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Newspaper in Pasadena, California

The Pasadena Star News is a paid local daily newspaper for the greater Pasadena, California area. The Pasadena Star News is a member of Southern California News Group (formerly the Los Angeles Newspaper Group), since 1996. It is also part of the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group, along with the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and the Whittier Daily News.

First published in 1884, the paper was originally located at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Oakland Avenue for years. That building is now home to Technique at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and 24 Hour Fitness. The first radio broadcast of the Rose Parade in 1926 aired from the newspaper's radio station KPSN, which broadcast out of a pair of radio towers that the building once hosted. Charles H. Prisk, was one of the first publishers and owner of the Pasadena Star News. Charles was also the owner of the Pasadena Post and the Long Beach Press Telegram. William F. Prisk, his brother, was a publisher. and Bernard J. Ridder took over as publisher. Ridder merged with Knight to form Knight Ridder in 1974. The paper was sold off in 1989 to a company owned by William Dean Singleton; the Thomson Corporation bought majority control of the paper a year later. Thomson sold the Star News to Singleton's MediaNews Group in 1996, which went on to become part of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. The newspaper also publishes the Rose Magazine which provides coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl Game since 1994. Coverage area for the Pasadena Star News includes the cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Temple City and Arcadia and the unincorporated communities of Altadena and East Pasadena.

Patt Diroll writes a weekly social events column with photos and a calendar listing on Mondays and editorial board member Larry Wilson writes a column on Pasadena history and current events on Wednesdays.

Charles H. Prisk
William F. Prisk

The California Newspapers Publishers Association awarded the Pasadena Star News four of the top journalism awards out of thirty eight awards given to its parent company Los Angeles News Group at the annual awards luncheon in San Diego. The California Newspaper Publisher Association, the state's press association, named the Pasadena Star News, California's best mid sized daily in 2015.