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Good morning Pasadena! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a sudden campus-wide outage upended Pasadena City College's first week back
  • Step inside JPL's Pasadena rover control room before sunrise.
  • What a workday inside Pasadena's Mars rover control room looks like.

Also on today's calendar: Our Name Is Jonas Weezer Tribute and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 99 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 94, low: 71.
  • Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 89 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• PCC loses power in a campus wide outage (pcccourier.com) — Pasadena City College's Colorado campus lost power early Thursday afternoon, briefly trapping students in elevators, triggering alarms, and forcing cancellation of all afternoon classes while Pasadena Water and Power crews worked on-site. Power was restored by 2:08 p.m., with evening classes after 5 p.m. resuming, but students and staff still faced gridlocked parking lots and lingering questions about whether ongoing campus construction could cause future outages.
   

• First Arrival at NASA's Rover Operations Center in Pasadena (lifetechnology.com) — Before most of Pasadena is awake, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in town is already buzzing as engineers arrive at the Rover Operations Center to guide missions on other worlds. This behind-the-scenes snapshot highlights the early-morning routines, high-tech environment, and global reach of work happening daily at JPL's Pasadena campus.
   

• Mars rovers give scientists a ground-level view of the red planet – peek inside their NASA control room (nhregister.com) — Right here in Pasadena at JPL's Rover Operations Center, scientists like Curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada spend intense seven-hour shifts turning fresh Mars data into the rover's next moves. The piece walks you through a typical day in that Pasadena control room, from analyzing rocks in Gale Crater to carefully planning weekend drives on the red planet.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Altadena

  • Severe Gaps in Protections for Altadena Wildfire Recovery Workers (ucla.edu)
  • Sacramento Bee – CA Senate issues its own utility wildfire proposal, sets up late negotiations (consumerwatchdog.org)
  • When Wildfire Smoke Comes Home (earthisland.org)

San Marino

  • A 100-Year-Old Tudor House Gets a Much-Needed Update But Doesn't Lose Its Character (sunset.com)

Ok Pasadena! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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