Share: PCC Chief of Police Steven Matchan has resigned amid a lawsuit involving allegations of sexual assault, according to an email sent to PCC faculty on Thursday morning. As the Courier previously reported, Matchan is currently in the middle of a lawsuit, along with the college and other officials, due to allegations of sexual harassment against him from six former and current female Campus Police employees. According to court documents, the alleged harassment spans over nearly a decade. In the Courier’s original reporting on the …
Editorial: PCC needs to be transparent about alleged sexual harassment
Share: As a student newsroom, we love PCC. We’re more in the know about PCC’s upcoming events, news and successes than any other student on campus. We try to keep PCC student interests in mind with every story we write, and we love hearing and experiencing everything that the campus has to offer, then telling everybody else about it. So why does hearing, “PCC is committed to providing a safe, respectful, and supportive environment for its students, faculty, staff and the broader campus community” from …
Campus Police employees sue PCC over alleged sexual harassment by Chief of Police
Share: Six current and former female PCC campus police employees are suing the college and Chief of Police Steven Matchan, alleging years of sexual harassment and gender discrimination they endured under him, according to court records. The female employees named as plaintiffs in this case—Ruby Valdez, Rocio Diaz Ortiz, Raquel Barron, Nishelle Andrion, Francis Echeverria and Delilah Patino—all filed their complaints in March with the California Civil Rights Department, while the official lawsuit was filed on May 4. The complaint included similarities in what Matchan …
Who owns the past? Norton Simon caught in legal battle over Nazi-looted art
Share: More than 80 years after Nazis forces seized the art collection of Jewish dealer Jacques Goudstikker, two of the paintings hanging inside Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum are once again at the center of a battle over who the rightful owners are. Although courts previously sided with the museum after years of litigation, a new lawsuit is using recently enacted California and federal laws designed to give families of survivors another opportunity to recover artwork taken through Nazi persecution. The outcome could extend far beyond …
Police arrest man outside gym after reported firearm threat
Share: Pasadena City College students received a Rave Alert on Tuesday morning instructing them to avoid the campus gym due to police activity after an individual allegedly threatened to have a firearm and harm people, according to campus police. “We contacted Pasadena Police to come and provide armed backup since campus police is unarmed,” said Sergeant Tyler Robins, the supervisor of police and safety services on campus. The Rave Alert was sent at 10:54 a.m. with only the instruction to stay away. The message had …
‘Oh the Places You’ll Go!’ New PCC Metro station links SGV to SFV
Share: Students at Pasadena City College (PCC) will soon have a new way to commute to school as Metro Transit constructs the new eastern terminus of Metro’s North Hollywood to Pasadena bus transit line, which will connect the San Fernando Valley and the San Gabriel Valley. “The fact that the line has a terminus at our campus is not only convenient for our students, faculty, and staff, it also represents our commitment to a sustainable future,” said PCC President Dr. José A. Gómez. The 19 …
Local dealership offers PCC auto techs the fast track to luxury
Share: Pasadena City College (PCC) announced a new automotive fellowship program in partnership with Rusnak Auto Group, at a Board of Trustees meeting on August 12, 2026. This partnership will involve a 12-week paid internship starting in the upcoming winter 2027 school session, aiming to offer automotive students the opportunity to get hands-on experience on luxury cars alongside experienced technicians. “When students are able to get into a large dealership, such as the Rusnak Auto Group, it creates a real career pathway vs. independent shops …
U-Pass no more: New GoPass goes virtual
Share: Pasadena City College has officially launched the Metro GoPass Program this fall, providing students with unlimited low cost public transit with a simplified online sign up process. The recent transition from the U-Pass to the GoPass changed where physical passes are distributed on campus, the fees associated with the methods, and the process in which students can obtain the pass. Many Pasadena City College students have expressed their approval of the new GoPass program due to its efficiency and accessibility to users. “I didn’t …
PCC loses power in a campus wide outage
Share: On Thursday, August 27, at 12:33 p.m., Pasadena City College’s Colorado Campus experienced a campus-wide outage. Students and campus police noticed the campus bookstore had lost power before a Rave alert sent by the college determined that the entire campus was currently without power. Spaces such as the Pathways Center started to alert passing students that there was no power. Several students seemed to have no idea what happened, specifically those who were not actively in classes or had just arrived on campus and …
New English cohort will develop pro-Black mindsets in the classroom
Share: In hopes of instilling a better educational experience for Black students at Pasadena City College (PCC), PCC’s English Department is creating a Black English cohort set to begin next Fall. The cohort is a workshop series for English faculty called Pro-Black Mindsets and Classrooms, a collaboration between the English Department and the Office of Institutional Equity, Diversity, and Justice (IEDJ). It hopes to address equity and retention gaps as well as to develop faculty’s pedagogical and curricular objectives to address conscious and unconscious biases. …