As many as 20,000 prisoners maybe released if the California state legislature approves cutting about $1.2 billion is funding to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a move Pasadena Chief of Police Bernard Melekian opposes. “The first... More »
The old Mervyn’s department store jingle of “Open, open, open, open …†came to mind on Wednesday morning about 200 shoppers patiently awaited just outside the locked doors of the new Fresh & Easy market on the corner of Lake Ave. and California Blvd. L... More »
More than 200 concerned activists and citizens turned out at Pasadena’s Neighborhood Church on Tuesday night for a public forum hosted by the American Civil Liberties Union to discuss the idea that certain groups of students are funneled to prison without ever... More »
A man charged with murdering a 16-year-old girl at a local nightclub was set to go to trial in about a year after he appeared in front of Judge Janice Claire Croft at the Pasadena Courthouse on Tuesday. Johnl Dvon Reynolds, accused of murdering Ebony Huel of P... More »
Local firm Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., will provided project management services for an Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. refinery project, it was announced on June 14. The monetary value of the contract was not announced by company officials. Jacobs said it wil... More »
The city of Pasadena Northwest Commission convened a special meeting on July 9 to consider approving a recommendation to award a local consulting firm $190,000 from a tax fund to prepare the Lincoln Avenue Specific Plan. With money provided by the Pasadena Com... More »
Two Pasadena City College instructors were named to the school’s Distinguished Lecturer Award, it was announce today. According to Juan Gutierrez, media relations officer at PCC, Dance adjunct professor Richard Kuller and Painting associate professor Rebecca... More »
A shoplifting turned robbery went bad on Tuesday afternoon at a local supermarket located in the Hastings Ranch Village, Lt. Russ of the Pasadena Police Dept. said. The alleged shoplifting/robbery occurred just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday. A 50-year-old Ontario m... More »
A Pasadena Superior Court judge sentenced a 33-year-old Monrovia man to 17 years in state prison today. The sentencing followed a recent federal grand jury indictment. Judge Janice Clair Croft ordered Gregory Scott Serrano to serve 17 years in a California Sta... More »
[Editor’s Note: This story has been corrected. The original report identified the store as a Vons market when in fact it is a Ralphs market.] A shoplifting turned robbery went bad at a local Ralphs market located at 3601 Foothill Blvd., Lt. Russ of the Pasaden... More »
A large local firm scored a major contract with NASA, allowing it to assume operational management of an assembly facility in New Orleans, it was announced on Tuesday. The federal space agency granted certification status to Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., las... More »
[Updated Wednesday, July 9, 2009] As tens of thousands music fans filled the stands at Staples Center and an estimated hundreds of thousands tune into the Michael Jackson public memorial service through various media on July 7, a local pastor helped set the ... More »
