Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - Pasadena City College Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies searched and found no credible threats regarding the community college Monday.
An anonymous tip was sent Sunday through the campus’s website that there was a threat involving the library. The library remained closed Monday morning for several hours during the search, according to Alex Boekelheide, executive director of Office of Strategic Communications & Marketing at PCC. Boekelheide declined to specify what the threat may have been and referred to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The library was clear to re-open by 11 a.m. Monday, Boekelheide told SGV CityWatch. Anyone can send in an anonymous tip to provide suspected crime information through the Lancer Anonymous Tip Reporting feature that can be accessed through the PCC website. The campus notes that the anonymous tip feature is not intended for in progress crimes. For emergencies, or crimes in progress, call campus police at 626-585-7484. Pasadena City College To Convert Most Classes To Online Instruction Amid Coronavirus Craze3/11/2020 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - Beginning March 18, Pasadena City College will offer temporary remote instruction to students out of an abundance of caution to prevent potential coronavirus transmission, according to a campus statement. The campus will also cancel or postpone events with a projected attendance of more than 100 people. Sporting events will continue as scheduled, sans spectators. These changes are expected to last through April 20, according to the statement posted on the Pasadena City College Student Health Services webpage. Classes that require face-to-face instruction will go on as scheduled, including performing arts classes, lab courses and physical education, according to the statement.
“There are no confirmed cases of coronavirus on our campus at this time, and the college is not closed for business,” according to the statement. Campus officials reiterated that the college is not closing, facilities will remain open and many operations will continue normally. |
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