City Hearing Officer Paul Novak has approved the Minor Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to allow a reduction in the required number of parking spaces for Villa Esperanza Services, located at 2116 East Villa Street, within the Allen Station Transit-Oriented Develop... More »
With the intention of improving street tree care at a time when heat, drought and water scarcity are looming factors, Pasadena’s Public Works Department is commissioning a study on the impact of California’s multi-year historic drought on the City’s urban fore... More »
Two candidates have turned in the required paperwork for the vacant District 3 seat and one of them has qualified. Pastor Lucious Smith has turned in the required paperwork, paid the fees and qualified to appear before the City Council to make his case to beco... More »
A City Councilmember told Pasadena Now on Wednesday that a former mayor’s portrait should be removed from City Hall for his role in a plan to stop African Americans from obtaining property. Former Mayor A.I. Stewart and Herbert Hahn, a partner in the prestigio... More »
The Human Relations Commission on Tuesday opted to seek more information before making a recommendation to the City Council supporting the removal of portraits and plaques at City facilities of people involved in campaigns of racial segregation in the past. “... More »
Pasadena’s Community Police Oversight Commission reviewed recommended changes to the Pasadena Police Department’s use of force policy as proposed by its ad hoc committee at its Thursday meeting. Independent Police Auditor Richard Rosenthal said the Commission’... More »
Pasadena’s Hearing Officer is conducting a six-month review of a Modification of Conditional Use Permit for Der Wolfskopf, a German-themed beer hall in Old Pasadena, through a public hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 7, starting at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be onl... More »
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed landmark legislation to empower fast-food restaurant workers with new wage and workplace protections to support their health, safety and welfare. On Labor Day, the governor signed AB 257, also called the Fast Food Accountability an... More »
On perhaps the hottest day of the year, eight weeks before the November midterm elections, nearly a hundred Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Democrats, elected officials and supporters, gathered for a campaign kick-off party at Alkebulan Cultural Center Sunday ... More »
One candidate has turned in all the necessary paperwork required to qualify for the District 3 seat left vacant by the recent death of Councilmember John Kennedy. City Clerk Mark Jomsky has verified the required 30 signatures turned in by Environmental Advisor... More »
The California Legislature rarely passes up an opportunity to place new restrictions on firearms, or stick a finger in the eye of the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority. But in one of the final acts of the 2022 legislative session, lawmakers declined t... More »
The state Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to decide whether Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has the authority to bar his lawyers from asking for stiffer terms for felony offenders with prior convictions. The high court granted a petition for ... More »
