Just under 70% of Pasadena residents over the minimum eligible age of 12 had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday, officials said. While 69.7% of city residents have been fully vaccinated, 82,8% of the city population has received at least one ... More »
Scammers targeted Pasadena Water and Power customers on Tuesday, spoofing PWP’s phone number, and texting payment demands accompanied by shutoff threats, the utility reported. In a tweet, PWP said it does not demand payments or threaten utility shutoffs. Custo... More »
The chair of the Hahamongna Watershed Park Advisory Committee on Tuesday told Pasadena Now that a local sediment removal project is ahead of schedule and is expected to end in November. The committee received an update from officials with the county’s Public W... More »
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 174 new infections and five new deaths on Monday. Figures from the Pasadena Public Health Department were not available. In total, L.A. County has recorded 1,243,882 cases of COVID-19 and 24,339 death... More »
Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) has launched its Shape Up Summer Campaign to encourage the community to reduce water use by 10%. According to the City’s website, PWP has mobilized the PWP Team Water Savers, who are out in the community every morning to assist b... More »
About 5 years after Pasadena officials joined with Los Angeles City and Metro officials to celebrate the launch of the “NoHo to Pasadena Express” pilot bus service, plans for the actual bus rapid transit line got the thumbs up from Metro at a Board meeting las... More »
A Pasadena hearing officer on Wednesday will consider a proposal for a tentative tract map to allow the creation of 48 residential and eight commercial “air parcels” on a 10,791 square-foot lot at 745-765 N. Orange Grove Blvd. Completed, the project would incl... More »
Police arrested a man after they say he opened fire on another man, but did not hit him, following a minor car crash in Pasadena on Friday afternoon. Omar Lopez-Vazquez, 26, of Highland Park was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon within two ... More »
A rally was held in East Pasadena on Saturday at the site of the former Robin’s Woodfire BBQ Grill to collect signatures and build support to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. The group “Victims of Violent Crime for the Recall of Distr... More »
The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 65 most newsworthy, informative, and readable. Top Stories: Council Committee Approves Study of City Regulations to Allow More Cannabis Dispensaries+A2:A3... More »
Health officials in Pasadena reported no new COVID-19 infections or fatalities on Friday. Following more than three weeks of daily case counts no greater than single digits, Pasadena’s average number of daily infections over the prior week dropped to 1.4, repr... More »
This weekend, Pasadena Now will launch a new regular feature: The Sunday Read. Designed to be satisfying and thought-provoking, these long-form stories will dive deep into intriguing local subjects. Not that long ago, Sunday newspapers were something special, ... More »
