The Pasadena parents of a girl who drowned at an Altadena day camp last year will speak before the Altadena Town Council tonight. Roxie drowned at Summerkids camp in Altadena on June 28. She was a non-swimmer. According to the town council’s agenda, the Meow M... More »
The YWCA building is not scheduled to be discussed at the Feb. 24 City Council meeting, according to a city official. “YWCA won’t be on the agenda until March,” said Lisa Derderian, city spokesperson. “Negotiations are continuing.” Five developers have propose... More »
Housing advocates and state officials disagree on the number of housing units Pasadena needs to build. According to the 2014 Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) the city needs to build 1,332 new housing units. The city’s housing element is one the state-m... More »
State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) has introduced a bill that would allow school districts to better utilize surplus property. Under current law, school districts are heavily restricted in how they can dispense with surplus property... More »
District 4 City Council candidate Char Bland announced on Sunday she has received the endorsement of former Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. “I am proud to endorse Charlotte ‘Char’ Bland for Pasadena City Council,” said Senator Harris in a prep... More »
Incumbent Terry Tornek, District 5 City Councilman Victor Gordo, Jason Hardin and Major Williams will get one last bite at the apple at 4 p.m. on Sunday at the city’s oldest African American Baptist church when the Pasadena Community Coalition hosts the final ... More »
As part of the effort that led to the dismissal of 66,000 marijuana cases, 250 Pasadena cases were also dismissed according to City Attorney Michele Beal Bagneris. On Thursday, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced they used technology to wipe out about 66,... More »
Post Offices will be closed Monday, February 17 in observance of the Federal Holiday. There will be no residential or business delivery with the exception of Priority Mail Express, which is delivered 365 days a year. Post Offices will be open on a normal sched... More »
In response to a dozen inquiries made to Pasadena Now about Councilman John Kennedy’s invitation to walk in Saturday’s Black History Parade, Kennedy said on Wednesday that all men of “good will” are welcome to participate. “Certainly the focus is the uniting a... More »
Pasadena Police Chief John Perez told Pasadena Now on Wednesday he still plans to rework the department’s suspended gun waiver policy. Under the policy, with a signed letter from a commander or the police chief, officers can request to buy weapons without the ... More »
The House of Representatives Wednesday passed Adam Schiff’s (D-Pasadena) package of environmental protection bills that will add more than 191,000 acres of the Rim of the Valley Corridor to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and expand the bor... More »
For the first time in over 20 years, the House Energy and Commerce Committee today held a hearing on proactive legislation to defend access to abortion. The hearing was centered on H.R. 2975, the Women’s Health Protection Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Re... More »
