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Phil Hopkins

Phil is the Associate Publisher of Local News Pasadena. He is a 35-year resident of the city. Phil has won several national awards for magazine photography and received multiple Southern California Journalism Awards for news reporting and commentary. His favorite local delicacy is the Combo Grinder at Connal's.
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Politics

We Asked Candidates About Saving Local News

No surprise, everyone was for it. Solutions? A few. Nostalgia? Plenty.

February 12, 2024
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Talking Points

Williams and Holden Campaigns Go Postal on Opponents

Check your mail. Here's what mudslinging looks like.

February 3, 2024
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Politics

Let the Games Begin

Local Candidates for the March 5th Primary Election.

January 27, 2024
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Politics

Trouble in Tovaangar

Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians claims nobody is doing proper due diligence.

January 22, 2024
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Politics

The Reservation Next Door

LA County is planning transfer of 230-acre Henninger Flats to the Tongva

January 2, 2024
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Talking Points

How the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Can Get Off Fodor’s Trash Bucket List

The local mountains need a new landlord.

November 15, 2023
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Politics

Votes Flow for Opel, a Trickle for Cruz

Water and politics meet at Kinneloa Irrigation District. Election results are in.

November 10, 2023
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Obits

Federico ‘Fred’ Gutierrez, Roma Market’s Indispensable Man

Pasadena mourns baseball fan who made a deli work.

November 6, 2023
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Talking Points

Some of Our Readers Have Thoughts about Kevin McCarthy

We get emails. Boy, do we get emails.

October 5, 2023
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Science & Nature

Signed Tower Sealed, Delivered Back to Nature

The USGS thought it went and stayed too long.

October 4, 2023
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Forks in the Road

Tango Sizzles at Pasadena’s Malbec

A restaurant, an Argentine dance and a charity step out of the

September 29, 2023
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Cohesion & Community

Addressing Hunger and Hypocrisy Starts at East Washington and Pepper

The coffee and cashew trade route to East Africa begins in East

September 25, 2023
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Talking Points

A Quiz Any Candidate for Pasadena City Council Should Pass

Find out if you're qualified before putting in lots of effort to

September 11, 2023
Cohesion & Community

Toxic Cop Syndrome

A PPD insider says the Good Old Boys Club plays rough.

August 15, 2023
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Talking Points

The Double-Edged Sword of Transit to Trails

Shuttling folks into the Angeles National Forest without planning for the inevitable

July 4, 2023
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Talking Points

Questions from Facebook

Some of our readers pose excellent questions.

June 28, 2023
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Politics

Pasadena’s Game of Thrones

Whatever the design of your political sigil, be prepared for a red

June 23, 2023
Cohesion & Community

‘The Conversation Live’ to Return without Top Cop Harris

He's the fifth Chief since 2010 but the first to bail on

June 12, 2023
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Science & Nature

Naturalists BioBlitz Nearby Wildlife Sanctuary

Local photographers and naturalists explore Sycamore Canyon to document the wildlife corridor's

May 22, 2023
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Limelight

POP Stages a Major General Tour de Force in Glendale

Pacific Opera Project returns to Glendale's Forest Lawn Museum with a rollicking

May 22, 2023
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AFTERBURN

Victoria Thomas, from Pasadena to Crete and back again.

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Bard and Muse: A Love Story

Devastation has not destroyed the love of the Ash family.


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    Where Trees Fall and Tables Rise
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