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Chris Erskine: Palm Springs Family Trip Follows the Tiki Trail

PALM SPRINGS — So we’re doing a tiki crawl in this dusty, grassless prairie...

Chris Erskine: Looking for One Last Love Story

A chef has recommended on social media that, if the butter is too cold...

Chris Erskine: Parents Live for Homecomings

Home. Celebrate him home, as Kenny Loggins once sang.When my son gets home for...

Chris Erskine: When Life Hands You Dandelions …

Most poetry doesn’t send me — I’m more into limericks and fight songs. But...

Chris Erskine: Pasta, Gin and Joni Mitchell

In a recent episode, we established two things: 1) that pasta was essentially bourbon...

Chris Erskine: Troubled Angels, Aching Hearts

What still amazes me was how quickly the Highway Patrol confirmed my son’s death...

Chris Erskine: Why We Live Where We Live

We reside in one of those surrealist L.A. suburbs that hugs the hillsides, the...

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Chris Erskine: Palm Springs Family Trip Follows the Tiki Trail

PALM SPRINGS — So we’re doing a tiki crawl in this dusty, grassless prairie two hours from Los Angeles. In summer, it’s like living...

Chris Erskine: Looking for One Last Love Story

A chef has recommended on social media that, if the butter is too cold to spread, you grate it over the roll or piece...

Chris Erskine: Parents Live for Homecomings

Home. Celebrate him home, as Kenny Loggins once sang.When my son gets home for spring break, his sheets will smell like leftover Moo Shu...

Chris Erskine: When Life Hands You Dandelions …

Most poetry doesn’t send me — I’m more into limericks and fight songs. But every once in a while, poetry stirs a bit of...

Chris Erskine: Pasta, Gin and Joni Mitchell

In a recent episode, we established two things: 1) that pasta was essentially bourbon and 2) that Dr. Seuss should have been Surgeon General,...

Chris Erskine: Troubled Angels, Aching Hearts

What still amazes me was how quickly the Highway Patrol confirmed my son’s death on that gloomy March morning six years ago.You know, you...

Chris Erskine: Why We Live Where We Live

We reside in one of those surrealist L.A. suburbs that hugs the hillsides, the sidewalks always a little damp in spring. It’s considered a...

Chris Erskine: California: Lovely, Yet Edible

I read so slowly that I might have some disorder, kind of odd when you consider my ideal day is having a stack of...
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SCHOOLS

Mayfield Senior School’s Historic Renovation Garners Recognition

Mayfield Senior School, which has been undergoing a capital campaign to restore its central historical building, Strub Hall, has won a prestigious 2023 Preservation...

Pasadena Unified Helps Students’ Mental Health Thrive

May was Mental Health Awareness Month and for the Pasadena Unified School District, this month offered an opportunity to break the stigma around mental...
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Letters

ChapCare Mourns Councilman Kennedy

First published in the Aug. 11 print issue of the Pasadena Outlook. We at ChapCare are heartbroken over the tragic passing of beloved Pasadena Councilman...

BUSINESS NEWS

HMRI Appoints Three New Board Members

Huntington Medical Research Institutes (HMRI), a leading biomedical research organization in Southern California with a 70-year track record of scientific impact, announced it added...

Local Restaurateurs Launch Taco/Social With ‘Unconventional Tacos’

Taco/Social, a casual dining spot with inventive, “freeform tacos” and a broad selection of tequila-based cocktails and owned by a contingent of Pasadena-area restaurateurs,...

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