tornek
City AttorneyMichele Beal Bagneris
City ClerkJane Rodriguez
City ManagerMichael Beck
January 1874
IncorporatedMarch 1886
Total Area60.0 sq km (23.2 sq mi)
Land Area59.8 sq km (23.1 sq mi)
Water Area0.2 sq km (0.1 sq mi)
DemonymPasadenan
Population Total150,185 (2009)
Population Density2477.1 sq km (6384.7 sq mi)
TimezonePST( UTC-8)
Timezone DSTPDT( UTC-7)
Geocode34�09'22'N 118�7'55'W
Elevation263m (863 ft)
Postal code91101-91191
Area code626
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena City College (PCC), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (the leading robotics and spacecraft design and manufacturing NASA center), Art Center College of Design, the Pasadena Playhouse, California School of Culinary Arts Pasadena, the Norton Simon Museum of Art and the Pacific Asia Museum.
As of the 2000 census, the city population was 133,936. As of 2009, the estimated population is 150,185, making it the 160th largest city in the United States. Pasadena is the 6th largest city in Los Angeles County, and the main cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. It is the host city to numerous TV shows, with notable ones including Chuck Lorre's successful sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
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Statement of John Boesel: California SB 71 Bill Signing Ceremony - Earthtimes (press release) Tweet this news

Earthtimes (press release)---PASADENA-, -CA- -- 03/24/10 -- CALSTART's President and CEO, John Boesel, speaks today at the signing ceremony for SB 71. In it, he praises a deal between the ...
Date : Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:31:33 GMT+00:00

Presidential search continues - The Pirates' Log Tweet this news

The Pirates' Log--Dr. Mark J. Zacovic (Interim Vice President for Administrative Services, Pasadena Area Community College District, -Pasadena-, -CA-) has a doctorate in ...
Date : Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:02:49 GMT+00:00

Fashion: Sisters behind Rodarte cherish their distant view - New Zealand Herald Tweet this news

New Zealand Herald--They live and work in -Pasadena-, -California-, far away from the politics and personalities of their industry. That, says Laura, gives them a freedom they ...
Date : Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:23:15 GMT+00:00

eSolar Introduces Semiconductor Veteran as SVP of Operations - Business Wire (press release) Tweet this news

Business Wire (press release)---...- dramatic reductions in the cost of solar thermal energy. eSolar is based in -Pasadena-, -California-. For more information, please visit www.esolar.com.---
Date : Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:02:30 GMT+00:00

**EXCLUSIVE** "Scarface" actor Pepe Serna, famous for being massacred in the ... - Custer County Chief Tweet this news

Custer County Chief--v7676, -PASADENA-, -CALIFORNIA- - Sunday March 21, 2010. **EXCLUSIVE** "Scarface" actor Pepe Serna meets with fans at an autograph convention in Pasadena. ...
Date : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:05:55 GMT+00:00

20-yr-old study reveals precise estimates of Earth's tectonic plate movements - Sify Tweet this news

Sify---...- and collaborators Chuck DeMets of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Donald Argus of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in -Pasadena-, -California-. ...
Date : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:32:48 GMT+00:00

A taste for splendor - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news

Manila Bulletin--Soon after, he found himself mulling a trip to the West Coast and since then, he has been based in -Pasadena-, -California-. The change in environment clearly ...
Date : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:21:11 GMT+00:00

John Moran Auctioneers Achieves Strong Results in First Estate Sale of Spring ... - News-antique.com (press release) Tweet this news

News-antique.com (press release)---...- www.johnmoran.com two weeks prior to each sale date. All auctions are conducted at the Pasadena Convention Center in -Pasadena-, -CA- and online at ArtFact.com.---
Date : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:55:16 GMT+00:00

LA Screening of real life AVATAR -Hawaii A Voice for Sovereignty - Your-Story.org (press release) Tweet this news

Your-Story.org (press release)---...- be having a special screening, honoring the Native Hawaiian Culture, at the Pasadena Convention Center in -Pasadena-, -California- on April 3rd at 3:00pm. ...
Date : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:24:59 GMT+00:00

CALSTART Praises Deal to Exempt Clean Tech Manufacturing Equipment From State ... - Marketwire (press release) Tweet this news

Marketwire (press release)---PASADENA-, -CA---(Marketwire - March 23, 2010) - CALSTART, the nation's leading clean transportation consortium, today praised a deal between the Governor and ...
Date : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:34:17 GMT+00:00


City Department Director
City Manager Michael J. Beck
Assistant City Manager Julie Gutierrez
Acting Assistant City Manager Stephanie De Wolfe
Acting Director of Finance Steve Mermell
Fire Chief Dennis J. Downs
Director of Human Resources Karen S. Ezell
Director of Human Services and Recreation Patricia Lane
Director of Information Services Jan Sanders
Chief Information Technology Officer John Pratt
Chief Prosecutor Constance Orozco-Morgan
Director of Planning and Development Richard J. Bruckner
Police Chief Bernard K. Melekian
Director of Public Health Takashi Wada
Director of Public Works Martin Pastucha
Director of Transportation Fred Dock
General Manager of Water and Power Phyllis Currie
CEO of Pasadena Center Operating Company Michael Ross
General Manager, Rose Bowl Operating Company Darryl Dunn

# Employer # of Employees % of Total City Employment
1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 5,000 4.9%
2 Pasadena City College 3,311 3.3%
3 Huntington Memorial Hospital 3,300 3.3%
4 Kaiser Permanente 3,000 3.0%
5 California Institute of Technology 2,650 2.6%
6 AT&T 2,525 2.5%
7 City of Pasadena 2,298 2.3%
8 Pasadena Unified School District 2,200 2.2%
9 Bank of America 1,300 1.3%
10 Parsons Corporation 784 0.8%
11 The Langham Huntington Hotel 570 0.6%
12 Avon Products 425 0.4%



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