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Pasadena Police Chief Bernard Melekian told Pasadena Now he is concerned that tens of thousands of prisoners may be released back into society early due to both state and federal initiatives and that could lead to unprecedented spikes in the rate of violent ... More »
Three men were arrested Saturday for allegedly trying to steal a car, police said. At about 5:40 p.m. Saturday, Pasadena Police Department officers were on patrol in the 200 block of East Del Mar Boulevard, said PPD Lt. Chris Russ. They noticed a man, later id... More »
The Pasadena Police Department partnered with the city’s Health Department to crack down on food vendors operating illegally within city limits on Saturday. Six police officers from the Neighborhood Action Team, a specialized detail unit that deals with qualit... More »
Kevin W. Sharer, chief executive officer and president of Amgen Inc., the world’s largest biotechnology company, has been named a trustee of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). From October 1992 to May 2000, Sharer served as the president and chi... More »
The speed of the arrest of Dwayne Rice, accused of murdering David Crosby Jr. in May, is typical for the Pasadena Police Department, the Chief of Police said in a press meeting. Rice, 29, was arraigned Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court on a murder ch... More »
The man accused of murder in the May shooting death of David Crosby Jr. has been arraigned in Los Angeles County Superior Court and now awaits a June 25 preliminary hearing, court records show. Dwayne Rice, 29, is being held in Los Angeles County Jail on no bo... More »
The purchase of a new helicopter for the Pasadena Police Department was approved by City Council in September, now the Council will vote on whether to approve the credit financing plan for the purchase during its Monday meeting. If the resolution is passed at ... More »
A 26-year-old Glendale man was arrested for drunken driving Saturday morning after crashing into a police car, police said. Levon Grigoryan was attempting to parallel park his Mercedes SL500 in the 300 block of Colorado Boulevard at about 1 a.m. Saturday, said... More »
U.S. Secretary of Energy and renowned physicist Steven Chu, Ph.D., spoke today at Caltech’s 115th annual commencement. Chu, the 12th United States Secretary of Energy, is a distinguished experimental physicist and scientific administrator and Nobel Laureate. A... More »
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) announced that Marshall Fundamental School has been named one of Newsweek magazine’s Top Public High Schools for the seventh consecutive year. Every year, the list is compiled by Washington Post education columnist Jay... More »
The Rose Bowl game will move from network television to ESPN for the 2011 game, joining the rest of the BCS on the network, ESPN executives announced today. The 2010 Rose Bowl and BCS National Championship Game — both in Pasadena at the end of the upcoming sea... More »
