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San Marino Tribune · San Marino, CA

San Marino Decides: The Votes Are In

Vice Mayor Calvin Lo held his lead in San Marino’s three-seat City Council race, trailed closely by Mayor Tony Chou and challenger Shelley Boyle, per the county’s latest unofficial results as of Monday, Nov. 9. Meanwhile, both Measure U and…

Farmington Daily Times · Pasadena, CA

Nearby: Pasadena, CA

NASA’s Voyager 1 closes in on a light-day in interstellar space for a new distance record

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Voyager 1 is about to become humanity’s first object to reach one light-day from Earth as it pushes ever deeper into interstellar space. That’s a mind-blowing distance of more than 16 billion miles (26 billion kilometers) for the spacecraft launched 49 years ago. When Voyager 1 reaches that remarkable milestone on Wednesday, its radio signals will take precisely 24 hours traveling at the speed of light to reach Earth — in other words, one light-day. NASA is looking at another 18,000 years before the spacecraft achieves a full light-year and more than double that before it comes near another star. Project manager Suzanne Dodd sees Voyager 1 as Earth’s ambassador hurtling between stars while providing a “sense of wonder” on the home front. “It’s a national treasure,” she told The Associated Press.

Rafu Shimpo · Pasadena, CA

Nearby: Pasadena, CA

A Seismic Celebration

Last month, the Caltech Seismological Laboratory in Pasadena celebrated the 90th birthday of Hiroo Kanamori (center), professor emeritus, and former director of the lab. He was the most prolific and highly cited seismologist for a 30-year time span (1991-2021). Kanamori’s work has helped shape modern seismology, from developing the moment magnitude scale with Tom Hanks […]

Daily Hampshire Gazette · Pasadena, CA

Nearby: Pasadena, CA

Janice Button Shafer

Pasadena, CA – The Shafer family is deeply saddened to announce the death of Janice Button Shafer on October 13, 2026, one month after her 95th birthday. She died peacefully from natural causes in the presence of family in Pasadena, CA. She was an amazing woman and a powerful force who impressed everyone she met. We will miss her energy and hearing all her stories, but she will never be forgotten.Janice was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 13, 1931, with her twin sister Judy Button Harmon, to mother Anita Wolever and father Charles T. Button. Inspired by her engineer father, she studied Engineering Physics at Cornell University at a time when there was one woman student for every 500 men in engineering.

Fortress of Solitude · Arcadia, CA

Nearby: Arcadia, CA

Rena Sofer Left General Hospital Twice, Remarried Her Ex-Husband After 7 Years Apart — and Now Sells Handmade Ceramics

While she’s best known for her role as Lois Cerullo on General Hospital (which won her a Daytime Emmy in 1995), Rena Sofer is also remembered for playing Heidi Petrelli on Heroes and Quinn Fuller on The Bold and the Beautiful. After leaving General Hospital for the second time in 2025, the 57-year-old actress has been focusing on a quieter life in the Hudson Valley. But how did she break into the world of entertainment? And what else is keeping her busy in 2026? Rena Sofer’s Early Life: How She Broke Into Acting Image Credit: Walt Disney Television, Selmur Productions Born on December 2, 1968, in Arcadia, California, Rena Sofer’s childhood was characterized by her Jewish upbringing. Following her parents’ divorce, she moved to New Jersey with her rabbi father and her brother. At 15, Rena was approached by a talent scout while hanging out on the streets of Greenwich Village. Her modeling career was rather short-lived, with her later stating: “It just never really worked for me.