SWAT vehicle and law enforcement on Adena Street Friday morning shortly after surrounding a residence and taking a man into custody. In response to recent gang-related shootings in our community, the Pasadena Police Department said this morning in an release... More »
The Pasadena Rotary Club will be hosting the 2016 Community Grants Award Luncheon on April 27 to award 21 Pasadena non-profit organizations with $38,500 in grants. According to the Pasadena Rotary Club, 28 organizations applied for grants this year, but the li... More »
An environmental campaign that many Pasadena residents and organizations have been waging for years is heading for a showdown Tuesday as the City Council’s Municipal Services Committee considers a ban on certain uses of polystyrene — often referred to generica... More »
Rochalinne (Rocky) Elman Behr, founder and owner of Pasadena’s gallery and store, The Folk Tree, died at her home on April 16, 2016 at the age of 87. Behr was an intrepid traveler, travel writer, collector, and supporter of artists and artisans. Her personal c... More »
A fire of unknown origin damaged about $30,000 worth of property at a two story apartment on South Craig Avenue just south of Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena Wednesday night, according to Pasadena Fire Department reports. Fire Department spokesperson Lisa Derde... More »
Two men charged in connection with the shooting of a man at a fried chicken restaurant in Pasadena in December will be back in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Stef... More »
The Community Bank Board of Directors has appointed Lyle R. Knight as a Board Member effective immediately. Mr. Knight has held executive positions at various financial institutions such as Caliber Bank (an affiliate of Bank of America), Norwest Bank (merged w... 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. On March 28, at about 10:34 a.m., Pasadena Police officers responded to the Target Store at 777 E... More »
On April 14, the boards of directors of Hillsides and Bienvenidos signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Term Sheet stating their intent to merge. Several developments over the past four years have prompted these two leading child welfare agencies in Souther... More »
The Pasadena Police officers’ tactics in the shooting of the 20 year old Latino may well have been best practices, but we won’t ever know for sure if the PD gets away with looking only narrowly at the moment of shooting as it did in the McDade case. The Pasade... More »
L-R: Martin Sheen, Jane Fonda, Richard Perry and Freda Payne. Photo courtesy The Pasadena Playhouse Martin Sheen will serve as the award presenter to two-time Academy Award® winner Jane Fonda and celebrated record producer Richard Perry, who among his many... More »
[Editor’s Note: In response to our request for comment on Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent Brian McDonald’s “final offer” in long-standing compensation negotiations which was published Monday in the form of an Op/Ed piece in the Pasadena Star-Ne... More »
