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Pasadena Police are investigating a string of copper wire thefts reported in the city’s North East neighborhood, including two incidents discovered on Sept. 16 that may be linked to earlier cases in the same area, according to Pasadena Police Lieutenant Monica... More »
The Pasadena Police Department is asking the City Council to renew its authorization to use military equipment for another year following its annual review. The department’s military equipment report covering June 2024 through June 2025 will be reviewed by the... More »
Elevated lead levels were detected in soil samples from parcels downwind of the Eaton Fire in Altadena, according to finalized findings released Friday by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The report confirms that 10 of 23 sampling grids with... More »
Blair Middle and High School and the nearby Altadena Arts Elementary campus were placed on lockdown Friday morning following a false report of gunfire that Pasadena police later determined to be a swatting incident, officials said. The Pasadena Police Departme... More »
A new Independent Police Auditor’s review of Pasadena Police Department vehicle pursuits in 2024 found uneven application of pursuit policies and inconsistent internal reviews, leading to 12 recommendations for reform. The proposals include clarifying rules fo... More »
The parents of an 18-year-old man fatally stabbed in the heart in a Rose Bowl parking lot in 2019 have reached a settlement in the suit they filed against the Rose Bowl Operating Co. for negligence, in which they alleged their son was killed by an employee of ... More »
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed debris removal operations within the Eaton Canyon fire footprint and turned the project back over to the County for closeout work, officials said. The cleanup, which wrapped up about a week and a half ago, marked ... More »
A federal appeals court based in Pasadena has reinstated Trader Joe’s trademark infringement lawsuit against its employee union, ruling that the case was improperly dismissed and must proceed. In a unanimous Sept. 8 decision, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S... More »
A beloved teacher arrested for soliciting a minor. A coach convicted of sexual abuse. A school district hit with a multi-million-dollar jury verdict for failing to protect students. The steady drumbeat of stories in recent years about educator sexual abuse in ... More »
A Pasadena police officer sustained a non-life-threatening injury Sunday evening after another officer unintentionally discharged a service weapon in the parking structure adjacent to the department’s headquarters, authorities said. The incident occurred at ap... More »
The California Supreme Court handed down two decisions last week that could impact decades of sentencing for gang-related offenses and allow thousands of people to petition courts to reexamine their cases. Both rulings turned on a 2021 law that raised the stan... More »
A 29-year-old Pasadena man was arrested Friday morning after police recovered firearms, narcotics, body armor and ammunition during a search warrant operation in the city’s north end, authorities said. Lazaro Tapia was taken into custody at approximately 10:40... More »
