Unarmed Kendrec McDade, fatally shot on March 24 by Pasadena police who say they thought he was an armed robber reaching for a gun in his pants, is the latest casualty in an increasingly volatile controversy: the rising number of unarmed black and Latino young... More »
An apartment bedroom fire on the seventh floor of the Pilgrim Tower North building in the 500 block of East Villa St. shortly before 1:00 a.m. Sunday caused no injuries but an estimated $200,000 in damages, the Pasadena Fire Dept. reports. A fire sprinkler kep... More »
The eight-day festival of Passover is celebrated in the early spring, from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan. It commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. After many decades of slavery to the Egyptian ... More »
[Updated April 7, 2012 | 3:15 p.m.] Hundreds of mourners surrounded the grieving family of Kendrec McDade as the 19-year-old teenager was eulogized in an emotional funeral service at Metropolitan Baptist Church in Altadena Saturday morning. McDade was shot to ... More »
The parents of Kendrec McDade, the 19-year-old Azusa student shot to death by two Pasadena police officers on March 24, said their son will be memorialized in a funeral service scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Altadena. A... More »
The Pasadena Area Community College District Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its April meeting to approve a resolution in support of the creation of the Fred T. Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution on January 30. “PCC’s adoption of th... More »
Pasadena Police have located an elderly woman who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease reported missing Friday morning. Missing was a Virgina Dye, 76, who reportedly became confused and walked away from her West Pasadena home. She was wearing leopard print pajam... More »
Caltech senior Emmet Cleary has been chosen to receive a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research at the University of Adelaide in Australia during the next academic year. The Australian-American Fulbright Commission selected Cleary—based on academic merit an... More »
Pasadena Police reported this morning the disappearance of an elderly woman who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease. Missing is a Virgina Dye, who is described as white, 76 years old, 5’4†tall, 110 pounds, and having brown hair and green eyes. She is believe... More »
The moon’s near side (left) is covered with dark splotches of lunar maria that look like a man’s face when seen from Earth. The moon’s far side (right), with its many craters and elevated topography, looks quite different. Many of us see a man in the moon—... More »
FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller said late Thursday night that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “is assessing the incident involving the Pasadena Police Department on March 24 , 2012, which resulted in the death of Kendrec McDade. The FBI will seek to dete... More »
FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller said late Thursday night that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “is assessing the incident involving the Pasadena Police Department on March 24 , 2012, which resulted in the death of Kendrec McDade. The FBI will seek to determ... More »
