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Police arrested a 54-year-old homeless man Saturday after he allegedly threatened another homeless man with a knife as they quarreled in Old Pasadena over what they both claimed as their territory for panhandling. Pasadena Police Lt. Mark Goodman said the vict... More »
On Saturday the Pasadena Police Department’s Special Enforcement Section conducted a narcotics investigation in the 1800 block of Navarro Ave. During the investigation, several pounds of marijuana was seized along with a large cache of illegal fireworks in exc... More »
A Los Angeles man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for sexual assault of three females, for indecent exposure and for a series of residential burglaries in South Pasadena. At about 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, South Pasadena Police Department officers rushed to South ... More »
[Updated Thursday, June 30, 2016 | 3 p.m.] The Pasadena Fire Department began applying Phos-Chek, a wild land fire retardant, starting at 9:00 a.m. Thursday morning in the brush areas surrounding the Rose Bowl in advance of the Fourth of July holiday. This c... More »
The South Pasadena Police Department is currently investigating five residential burglaries and three sexual assaults that occurred starting about 7:40am this morning. The locations of occurrence at this time are localized in the southern portion of the city. ... More »
A pot said to be radioactive dropped off by a man at the Goodwill Store in the 300 block of South Fair Oaks Avenue prompted a full-scale hazardous materials teams response and the shut down, for hours, of that major thoroughfare on Tuesday morning. In the end,... More »
A single story home in the 2100 block of Grand Oaks Avenue in Altadena suffered “major damage throughout” after an early Tuesday morning fire erupted in a back bedroom. There were no injuries to the occupants. A Los Angles County Fire Department spokesperson s... More »
Editor’s Note: In this report, Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip Sanchez reviews noteworthy incidents which occurred or were concluded in recent weeks in Pasadena. Critical Incidents: On May 31, a Male Hispanic adult committed a commercial burglary at the ... More »
A Compton parolee who allegedly kidnapped two 18-year-old Pasadena women in April and attempted to assault them sexually will face the court Tuesday to hear if a date will be set for a preliminary hearing of his case. Anthony Seth McDaniel, 38, was arrested by... More »
[Editor’s Note: Shortly after this article was originally published, Pasadena Now received word that today’s Public Safety Committee Special Meeting is to be cancelled. “The meeting will be canceled. I received information over the weekend that we would be un... More »
Omar Lorenzana was sworn in on Wednesday as South Pasadena’s newest police officer Lorenzana, who resides in Downey with his wife Jessica, took the oath from South Pasadena Police Chief Art Miller. Many of Lorenzana’s family members were on hand for the ceremo... More »
Pasadena Police officers arrested an 18-year-old man from Baldwin Park after allegedly admitting owning and possessing a loaded gun while at the La Pistoresca Park on E. Washington Blvd. in Pasadena Wednesday night. Police Lt. John Luna said they first receive... More »
