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Construction hours in Altadena’s fire zone will return to the Town Council agenda Tuesday, months after a county survey asked residents whether to allow building work beyond the current 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. window as post-fire rebuilding accelerates. The presentat... More »
The state Attorney General’s Office on Thursday announced a civil rights investigation into the response to the January 2025 Eaton Fire, questioning whether race, age or disability discrimination contributed to delays in emergency notifications and evacuations... More »
Pasadena Water and Power has added a new wrinkle to its annual student scholarship program: for the first time, the city-owned utility is offering money for students headed to trade school. The $1,000 Utility Trade Scholarship, open to Pasadena residents study... More »
Vice Mayor Jess Rivas on Wednesday pulled nomination papers to seek reelection to the City Council, formally launching her campaign for the June 2 municipal election. Rivas, who represents District 5, took the procedural step required of candidates to qualify ... More »
The City Council’s Municipal Services Committee on Tuesday moved forward a proposal to raise electric rates about 22% in phases over the next year. The vote sets the stage for a public hearing of the City Council as Pasadena Water and Power seeks additional re... More »
The person Pasadena hires its next city manager will inherit a government still recovering from the Eaton Fire, a budget exceeding $1 billion in annual operations, and the high expectations of roughly 140,000 residents buffeted by political forces unlike anyth... More »
[Editor’s note: This article originally ran a photo of Councilmember Tyron Hampton in error. We sincerely apologize to Councilmember Jason Lyon for that inadvertent mistake.] Pasadena’s nominating period for the June 2 municipal election is now open, and the f... More »
State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, a Pasadena Democrat, issued a statement on the United States District Court for the Central District of California’s ruling against the Trump Administration’s lawsuit challenging SB 805, the No Vigilantes Act. Pérez represents Pas... More »
Thirteen months after the Eaton Fire, Derrick and Shirley Collins are still living in a rented trailer on the street outside their damaged home. Last week, L.A. County parking enforcement officers told them to move it or lose it. Now the county is reconsiderin... More »
For nearly two decades, Cristina Alvarado has built the programs that teach Pasadena’s children to swim. Now she has a seat at the table where California decides how to keep people from drowning. Alvarado, the director of programming at the Rose Bowl Aquatics... More »
Los Angeles County voters will decide in June whether to approve a temporary half-cent sales tax in an effort to support healthcare services amid reductions in state and federal funding, under a measure approved by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday. The proposa... More »
As part of Monday’s consent calendar, the City Council approved six major concerts at the Rose Bowl stadium in April or May, 2027 under a proposed licensing agreement with concert promoter Live Nation. The RBOC approved the proposal Feb. 5. The board also auth... More »
