A two-car collision early Saturday left a 41-year-old Whittier man in critical condition with fractured ribs and a brain bleed, according to police. The crash occurred at the intersection of San Gabriel Boulevard and Del Mar Boulevard at approximately 12:20 a.... More »
A judge sentenced a man to 26 years to life in prison Friday for the 2018 murder of a 22-year-old Pasadena woman at a Westminster hotel. Aryan Vito Smith, 30, made an open plea to murder with a sentencing enhancement for using a deadly weapon on March 8. Orang... More »
Pasadena Fire Station 38 reopened Nov. 13, 2024, as city leaders celebrated the restoration of round-the-clock emergency services to the Linda Vista neighborhood following extensive seismic retrofitting and structural repairs. Mayor Victor Gordo led city offic... More »
The Pasadena Police Department will be conducting a DUI (driving under the influence) checkpoint at an undisclosed location within city limits on Friday, Nov. 15. A Police Department advisory said officers will position the checkpoint strategically, using dat... More »
Fire crews quickly contained and knocked down a residential structure fire Wednesday afternoon in Pasadena’s Madison Heights neighborhood. No injuries were reported. Smoke was visible from the rear of a split-level home in the 700 block of South Los Robles Av... More »
The Community Police Oversight Commission will conduct a comprehensive review of the Pasadena Police Department’s use of force cases and officer-involved shootings at a special meeting Thursday, according to the agenda issued yesterday by the City’s police wat... More »
West Covina Police Chief Richard Bell announced he will retire next month. Bell, who grew up in Pasadena and played football at John Muir before playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League, has been a police officer for almost 30 years.... More »
As autumn yard work kicks into high gear, a weekend disaster in Pasadena serves as a sobering reminder of composting dangers: a self-ignited pile triggered a neighborhood inferno that damaged multiple homes and left eleven residents displaced, including two ch... More »
An oil spill on the 210 Freeway in Pasadena shut down two lanes for nearly the entire Monday afternoon, FOX 11 reported. According to the California Highway Patrol, around 2:38 p.m., two lanes on the westbound freeway by Lake Avenue and the Lake Avenue offramp... More »
The ArtCenter College of Design has dropped its lawsuit against a general contractor and a subcontractor company for allegedly causing a fire near its hillside campus in 2021 that resulted in landscape damage and the temporary shutdown of the campus. The Los A... More »
A 64-year-old West Hollywood man was found injured and unconscious on a city street late Saturday night, said police. According to Pasadena Police Lieutenant Matt Campeau, officers on foot patrol discovered the man lying in the middle of the roadway at the int... More »
Pasadena’s Human Services Commission will review police activity data for September 2024 during its Wednesday meeting at the Jackie Robinson Community Center, examining over 17,741 emergency dispatch calls. The Pasadena Police Department said it has recorded 3... More »
