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A U.S. military training exercise involving helicopters, controlled explosions and simulated weapons fire played out in northeast Pasadena late Wednesday into early Thursday, drawing questions about scant advance notice to residents and drawing “outrage” from ... More »
Last night, like many of you in northeast Pasadena, I heard the sound of helicopters, simulated explosions, and weapons fire. The City of Pasadena’s official notice was brief and to the point: a U.S. military training exercise was underway until 1:00 a.m. Pasa... More »
Friends In Deed is seeking donations to provide backpacks and school supplies to more than 400 students from its Food Pantry community, the Pasadena nonprofit said in a press release. Distributions are scheduled for two consecutive Saturdays August 1 and Augus... More »
A Pasadena private lender that has grown from a startup to a firm with more than $386 million in total loan originations in eight years has added a veteran financial executive to its leadership team. Pasadena Private Lending, headquartered at 2 North Lake Aven... More »
Today’s Top Brief: Less Than 30 Days to Go Before Pasadena Minimum Wage Rises to $18.57 Pasadena’s citywide minimum wage rises from $18.04 to $18.57 per hour on July 1, 2026, for all employers regardless of size, the City of Pasadena said. The rate holds throu... More »
The church helping organize Saturday’s women’s breakfast bears the marks of the Eaton Fire. Hillside Tabernacle City of Faith, an Altadena congregation founded in 1967 and located at 2561 N. Fair Oaks Ave., suffered damage in the January 2025 Eaton Fire, and i... More »
Pasadena landed two major corporate openings in 48 hours late last week — a new General Motors design campus on Thursday and the first U.S. store from South Korea’s leading beauty retailer on Friday — and city officials cast the pairing as proof of a deliberat... More »
Three reputed MS-13 gang members were convicted Tuesday, June 2, in the July 22, 2023, robbery and killing of a man at an Angeles Crest Highway lookout in Pasadena Police Department jurisdiction — a case investigated and brought to charges by the Pasadena Poli... More »
The engineer who designed the batteries that carried astronauts into orbit now works from a suite on South Lake Avenue — and his next challenge has nothing to do with space. Porter Harris, founder and managing partner of Pasadena-based Aeonix Studio, has been ... More »
[Friday, May 29, 2026] Last night I attended the PUSD Board Meeting to deliver a message to the board members. I did not finish. And not because my time ran out—a minute to give a message is very short—but because I was interrupted by a loud “Not true!”, from ... More »
A 26-year-old Pasadena man was injured late Monday night after being struck in the head with a glass bottle during a fight outside his apartment, according to Pasadena Police Lieutenant Anthony Russo. Russo said officers responded at 10:39 p.m. on June 1 to th... More »
Pasadena police responded Monday to a threatening phone call at Pasadena High School, but no lockdown was ordered and no weapons or suspects were found, according to Pasadena Police Lieutenant Anthony Russo. Russo reported that at approximately 1:48 p.m., offi... More »
