The City of South Pasadena is sponsoring a blood drive today from 9:30 AM to 4 PM at the corner of Hope/Mound. The blood drive supports Huntington Memorial Hospital. All donors will receive a special coupon for either Gus’s BBQ, Mamma’s Brick Oven Pizza, Baski... More »
Pasadena property owners are responsible for sidewalk repairs even when damage has been caused by a city-owned tree, so the City Council passed the Pilot Sidewalk Repair Partnership Program as an incentive for property owners to fix the damaged sidewalks abutt... More »
A man who allegedly committed suicide Friday morning by hurling himself in front of a truck driving on Orange Grove Boulevard near Green Street died in the hospital over the weekend. The Glendale man threw himself towards a truck bound north on Orange Grove Bo... More »
A Xombie technology demonstrator from Masten Space Systems, Mojave, Calif., ascends from its pad at Mojave Air and Space Port on a test for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The vehicle is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing experimental rocket. It is being u... More »
A computer-generated image depicts NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Juno spacecraft is halfway to Jupiter. The Jovian-system-bound spacecraft reached the milestone today (8/12/13) at 5:25 a.m. PDT (8:25 a.m. EDT/12:25 UTC). “Juno’s... More »
Artist concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status Report NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is switching from one motion-sensing device to a duplicate unit onboard. The veteran orbiter relies on th... More »
Police say a 62-year-old man who had stopped to use the restroom in Washington Park Sunday morning was confronted by a robber armed with a handgun who demanded money and struck the victim in the head with the butt of the gun. The victim managed to escape and c... More »
The California Assembly’s Governmental Organization Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would rely upon Caltech and UC Berkeley for a statewide early warning earthquake system. State Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Van Nuys, authored the bill that would task several... More »
Working on a timeline to achieve “zero waste†by 2040 and already collecting 10 tons of recyclables each week, Pasadena’s Department of Public Works goes before the City Council tonight with proposals to buy new trucks it says are vital to improve efficien... More »
Houston’s restaurant allegedly refused service to the rapper known as Game on Sunday, and the performer and his fans unleashed a torrent unfavorable remarks against the company across social media. “NEVER eating @ Houston’s restaurants as long as I live ! Deni... More »
America Online’s network of hyperlocal Patch websites faces shutdowns and layoffs this week which could shutter as many as 300 of it sites nationwide and leave up to 550 members of it workforce unemployed. It is not yet known which of eight local sites will be... More »
Danish bakery Copenhagen Pastry — which at least one major Los Angeles critic dubbed LA’s best new sweets shop — is set to open a branch in Pasadena within seven months. The Pasadena branch is expected to be about 2,500 square feet, slightly bigger and w... More »
