In an email sent to City Manager Steve Mermell and Mayor Terry Tornek, former Mayor Bill Paparian called on city officials to declare a state of emergency regarding the coronavirus on Wednesday. “Let’s not wait for the first coronavirus virus case to be report... More »
The City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to monitor the upcoming US Census in Pasadena for potential breaches of confidentiality – hoping to reassure immigrants and other traditionally “hard to count” community members that participating in the once-... More »
With the U.S. Census officially starting in California on April 1, the City Council on Monday night is expected to pass a resolution pledging to monitor the count in Pasadena for potential breaches of confidentiality. The council hopes to “bolster confide... More »
The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 54 most newsworthy, informative, and readable. Top Stories: Tens of Thousands of Africanized Bees Swarm, Sending Five Passersby and First Responders to Ho... More »
30-40,000 Africanized bees swarmed on Colorado Boulevard near Pasadena City College Thursday afternoon, sending five people to a hospital, including two firefighters and a police officer. A beekeeper called to the scene by the Pasadena Fire Department said the... More »
Pasadena Now continues its series of candidate statements with responses from candidates in District 2. This year’s election will see the first contested race in the district since incumbent Margaret McAustin – the only woman on the City Council — won the seat... More »
Antiquated computer systems prevented the Pasadena Police Department from early participation in the Race and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA). Under RIPA, law enforcement agencies are required to collect information on the race, gender and age of people pulled o... More »
The Pasadena parents of a girl who drowned at an Altadena day camp last year will speak before the Altadena Town Council tonight. Roxie drowned at Summerkids camp in Altadena on June 28. She was a non-swimmer. According to the town council’s agenda, the Meow M... More »
Housing advocates and state officials disagree on the number of housing units Pasadena needs to build. According to the 2014 Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) the city needs to build 1,332 new housing units. The city’s housing element is one the state-m... More »
Former Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi, who is also a professor of electrical engineering and planetary science, emeritus, at Caltech, has been selected to receive the 2020 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime Achievement, a trophy presented b... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Board of Education held a special meeting Thursday dedicated to support for families whose children attend schools scheduled to close at the end of the school year. Students from Franklin, Jefferson, and Roosevelt El... More »
Pasadena Police Chief John Perez told Pasadena Now on Wednesday he still plans to rework the department’s suspended gun waiver policy. Under the policy, with a signed letter from a commander or the police chief, officers can request to buy weapons without the ... More »
