'''PASADENA'''

(Interwiki: IPAc-en » icon|ˌ|p|æ|s|ə|ˈ|d|iː|n|ə) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena City College (PCC), Fuller Theological Seminary, Art Center College of Design, the Pasadena Playhouse, the Norton Simon Museum of Art and the Pacific Asia Museum.
As of 2010 United States Census, the population of Pasadena was 137,122, making it the 180th-largest city in the United States, down from 168th place in 2009. Pasadena is the ninth-largest city in Los Angeles County, and on June 19, 1886, became the fourth to be incorporated in Los Angeles County, after Anaheim (March 18, 1876) and Santa Ana (June 1, 1886), which were part of Los Angeles County until Orange County was formed in 1889. It was largely as a ploy to get rid of its saloons. It is one of the primary cultural centers of the San Gabriel Valley.

HISTORY

Interwiki: Main » History of Pasadena, California

DEMOGRAPHY

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GEOGRAPHY

Pasadena is located at Interwiki: Coord » 34|9|22|N|118|7|55|W|type:city (34.156098, -118.131808).Interwiki: GR » 1 The elevation at City Hall is 864 feet (263 m) above sea level. The greater Pasadena area is bounded by the Raymond Fault line, the San Rafael Hills, and the San Gabriel Mountains. The Arroyo Seco, a major geographic feature and home of the Rose Bowl, flows from headwaters in Pasadena's towering Angeles National Forest greenbelt in the San Gabriel Mountains.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Interwiki: convert » 23.1|sqmi|km2, over 99% of it land; 0.68% is water.
Ten miles (16 kilometers) northeast of downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena is bordered by 11 communities: Highland Park, Eagle Rock, South Pasadena, San Marino, Temple City, San Gabriel, Arcadia, Sierra Madre, La Cañada Flintridge, and Altadena. The communities of Eagle Rock, Highland Park and Garvanza are incorporated within the city of Los Angeles and Altadena is an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County.

ECONOMY

According to the City's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:

#	Employer	# of Employees
1	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	5,038
2	Kaiser Permanente	4,500
3	California Institute of Technology	3,628
4	Huntington Hospital	3,260
5	Pasadena City College	2,719
6	Pasadena Unified School District	2,665
7	AT&T	2,565
8	City of Pasadena	2,239
9	Bank of America	1,500
10	Art Center College of Design	877
11	Parsons	786
12	Hathaway-Sycamores	615
13	Pacific Clinics	550
14	San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group	525
15	The Langham Huntington	511
16	Rusnak Auto Group	450
17	Avon Products	238

Other companies based in Pasadena include Avery Dennison, Cogent Systems, East West Bank, Inter-Con Security, Jacobs Engineering Group, OneWest Bank, Tetra Tech, Wesco Financial, and Wetzel's Pretzels.

EDUCATION

Category: Image - :Caltech from the air.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Caltech in Pasadena, California.
The California Institute of Technology is in the southern-central area of Pasadena. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (managed for NASA by Caltech) is in Pasadena. Caltech's 31 Nobel Laureates have brought 32 Nobel Prizes home to Pasadena. In 2005, Caltech dedicated an on-campus weather station honoring the late Nobel laureate geneticist and meteorologist Ed Lewis. The Ed Lewis Memorial Weather Station generates weather information for KNBC and thousands of other Web sites on school campuses in Pasadena and all over the nation. Fuller Theological Seminary, one of the largest multidenominational seminaries in the world, sits just east of downtown Pasadena. The Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts (formerly known as the California School of Culinary Arts) is located at East Green Street and South Madison Avenue. The school offers the Le Cordon Bleu accreditation and has two campuses in Pasadena. Pacific Oaks College is located next to Pasadena's National Historic Landmark, the Gamble House. The Art Center College of Design is in the San Rafael Hills overlooking the Rose Bowl, and ranks as one of the top five art schools in the United States and one of the top 10 art schools worldwide; it is particularly known for its design programs.
Category: Image - :Ambassador College.jpg|thumb|left|The former campus of Ambassador College is now Maranatha High School.
Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music, founded in 1996, is a contemporary music school whose acclaimed faculty of experienced professionals are active in the film, television and recording industries. The school is located between Colorado and California Boulevards on South Fair Oaks Boulevard.
Pasadena City College is a highly rated community college founded in 1924 and located on Colorado Boulevard, slightly northeast of Caltech. Until about 1970, the Rose Parade Queen's court was exclusively selected from its students. PCC alumni include Jackie Robinson and Jaime Escalante.
The Pasadena Unified School District encompasses Interwiki: convert » 76|sqmi|km2 and includes Pasadena, Altadena and Sierra Madre. There are 17 K-5 elementary schools, five middle schools, and four high schools. There are also a number of private and parochial schools in the city.
Pasadena had a public library before it was incorporated as a city.Interwiki: Citation needed » date=January 2010 The Pasadena Central Library was designed by architect Myron Hunt and dedicated in 1927. The library has an area of Interwiki: convert » 110000|sqft|m2 and was recently renovated without damaging any of its historic integrity. It has been the scene of scholars in movies too numerous to mention.Interwiki: Citation needed » date=January 2010 It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


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