Friday, June 12, 2026 | 6:31 am
A former Pasadena police officer who publicly accused the city’s police chief of sexual harassment, then acknowledged under oath that the accusation was a lie, has lost her discrimination lawsuit and been ordered to pay the city $40,000 in legal fees, the City... More »
Friday, June 12, 2026 | 6:19 am
Seventeen months after the Eaton Fire tested every resource the Pasadena Fire Department had, the city is asking residents a pointed question: What are you willing to invest in fire protection? The answer could carry a price tag of $227 million. That is the es... More »
Friday, June 12, 2026 | 2:35 am
According to Fire Chief Chad Augustin, the Pasadena Fire Department recently completed 4,611 brush inspections in the city’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, an effort aimed at reducing wildfire risk and improving community safety. The inspections are par... More »
Thursday, June 11, 2026 | 5:41 am
The judge presiding over ongoing litigation between the UC Regents on one side and the Rose Bowl Operating Co. and the city of Pasadena on the other says he’s been getting unsolicited mail about the case from one member of the public. Los Angeles Superior Cour... More »
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | 5:35 pm
A Pasadena police officer was wounded by another member of the department last year when a firearm discharged during what Police Chief Gene Harris described as “unsafe and out-of-policy horseplay involving loaded firearms,” according to a critical incident vid... More »
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | 6:35 am
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to raise the reward to $85,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the 2016 fatal shooting of 4-year-old Salvador “Chavita” Esparza III, who was killed on the front porch ... More »
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | 5:27 am
When someone’s heart stops, the people closest — a spouse at the kitchen table, a co-worker in the next cubicle — are the ones who decide what happens next. On Saturday, the Pasadena Fire Department wants to make sure more of them know what to do. The departme... More »
Monday, June 8, 2026 | 5:49 am
More than two-thirds of car seats checked by certified safety technicians nationwide in 2024 had critical installation or usage errors, according to data from the National Digital Car Seat Check Form database. On Saturday, help comes to Robinson Park. The L.A.... More »
Monday, June 8, 2026 | 3:36 am
For more than four decades, UCLA football Saturdays have helped define the Rose Bowl not only as a stadium, but as one of Pasadena’s civic institutions — a place where sports, city finances, local pride and public memory have long converged. Now, a Los Angele... More »
Sunday, June 7, 2026 | 6:14 am
[Updated] Editor: An earlier version of this article stated the laceration was three inches deep, when in fact, it was three inches in length, end to end. A 63-year-old Pasadena man was injured early Sunday after stopping his car in response to a vehicle... More »
Saturday, June 6, 2026 | 5:37 am
A young mountain lion that wandered deeper into Pasadena than city officials can remember happening before — well south of the 210 Freeway and miles south of the foothills — was cornered against an apartment building for hours Friday and tranquilized by a stat... More »
Saturday, June 6, 2026 | 3:12 am
A judge has denied the UC Regents’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Rose Bowl Operating Co. and the city of Pasadena alleging that UCLA has considered playing its future football games elsewhere, in violation of a contract, rather than at the iconic Pa... More »