Pasadena, California

Pasadena (ˌpæsəˈdiːnə) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena City College (PCC), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (the leading robotics and spacecraft design and manufacturing NASA center), Art Center College of Design, the Pasadena Playhouse, California School of Culinary Arts Pasadena, the Norton Simon Museum of Art and the Pacific Asia Museum. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 133,936. As of 2009, the estimated population is 150,185, making it the 160th largest city in the United States. Pasadena is the 6th largest city in Los Angeles County, and the main cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. It is the host city to numerous TV shows, including Chuck Lorre's successful sitcom The Big Bang Theory.