Dante Estrada

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Hard Times Magazine •

Best songs of 2025: From Lorde to Turnstile and more

Tis’ comes the end of the year, where most are thrilled to open and share their Apple Replay or Spotify Wrapped to review their listening habits, top songs, and most streamed artists for the year.

To embrace this, it’s time to review what are the best songs of the year. From sleeper hits to radio bangers, 2025 offered a huge, diverse catalogue of tracks to choose from. To make things simpler, every song featured in this list is from a release within the year.
Pasadena City College Courier •

‘The Book Club Play’ cast and crew write their own chapter in PCC’s theater department

On the opening night of the theater arts department’s spring main stage show, “The Book Club Play,” actors of varying backgrounds and experiences were surrounded by an audience in PCC’s CA Theatre. The audience wrapped around the disk-shaped seating area, on the stage was a carefully constructed set modeled after a modern home, further immersing the actors into the private world of a tight-knit group of friends.
Pasadena City College Courier •

Overbearing landlords leave tenants feeling ‘isolated, alone, harassed’

With an increase in housing issues like higher rent prices, residents in Los Angeles County are facing the possibility of being unhoused. The Pasadena Tenants Union (PTU), was formed the same year a real-estate tycoon was elected president. Funded entirely by members’ dues, this grassroots organization protects Pasadenans from controlling landlords and other issues that pose a threat to people potentially losing their homes. The union strives in many ways to protect residents by providing a sense of community in Pasadena.
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