Three top city fire, police and city hall officials are scheduled to tell Pasadena’s Public Safety Committee Wednesday that illegal fireworks activity reported leading up to and on the Fourth of July weekend this year dropped significantly below previous years... More »
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to give final approval Tuesday to plans for a November ballot measure that would give the panel authority to remove a publicly elected sheriff from office for cause. On a 4-1 vote, with Supervisor Kathryn... More »
The Pasadena Police Department is asking for the public’s help in solving a May 2 homicide that occurred in the 1700 block of North Fair Oaks Avenue. Shortly before 9 p.m. police received 911 calls and an alert of “Shots Fired” from the recently activated “Sho... More »
Pasadena police could use $601,705 in scheduled grant funds for anti-vehicle barriers, automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) and an infrared camera system for a helicopter. The money would come from an Urban Area Security Initiative grant. The City is set to... More »
An armed alleged carjacking suspect shot to death by Pasadena police Saturday at the end of a vehicle pursuit was a Montebello resident but originally from Pasadena, coroner and police officials said. Adam Mostafa Youines was 35 years old, officials reported l... More »
An armed carjacking suspect shot to death by Pasadena police Saturday at the end of a vehicle pursuit was a Montebello resident. Adam Youines was 35 years old, according to the coroner’s office. Officers pursued Youines at about 2:25 a.m., with the chase endin... More »
An armed carjacking suspect was shot and killed by Pasadena police after he drove at them in an allegedly stolen vehicle in the parking lot of a strip mall on Orange Grove Blvd. near the intersection with N. Lake Avenue at about 2:25 a.m. Saturday, according t... More »
The Annual National Night Out celebrations throughout Pasadena on Tuesday, August 2 will include block parties and community building events to foster police-community partnerships and camaraderie. Held annually on the first Tuesday in August, “National Night... More »
A man who climbed the arches under the I-134 freeway bridge spanning the Arroyo Seco called 911 for help about 5:30 p.m. Monday after he realized he couldn’t climb down off his precarious perch. He told police dispatchers he was under the Colorado Street Bridg... More »
Pasadena’s Department of Transportation on Tuesday will present details of a proposed Roadside Memorial Program which a city report said will pave the way for the families of fatal accidents and collisions to perpetuate the memory of their deceased loved ones ... More »
Two Pasadena Fire Department personnel have been assigned to help in Northern California fighting the massive Oak Fire in Mariposa County. Pasadena Captain Robert Sepulveda and Firefighter Kevin Adair are deployed as part of a “single resource rapid extricatio... More »
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 906 late last week, a campus safety and gun reform measure authored by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Pasadena). SB 906 prioritizes student safety by promoting safe at-home storage of firearms and mandating robust... More »
