Award-Winning Show ‘Pasadena Monthly With Justin Chapman’ Welcomes Pasadena Fire Chief Chad Augustin

Pasadena Media’s award-winning local TV talk show “Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman” returns this Friday with guest Chad Augustin, the 12th chief of the Pasadena Fire Department.

Chief Augustin came to Pasadena from the Sacramento Fire Department, where he worked for more than 20 years in a broad range of areas including operations, administration, human resources, professional standards, training, emergency medical services, and fire prevention. He began as a Firefighter Paramedic and moved through the ranks to the position he held since 2015 as Deputy Fire Chief, allowing him the opportunity to work in every division in the department. He is a certified paramedic and has worked as a flight paramedic for numerous years.

Earlier this year, Chapman won a third place journalism award in the Talk/Public Affairs category of the LA Press Club’s 66th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards, for hosting “Pasadena Monthly.” Also, “Pasadena Monthly” won a 1st place award in the Talk Show category at the Alliance for Community Media West’s WAVE (Western Access Video Excellence) Awards.

“Pasadena Monthly” airs at 5 p.m. PT on the fourth Friday of every month on Pasadena Media’s Arroyo Channel and streaming apps, available on channel 99 on AT&T U-verse, channel 32 on Charter Spectrum, YouTube, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Roku. The show is written, hosted, and produced by Chapman, directed and edited by Jeffrey Stanfill, supervised by producer Jasiri Jenkins-Glenn, executive produced by Chris Miller, and chief executive produced by George Falardeau, CEO and executive director of Pasadena Media.

“This is must-watch television each month for everyone who cares about this city,” Falardeau said.

Guests on “Pasadena Monthly” (and its previous iteration, “NewsRap Local”) have included Congress member Judy Chu; Congress member Adam Schiff; Assembly member Chris Holden; Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo; Pasadena city manager Miguel Márquez; LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger; JPL director Dr. Laurie Leshin; and many others.

Chapman was the youngest elected official in LA County when he served on the Altadena Town Council at age 19. He has served on a number of local boards and wrote hundreds of articles for dozens of print and digital publications, including Pasadena Now, KPCC/LAist, Alta Journal, Huffington Post, LA Weekly, Irish Post, Berkeley Political Review, Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena Star-News  and many others. He has won a dozen LA Press Club journalism awards. He was a professional child actor who starred in dozens of movies, TV shows, commercials and plays. He previously served as Communications Officer for USC’s Pacific Council on International Policy and currently serves as the District 6 Council Liaison/Field Representative to Pasadena Vice Mayor Steve Madison.

Learn more at justindouglaschapman.com and pasadenamedia.org.