A Correspondent

The deeply disgruntled faculty of Pasadena City College dispatched this Not-So-Happy Valentine’s Day message last week to the object of their disaffection, President Mark Rocha. Under the banner “Letter to PCC President Rocha from Concerned Faculty,” the missive also was directed to the “Campus Community.”

[Editor’s Note: From a private source who has been tracking the administrative controversies plaguing Pasadena City College.] Dateline Pasadena – Checking in with a status report from Pasadena City College where the campus remains troubled by the heavy-handed rule of wildly unpopular President Mark Rocha.

Editor’s Note: On Saturday from 11 to 1, the Southern California Genealogical Society is sponsoring a workshop at the Central Library, 630 W. 5th St., downtown Los Angeles. Culver City historian Julie Lugo Cerra will be the workshop leader. She forwarded the following report.

Dateline Pasadena – A lawsuit filed July 26, by Robert Das and Saila Satter Leiter Smith of LED Global Corp, LLC, against Richard van Pelt, former Pasadena City College Vice President of Administrative Services, and Alfred Hutchings, former Facilities Services Supervisor, was dismissed with prejudice yesterday by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Suzanne G. Bruguera.

[Editor’s Note: This commentary is from the Pasadena City College student newspaper.] Despite the drop in fulltime enrollments – the academic year 2012-2013 had the lowest fulltime enrollments in 17 years – Pasadena City College President Mark Rocha has been awarded raises by the Board of Trustees in addition to four automatic bonuses that he already had negotiated into his contract.

Memorial services were held yesterday at Hillside Memorial Cemetery for Kathy S. Smith, a popular, longtime community activist who had lived in Culver City for more than 30 years. After a courageous battle with...

A funeral Mass will be said on Friday morning at 11 at St. Augustine Catholic Church for Matt Layana. His sudden death on Tuesday of last week is mourned by family and friends. He was 56 years old.

Dateline Long Beach – Dr. Carter Dewberry, former essayist for thefrontpageonline.com, is returning to public performing this weekend after a hiatus. A choir of more than a dozen cellists, ranging in age from 11 to 75 years old, will play a repertoire of compositions from Bach to the Beatles. The event is free and open to the public.

The first public opportunity to meet one of the newest School Board candidates, Vernon L. Taylor, a banking executive, comes next weekend.

Culver City parent, former Culver City Middle School science teacher and education leader Sue Robins formally announces today that she is running for School Board in the November elections. “My role as a teacher, volunteer and parent gives me insight into our schools,” Ms. Robins said.