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A team of Pasadena firefighters safely returned home Wednesday afternoon after eight days in Santa Barbara County assisting in search and rescue operations following devastating mudslides in the region. “Our mission was to do search and rescue of any civilians... More »
A car heading westbound on the I-210 Freeway near Lake Avenue collided with a pickup truck before it flew over the K-rail siding of the freeway and landed upside down on the Gold Line tracks shortly before 11:23 a.m. this morning. The Gold Line was shut down, ... More »
Federal agents arrested a Los Angeles County deputy sheriff with three other men in Pasadena on Tuesday after they allegedly agreed to oversee the delivery of narcotics and other contraband in exchange for cash payments on two separate occasions. The U.S. Atto... More »
A recent rollout of new technology throughout L.A. County that allows people to contact 9-1-1 emergency services via text message is now available in Pasadena, although still in early stages of operation. The new system, called Text-to-911 is a new means desig... More »
Police are looking for three suspects who robbed a man of his wallet on Oakland Avenue and Orange Grove Boulevard at about 3:55 am Tuesday morning. Pasadena Police Lt. John Mercado said the victim, a Pasadena resident, went to a liquor store in the area at app... More »
In light of sexual misconduct allegations that recently led to Pasadena-based Judge Alex Kozinski announcing his retirement, the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has announced the members of a special ad hoc committee he ... More »
The armed man who sparked a four-hour-long police containment of a North Lake Avenue restaurant Monday morning only for police to find he had given them the slip when they burst into a locked bathroom was captured in Los Angeles that afternoon carrying a .45 c... More »
Pasadena Police Lieutenant Jason Clawson has reported that the armed suspect that was believed to be barricaded in The Reyn Restaurant this morning has been arrested in Los Angeles by the Pasadena Police Department’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit. Lieutenant Claw... More »
After nearly five hours of surrounding what police believed was an armed suspect barricaded inside a locked bathroom at The Reyn Restaurant in the 600 block of North Lake Avenue on Monday morning, officers backed up by a police dog gained entry to the locked r... More »
Pasadena police officers arrested an 18-year-old Los Angeles woman and a juvenile female after they were tagged as suspects in an attempted purse snatching in the area of Filmore Street and Marengo Avenue in Pasadena Friday night. Using a Pasadena police helic... More »
Editor’s Note: In this report, Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip Sanchez reviews noteworthy incidents which occurred or were concluded in recent weeks in Pasadena. On January 8, at 7:42 p.m., Pasadena Police officers responded to the 1200 block of North Fair Oa... More »
[Updated] A 129-year-old, strikingly beautiful West Pasadena church suffered major damage and the loss of at least one significant historical statue after a vandal or vandals broke in early Saturday morning, spray painted graffiti, destroyed property and set ... More »
