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🌱 Patch AM: How a Pasadena teen’s AI is reshaping the hunt for asteroids
Be sure to catch Debbie Wileman: JUDY GARLAND: WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS on the Pasadena Patch calendar
Hey there, Pasadena! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Pasadena teen’s AI is reshaping the hunt for asteroids
- How Pasadena-backed funds are reshaping Altadena’s post-fire neighborhoods
- Who’s representing youth service on Pasadena’s 2026 Rose Parade route?
Also on today's calendar: Sunday Pasadena -Paint Nite with Boozy Pigments and 3 more events.
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Find out what's happening in Pasadenafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 64 and low of 49 degrees.
- Monday: Windy with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 69, low: 51.
- Tuesday: Windy with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 74 and low of 53 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Teen Uses AI to Discover 1.5M Asteroids, Wins $250K Science Prize (webpronews.com) — A Pasadena high school senior, Matteo Paz, just turned a Caltech summer internship into a global astronomy headline by using AI to flag 1.5 million potential new celestial objects, winning a $250,000 Regeneron Science Talent Search prize. Working from Pasadena with public NASA data and Python, he built a lightning-fast algorithm that’s now influencing how professional astronomers tackle massive telescope archives. 
2. From Craftsman style to modern and minimalist, a year into post-fire rebuild a vision emerges (pasadenastarnews.com) — Altadena neighborhoods rebuilding after the Eaton and Palisades fires are seeing everything from relocated historic Craftsman homes to modern modular units, many funded through Pasadena’s own Pasadena Community Foundation. A network of nonprofits, architects, and builders is streamlining designs, permits, and costs so displaced residents can return faster, with pre-approved plans and AI tools helping match new homes to specific lots.
3. International Key Club President Isabella Baldisseri to represent city on national stage (woodburnindependent.com) — Pasadena will again be in the national spotlight as the 2026 Rose Parade brings Kiwanis International’s float and Key Club International president Isabella Baldisseri to Colorado Boulevard. While she’s based in Oregon, her role highlights how Pasadena’s iconic New Year’s parade showcases youth leadership and global service commitments to children’s health, education, and development.
4. Here's why David Spade spent 25 years trying to get Eddie Murphy to stop ‘hating' him (nypost.com) — David Spade recently opened up about his decades-long rift with Eddie Murphy, explaining how a 1995 Saturday Night Live joke led to years of tension before they finally reconciled. Along the way, Spade performed at Pasadena’s Ice House Comedy Club in April 2025, while Murphy has revisited the incident in interviews and a new Netflix documentary.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pasadena
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★ Featured events ★
- Debbie Wileman: JUDY GARLAND: WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS
El Portal Restaurant, 695 E Green St, Pasadena
7:00 pm
Sunday December 28
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Other local events
- Sunday Pasadena -Paint Nite with Boozy Pigments
Hilton Pasadena , 168 S Los Robles Ave , Pasadena
7:00 pm - Ice House Comedy: Laugh Bombs
Ice House Comedy Club , 24 N Mentor Ave , Pasadena
9:30 pm - Ice House Comedy: The Twin New Year Show (chinese show)
Ice House Comedy Club , 24 N Mentor Ave , Pasadena
7:30 pm - Ice House Comedy: The Twin New Year Show (English Show)
Ice House Comedy Club , 24 N Mentor Ave , Pasadena
9:30 pm - Sunday Pasadena-Paint Nite with Boozy Pigments
Hilton Pasadena , 168 S Los Robles Ave , Pasadena
7:00 pm
Sunday December 28
Friday January 2
Saturday January 3
Sunday January 4
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Materialism 008: Veils of Code
Old Towne Pub , 66 N Fair Oaks Ave , Pasadena
6:00 pm - Computer Classes
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3:00 pm - Ice House Comedy: Laugh Bombs
Ice House Comedy Club , 24 N Mentor Ave , Pasadena
9:30 pm - Knitting and Crochet Club
Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
1:00 pm - Ice House Comedy: The Twin New Year Show (chinese show)
Ice House Comedy Club , 24 N Mentor Ave , Pasadena
7:30 pm - Ice House Comedy: The Twin New Year Show (English Show)
Ice House Comedy Club , 24 N Mentor Ave , Pasadena
9:30 pm
Sunday December 28
Wednesday December 31
Friday January 2
Saturday January 3
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