A group of about seven trees were torches of fire when Pasadena Fire Department units arrived at the rear of apartments in the 400 block of West Washington Boulevard Thursday morning about 10:30 a.m. The 9-1-1 call had described a structure fire, but firefight... More »
He seems to be able to do it all – Patrol, Traffic enforcement, Community Services. Whatever the assignment, his record is exemplary. Born and raised in Southern California, Cristian Alexander Allen spent his early years in Compton and his high school years in... More »
South Pasadena Police have issued surveillance images of a bicycle bandit who stole credit cards, keys, a remote control device, and the vehicle registration from an unlocked car that was parked inside an open garage in the 800 block of Flores de Oro on April ... More »
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge sentenced a Pasadena man and two other to life in prison with no possibility of parole Wednesday for the 2013 shooting death of 21-year-old Zane Goldtein at Maple Avenue and Chester Street in Pasadena in Pasadena during a dru... More »
A security guard at the Pasadena Sears store in Hastings Ranch was stabbed with a Bowie knife Monday night shortly after 8 p.m. as he fought to detain a shoplifting suspect. The guard was pursuing two suspects, Pasadena police Sergeant Ernie Devis, when the st... More »
A man who has allegedly been involved in two volatile confrontations with Pasadena police recently was arrested again Sunday night during a traffic stop, police said. Patrol officers pulled over the suspect, Sanjay Kumar Varma, 33, about 10:10 p.m. near Greenh... More »
Pasadena police patrol officers squelched the activities of an alleged serial arsonist early Sunday morning when they detained him next to a trash receptacle ablaze in Central Park. Authorities say approximately dozen fires have been set in Pasadena over a two... More »
The Pasadena Police Department says it has received numerous inquires over the last few days regarding emails and phone calls from individuals fraudulently claiming to be IRS agents and demanding tax payment. These reports, along with queries from Pasadena Now... More »
A woman barely managed to escape a terrifying attempted kidnapping by a man she didn’t know Friday night and the suspect remains on the loose, Pasadena police said. Authorities say the woman was walking home on Marengo Avenue at Penn Street when at about 10 p.... More »
Passengers arriving in Pasadena this morning on the Metro Gold Line say they were shocked to have witnessed a man’s death on the tracks between South Pasadena and Highland Park in the area of Avenue 61 about 11:15 a.m. Train traffic has been shut down and Me... More »
Pasadena Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue Teams rescued a woman who fell in Eaton Canyon and suffered lacerations to her knee and leg Saturday evening about 5:29 p.m. Authorities said the injured woman was reportedly in the area south of the bridge at... More »
Pasadena police say officers used a “less lethal device” to subdue a man apparently suffering a mental health crisis and believed to be armed with a gun as he suddenly lunged at them without warning Friday afternoon. Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip L. Sanchez... More »
