Thursday, March 3, 2016 | 2:00 pm
A 57-year-old homeless man was arrested outside the Union Station Adult Center in Pasadena Wednesday night after he allegedly assaulted a police officer who responded to a call about the man being erratic and refusing to leave the Center. Pasadena Police Lt. J... More »
Thursday, March 3, 2016 | 1:04 pm
[Editor’s note: This story originally incorrectly stated the fire-damaged room was a science classroom. In fact, it was not, it was a general classroom. A science classroom is being used to house the class displaced by the fire. “The school’s science room is... More »
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 | 11:39 am
More than 2,253 men and women who qualified for the position of Firefighter Trainee are testing this week at the Pasadena Convention Center, in the first first phase of their journey towards becoming firefighters in the City of Pasadena. Trainees will take a w... More »
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 | 7:21 am
The Pasadena Humane Society is now caring for a tiny Chihuahua after its owner allegedly maltreated the dog inside the South Pasadena Police station about three weeks ago. The owner, identified later as Christian Andrew Najera, 48, a Los Angeles resident, will... More »
Monday, February 29, 2016 | 9:04 am
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 February 19, at 4:30 p.m., Pasadena Police officers responded to a loud music call near C... More »
Monday, February 29, 2016 | 4:39 am
Pasadena police officers used force in only 36 — or 0.48 percent — of 7,481 arrests made in 2015, Police Chief Phillip L. Sanchez said Sunday. Sanchez commented on this statistic after his department’s release of its annual Discipline Overview and Use of Force... More »
Friday, February 26, 2016 | 9:09 am
A 24-year-old man is currently being treated by hospital staff after suffering injuries from 40 foot fall from a canyon wall in Eaton Canyon on Thursday. Fortunately, his hiking partner witnessed the fall and called 9-1-1 for help. At 5:45 p.m. Thursday, the A... More »
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 | 10:35 am
Pasadena Police officers arrested two men who allegedly attacked two people then robbed two others of their cell phones Monday night in the 300 block of N. Lake Avenue. The Pasadena Star-News reported that the two men used a gun to threaten the victim in one o... More »
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 | 10:19 am
Police arrested a 42-year-old Pasadena man after he allegedly set fire to his parents’ home in the 900 block on N. Mentor Avenue in Pasadena early Tuesday morning. Pasadena Police Lt. Mark Goodman said fire fighters were dispatched to respond to a residential ... More »
Sunday, February 21, 2016 | 6:54 am
Pasadena police declared a crowd of as many as 250 people in Robinson Park an “unlawful assembly” after “multiple” fights broke out throughout the gathering early Saturday evening. One man was knocked unconscious and required rescue. The gathering came in the ... More »
Thursday, February 18, 2016 | 6:36 am
Pasadena is no more dangerous today than it was this time last year, despite recent gun incidents, Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez told local residents Wednesday evening. Residents and leaders met at Robinson Park Wednesday evening to discuss, among ot... More »
Thursday, February 18, 2016 | 6:23 am
[Updated February 18, 2016 | 11:45 a.m.] Members of Pasadena’s Coalition for Increased Oversight of Pasadena Police (CICOPP) met with officials of the Palestinian Presidential Guard and Civil Police Wednesday afternoon at All Saints Church. The meeting was... More »