Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, October 22, 2022

Mountain View News Saturday, October 22, 2022 

City to Hold 
Día de los 
Muertos 
Celebration 

Celebrate Día de los 
Muertos (Day of the Dead) 
with the City of Pasadena’s 
Parks, Recreation and 
Community Services 
Department (PRCS) 
Friday, Oct. 28, from 5 

p.m. to 9 p.m. at Villa 
Parke Community Center, 
363 E. Villa St. 
Join friends, neighbors 
and other community 
members to commemorate 
the centuries-old holiday 
with fun family-friendly 
activities, including arts 
& crafts with Armory 
Center for the Arts, face 
painting by talented makeup 
artists, performances 
by Aztec dance group 
Yankuititl, and ballet 
folklorico by Mexica and 
Lupita.

Attendees are invited to 
bring copies of photos, 
written stories, and other 
memories to honor and 
celebrate their ancestors on 
our community ofrenda, 
an altar honoring the lives 
of deceased loved ones. 
Food will be available for 
purchase.

 For more information 
about this event, call 
(626) 744-6530. or 
visit:cityofpasadena.net. 

South Pas 
Library Free 
Coffee Tasting

 With Jones Coffee 

Roasters

 Join the South Pasadena 
Public Library for a 
unique coffee tasting 
experience, courtesy of 
Jones Coffee Roasters. A 
fixture in the Pasadena 
area since 1994, Jones 
Coffee Roasters carefully 
selects coffee beans from 
around the world based on 
quality and sustainability. 
The Jones family is in 
its fifth generation of 
Finca Dos Marias, the 
company’s family-owned 
farm in Guatemala. This 
coffee tasting will cover 
everything from seed 
to cup and is catered to 
challenge everyone, from 
the beginning coffee 
enthusiast to the veteran 
coffee drinker. This event 
will take place in the 
Library Community Room 
at 1115 El Centro Street 
on Saturday, November 
19, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. 
Registration is required 
and space is limited. 
Register for this event at: 

 southpasadenaca.gov/
register. 

 The South Pasadena 
Public Library is located 
at 1100 Oxley Street in 
South Pasadena. Visit the 
Library website at www.
southpasadenaca.gov/
library for information 
about services and 
programs. The Library 
is open Monday, Friday, 
Saturday 10:00 a.m.–6:00 
p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday, 
Thursday 10:00 a.m.–8:00 

p.m. and Sunday 1:00 
p.m.–5:00 p.m. 
Council Approves Labor Agreements 
with Police and Firefighter's Unions 

 The Pasadena City Council 
announced Monday that they 
have unanimously approved 
multi-year labor agreements 
with frontline, police and fire, 
public safety personnel — the 
agreements were voted on as 
part of the council’s Consent 
Calendar which consists of 
routine items approved by one 
motion and one vote. 

According to officials, the 
agreements with the Pasadena 
Firefighters Association (PFFA) 
and the Pasadena Police 
Officers Association (PPOA) 
will provide the City’s police 
officers and firefighters base 
pay increases of 4.5 percent 
each year in the first two years 
of the contracts, followed by a 
4 percent increase in the third 
year and a 2 percent increase in 
the fourth and final year.

 “I am delighted the City 
successfully negotiated labor 
agreements with our public 
safety personnel who work so 
hard for the community and 
sacrifice so much to keep us 
safe,” Mayor Victor Gordo said. 
“These long-term contracts 
reflect the City’s commitment 
to maintaining best-in-class 
police and fire departments that 
are able to recruit and retain 
high-quality police officers and 
firefighters now and into the 
future.”

 City Manager Miguel Márquez 
adds, “I am very pleased with 
the stability these four-year 
contracts provide to the City, to 
our public safety officers, and 
especially to the community 
we serve. World-class events 
like the Rose Parade and 
events at Rose Bowl Stadium 
and the Convention Center 
attract tens of thousands of 
patrons throughout the year. 

I am grateful for the expertise 
and professionalism that our 
firefighters and peace officers 
display every day in the work 
they do for our community 
and for the thousands upon 
thousands of people who visit 
us every year.”

 According to city staff, In 
recent months, multiple law 
enforcement agencies in the 
Southern California region, 
including the cities of Beverly 
Hills, Culver City, Glendale, 
Inglewood, Irvine, and 
Santa Monica have provided 
substantial wage increases 
over the course of multi-year 
contracts to their sworn law 
enforcement personnel.

 PPOA board member Cpl. 
Irvin Myles said “The Pasadena 
Police Officers Association is 
pleased that the City of Pasadena 
recognizes the importance 
of remaining competitive in 
the labor market. This wage 
increase will place Pasadena 
Police Department in a better 
position to attract and retain its 
valued employees.”

 The Pasadena Firefighters 
Association represents 155 
full-time employees in the 
classifications of Firefighter, 
Fire Engineer, and Fire Captain 
engaged in fire suppression, 
search and rescue, and 
emergency service delivery.

 Garrett Madrigal, PFFA 
president, added, “The Pasadena 
Firefighters Association is 
honored to sign this contract 
with the City, and we appreciate 
the value the City has placed 
upon public safety. PFFA 
also feels that this contract 
recognizes the dedication our 
members have shown every day 
to the citizens of our community, 
especially during this pandemic. 

Caltech to Give Free 
Climate Migration Talk 

 British science journalist and 
author Gaia Vince will discuss 
her book Nomad Century 
How Climate Migration Will 
Reshape Our World (Flatiron 
Books, 2022) with Tapio 
Schneider, Caltech’s Theodore Y. 
Wu Professor of Environmental 
Science and Engineering, in 
a pre-record conversation 
November 15, at 6 p.m. as part of 
Caltech Public Programming’s 
Behind the Book series. Gaia 
Vince is an award-winning 
science journalist, author, 
broadcaster, and speaker. 
She is also the author of 
Transcendence and Adventures 
in the Anthropocene.

 The talk can be attended online, 
followed by a live discussion of 
Caltech’s involvement in climate 
science now and in the future, 
with Schneider and his Caltech 
colleagues and students. 

 As climate change dominates 

the headlines, award-winning 
science journalist Gaia Vince 
(The Guardian, BBC, New 
Scientist) is at the forefront of 
one aspect of this crisis that 
most don’t know is already 
underway: climate migration. In 
Nomad Century: How Climate 
Migration Will Reshape Our 
World, Vince breaks down the 
effects global warming will have 
on emigration, which will force 
billions from their homes as 
countries become increasingly 
uninhabitable. “You will be 
among them, or you will be 
receiving them,” Vince writes 
with sobering clarity, arguing 
that it will be climate migration, 
not climate mitigation, that will 
come to define the 21st century.

 To make a free reservation, 
or learn more about the 
event, visit the Caltech Public 
Programming event page, visit: 
events.caltech.edu. 

We look forward to continuing 
our partnership with the City 
to provide the highest level of 
service to our citizens and our 
members.”

 Pursuant to state law, the City 
of Pasadena engages in labor 
negotiations—also known as 
collective bargaining—with 
its employee associations in 
order to establish the terms, 
wages and working conditions 
of employment. The results 
of these negotiations are 
written agreements, otherwise 
referred to as memorandums 
of understanding (MOUs), 
reached between the City and 
its employee associations. 
Most recently, police officers 
received a salary increase of 0.5 
percent in July 2021 as part of 
an MOU that expired March 

30. Firefighters received a 2.25 
percent increase in November 
2021 as part of an MOU that 
will expire on Dec. 31. 
Pasadena 
Humane 
Coyote 
Safety 
Workshop 


Concerned about 
neighborhood coyotes? 
Interested in learning how to 
help keep them away? Then 
join one of our upcoming 
Coyote Safety Workshops 
this Sunday at Pasadena 
Humane.

 In this interactive 
workshop, an expert in 
Wildlife Manager will share 
information about the 
urban coyote, demonstrate 
humane hazing techniques, 
and get you involved in 
a variety of activities so 
that you can peacefully – 
and safely – coexist with 
coyotes. Kids and families 
are welcome 

Pasadena Humane is set to 
hold two workshops Sunday, 
one starting at 11 a.m. and 
the other at 1 p.m. cost is $5. 
For more information visit: 
pasadenahumane.org. 

Caltech to Present Next 
Month Nobuntu Zimbabwe’s 
Female a Cappella Quintet 

 
Caltech Public Programming 
announced last week that 
Nobuntu the female a cappella 
quintet from Zimbabwe is set 
to perform, November 11, at 8 

p.m. at Beckman Auditorium 
on the Caltech campus as part 
of its CaltechLive! performance 
series. 
Nobuntu has drawn 
international acclaim for 
its inventive performances 
that range from traditional 
Zimbabwean songs to Afro 
jazz to gospel. The ensemble’s 
concerts are performed with 
pure voices augmented by 
minimalistic percussion, 
traditional instruments, such 
as the Mbira (thumb piano), 
and energetic, authentic dance 
movements.

 “We had intended to present 
Nobuntu this past January 
2022, but due to the pandemic 
we had to reschedule. We are 
excited to have them finally 
onstage this fall at Beckman 
Auditorium—spreading their 
music and joy while opening 
our eyes and ears to African 
traditional and contemporary 
songs and dances,” said Michael 
Alexander, Caltech’s director of 
public programming.

 The word Nobuntu is an 
African concept that values 
humbleness, love, unity, 
and family from a woman’s 
perspective. The ensemble 
represents a new generation of 
young African women singers 
who celebrate and preserve their 
culture, beauty, and heritage 
through art. The ensemble’s 
mission is the belief that music 
can be an important vehicle for 
change, one that transcends 
racial, tribal, religious, gender, 
and economic boundaries. 

 Over the last few seasons, 
the quintet has performed 
at festivals and concert halls 
in Italy, Austria, Germany, 
Belgium, the Czech Republic, 
and throughout the African 
continent. The ensemble 
was a huge critical success at 
festivals such as Trans-Vocal in 
Frankfurt and Voice Mania in 
Vienna. The group’s first tour 
to Canada in 2016 included 
performances in Toronto, 
Winnipeg, Vancouver, and 
Victoria. 

Nobuntu has released three 
recordings: Thina in 2013,
Ekhaya in 2016, and Obabes 
beMbube in 2018. The group 
has made dozens of television 
and radio appearances 
throughout Africa and Europe 
promoting these recordings and 
the culture of their homeland.

 Nobuntu was nominated for 
Best Musician of the Year at 
the Zimbabwe International 
Women’s Awards in London 
in 2015 and are currently a 
two-time winner for the Best 
Imbube Group at the Bulawayo 
Arts Awards 2017 and 2019.

 Back at home, Nobuntu 
supports a number of 
community initiatives, 
including The Nobuntu Pad 
Bank, where they provide health 
support for young women in 
the arts from underprivileged 
communities.

 Tickets are $35 general 
admission, with a family 
incentive that includes $10 
tickets for youths with the 
purchase of a $35 adult 
admission. They can be 
purchased online at events.
caltech.edu or by calling the 
Caltech Ticket Office at (626) 
395-4652 Tuesday through 
Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Police Dept. Fundraiser Pink 
Patch at El Portal Restaurant 

website: cityofpasadena. 

Acting Pasadena Chief net, when you order your 
of Police, Jason Clawson, meal and 15 percent of the 
cordially invites the public proceeds will go directly 
to join the Pasadena Police to City of Hope Pink Patch 
Department to a Pink Patch Project. Other merchandise 
Fundraiser at El Portal will be sold there as well. 
Mexican Restaurant for For additional information 
Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner contact Officer Jasmine 
on Wednesday, October Thomas at ( 626) 7 44-7651 

26. Present flyer, available or email at: jathomas@ 
for download on the cities cityofpasadena.net. 
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