Civil-rights icon John Lewis, who gave the commencement address at Caltech in 2018, was remembered by members of the Pasadena City Council on Monday as “a national treasure … an extraordinary man … a maverick … a real champion for all people and human rights …... More »
The City’s Public Safety Committee is scheduled to hear and vote on details Wednesday of a proposed Community Police Oversight Commission which, unlike previous options, would not require amending the City Charter and approval by Pasadena voters. The new propo... More »
[UPDATED] By BRIAN DAY [UPDATED 3:30 p.m.] [UPDATED 3:00 p.m.] A brush fire dubbed the Chantry Fire broke out on a hillside near Chantry Flat in the Angeles National Forest north of Sierra Madre on Monday afternoon, quickly scorching 7 acres, approaching home... More »
[UPDATED] Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) introduced the Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act to ensure that workers who earn a mix of traditional (W-2) and independent (e.g. 1099) employment income are able to fully a... More »
With a court decision looming, dozens of Temporary Protective Status (TPS) residents gathered Monday at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Pasadena to await the 9th Circuit ruling in a federal class-action lawsuit. Nearly half a million people would be impacted by t... More »
A Pasadena church with campuses in Irvine and Corona lost its bid today to have a federal judge issue an emergency order halting the enforcement of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on singing and chanting in places of worship — enacted to fight the spread of the corona... More »
[UPDATED] The annual Turkey Tussle between John Muir and Pasadena high schools will not be held this year. According to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), the football season will not begin until later this year. “We anticipate each section to [s... More »
[UPDATED] Pasadena’s Harvest Rock Church echoed with the sounds of worship songs Sunday as members sang, in violation of the governor’s COVID-19 guidance, hours before a federal judge rejected the organizations filing to seek an emergency order to block of pol... More »
Los Angeles County officials have reported the highest number of new COVID-19 hospitalizations of the entire pandemic — 2,216, surpassing the previous high of 2,193, which was set Wednesday, and 15 L.A. County children were reported to have developed a serious... More »
[UPDATED] Police arrested a Pasadena woman over the weekend after she threatened and pursued her son and his pregnant girlfriend with a large kitchen knife, officials said. Authorities received a call about 9:30 p.m. Saturday reporting the confrontation at a h... More »
Immigration advocates and supporters awaiting a ruling by the Ninth Circuit in their federal class-action lawsuit are meeting again outside of the federal court in Pasadena on Grand Avenue this morning at 9:30 a.m. According to the lawsuit, President Trump vio... More »
The Pasadena City Council might deliver (economically) for ailing city restaurants. Following the lead of cities such as Los Angeles and Glendale, among numerous municipalities around the nation, the council on Monday is expected to consider temporarily cappin... More »
