A young woman who was just trying to help two men in a car asking for directions Thursday was attacked and robbed and could have been pulled beneath the car’s wheels when the men sped off with her cellphone. While the 18-year-old woman was showing a map on h... More »
Seven new police officers for the Pasadena Police Department were sworn into office Wednesday at City Hall. City Clerk Mark Jomsky led the swearing in, with Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez and other staff from the police department witnessing. Lt. Tracey... More »
Two suspicious smoky vegetation fires slowed traffic this morning on the I-210 Foothill freeway shortly before 7:00 a.m., Pasadena Fire Department spokesperson Lisa Derderian reported. One fire was reported at 6:35 a.m. near the freeway at Altadena Drive and t... More »
[Updated] A 17-year-old boy allegedly driving a stolen car and attempting to elude police crashed into a tree at a high rate of speed about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night, injuring himself and two other occupants of the car. Police were not in pursuit at the time of... More »
The Economic Development & Technology Meeting Scheduled for 5:30 p.m. tonight has just been Canceled. Pasadena Now just received the cancellation notice at 12:42 pm. No new meeting date has been confirmed as of yet. The now-cancelled agenda had included: a rep... More »
District 6 Councilmember Steve Madison is holding a town hall meeting set for Tuesday evening that will focus on addressing public safety issues and presenting police and fire department statistics about his district. Scheduled participants indicated expected ... More »
A diverse group of elected officials, faith-based leaders and homeless service providers from throughout San Gabriel Valley – led by L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger – joined together at Union Station Homeless Services for a rally Friday in support of Mea... More »
A Pasadena police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after federal agents from Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) executed a search warrant at the officer’s home Thursday morning as part of an investigation unrelated to the officer’s on-the-... More »
A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge ruled in favor of most of the County’s Flood Control District’s plan to excavate 2.4 million cubic yards of sediment from Pasadena’s Devil’s Gate Dam — a project that has been met with opposition by local envir... More »
A 100-year-old, 125-foot-tall pine tree suddenly collapsed and fell at a home in the 900 block of North Hill Avenue Tuesday afternoon, damaging a fence and crushing a parked car. There were no injuries. The homeowners and their two children were away from the ... More »
An emotionally distraught 68-year-old man held Pasadena police at bay with a handgun for four and a half hours Monday afternoon after a family argument, shutting down a normally quiet Hastings Ranch neighborhood near Don Benito Elementary School. No one was in... More »
A rapid bus line between Pasadena and North Hollywood could be one of the first projects paid for by Measure M, Metro’s half-cent sales tax increase approved by Los Angeles County voters last November. The plan calls for building bus-only lanes for much of the... More »
