Two recent studies by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena used contrasting approaches to measure drops in human-caused emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane in recent years in the Los Angeles region. In the first study, publish... More »
The events of the past inevitably shape the present. In this column, we present Pasadena Now feature news stories published on our front cover precisely one year ago today: Pasadena Homeless Count Continues to Fall, Shows Slight Decrease From Last Year Council... More »
Pasadena Police arrested a man on early Sunday morning for violating a restraining order but not before a brief confrontation. According to Pasadena Police Lieutenant Tim Bundy, officers responded to a call of a reported restraining order violation at 6:50 a.m... More »
Pasadena’s proposed total Operating Budget is up by a whopping $288 million over last year to a new record total of $1.2 billion. To be fair, that’s inflated by a number of one-time windfalls, including $181 million in Measure R funds for “mobility improvement... More »
The City will conduct the second reading of an ordinance amending the Municipal Code to clarify and conform the existing code that the maximum annual transfer from the Light & Power Fund has been reduced. Every year money is transferred from the Light & Power ... More »
The Pasadena City Council meeting on Monday will witness a number of City Commission reappointments. The Council’s agenda includes the reappointment of 14 key figures to a range of commissions, all effective from July 1, 2023. Andrea Totten is set for reappoi... More »
The City’s Public Safety Committee meets twice this week, first on Monday in joint session with the Council to review the Office of Independent Review’s report on the fatal police shooting of Anthony McClain in 2020 and then on Wednesday to review budgets for ... More »
California’s estimated budget deficit has grown by $9 billion since January, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today, though the governor downplayed the severity of its potential impact on critical government services and programs. During a press conference at the C... More »
Kaila Coimbra, a fourth-year undergraduate in mechanical engineering with a minor in aerospace engineering, has been awarded the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for graduate studies at Stanford University. The scholarship, which funds students for up to three year... More »
Telly R. Johnson, 42, of Los Angeles, is scheduled to appear in a Pasadena courtroom Monday morning for a pretrial hearing in the stabbing death of 52-year-old Byron Nettles of Pasadena. Nettles was stabbed to death on March 1, 2019, in the 100 block of South ... More »
Fuller Seminary in Pasadena has announced the launch of its new International Theological Consortium, a collaborative initiative bringing together top theological institutions worldwide, including partners from Colombia, Egypt, and the Philippines. The progra... More »
A convicted felon from the Inland Empire who fired BB guns at the Planned Parenthood facility in Pasadena nearly a dozen times is set to be sentenced Monday on a federal charge of interfering with women seeking abortions. Richard Chamberlin, 53, of Ontario, ad... More »
