A preliminary hearing is scheduled on Wednesday for Aaron Miguel Conell, the 24-year-old Pasadena resident charged with murdering Mickey Cooper, the younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Famer Michael Cooper. The hearing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. in D... More »
Pasadena has suffered a series of devastating blows this past year. In January, the Eaton Fire ripped through Altadena and Pasadena neighborhoods, destroying homes and businesses and displacing thousands. ICE activity has sowed terror into everyday life, causi... More »
Pasadena Humane has named Chris Ramon as its new president and chief executive officer. He has served as interim leader since February, the nonprofit announced Tuesday. Ramon’s appointment follows a nationwide search, and he begins in the role immediately, bri... More »
Virtualitics, a pioneering Mission AI company, has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies, showcasing its significant expansion in delivering advanced AI readiness solutions for defense. The company’s Integrated Readine... More »
At the Sierra Club’s 2025 Political Leadership Awards in Costa Mesa on August 10th, the message rang clear and urgent: this is a moment for “good trouble.” The kind that John Lewis taught us—necessary, principled disruption in the name of justice. The Sierra C... More »
A lawsuit by the former Los Angeles County Probation Department chief alleging he was terminated for coming forward about staffing shortages should be dismissed because the problems he was hired to fix instead “persisted and metastasized,” county attorneys arg... More »
Foothill Family celebrated the inaugural Helen Morran-Wolf Educational Scholarship Award Luncheon on June 25 at The Shakespeare Club of Pasadena, awarding scholarships to ten students pursuing higher education across California. Funded by a legacy gift from Ed... More »
Seven months after the wake of the devastating Eaton Fire, which ravaged thousands of homes and displaced families, many of them from historically marginalized communities, insurance companies should have been a source of relief and recovery. Instead, they’ve ... More »
In a presentation scheduled for the police oversight commission, Police Chief Gene Harris is reaffirming that his department will not participate in federal civil immigration enforcement. “We will not participate in immigration activities as that is not in our... More »
[An earlier version of this story said only two commercial float builders remain for the Rose Parade. As of August 2025, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses lists three approved professional builders: Phoenix Decorating Company, Artistic Entertainment Services (A... More »
When the Eaton Fire swept through Altadena, it took everything Azita Milanian had built: her home, her nonprofit’s headquarters, and thousands of important documents chronicling her work teaching music and dance to Los Angeles County children. Now, Children of... More »
On January 8th, my wife and I awoke at 3:15 a.m. to the shrill tone of a phone alert. We had been without power for twelve hours, but nothing could prepare us for what came next. When we opened the front door, the darkness outside was suffocating, lit only by ... More »
