The Planning Commission at its meeting next week will consider a zoning code amendment that would permit animal hospitals in the city’s central district. The Central District, states a city report, is the city’s “urban core and primary civic, business, financi... More »
After months of workshops, walking tours, and community consultations, Pasadena’s Department of Planning and Community Development will present updates on the East Colorado Plan to the Design Commission on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The presentation is part of updatin... More »
In an appeal of housing goals heaped upon the city by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Pasadena officials plan to request 2,047 housing units be removed from the city’s allocation. According to the California Department of Housing and... More »
There are eight items on Monday’s consent calendar. The consent calendar is a multi-item part of the City Council agenda which can be passed in its entirety with a sweep motion. This week, a sweep motion to allow the city to spend $6,061,810 and receive $177,9... More »
City officials are recommending the City Council explore ways to honor Eddie Van Halen, but, according to a staff report, using an alley or street near the iconic guitarist’s boyhood home is not the best way to go. Instead, the city’s Civic Auditorium and Conv... More »
The city has put out a request for bids for the Lower Arroyo Seco Habitat Restoration Project. According to the notice inviting bids, the work will include the removal of existing non-native trees and vegetation; installation of native planting material; inst... More »
The city may soon formally recognize longstanding businesses that continue to positively impact the community in spite of suffering though the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the City Council’s Economic Development and Technology Committee (EDTech) on Tuesday sa... More »
The Pasadena City Council on Monday voted to install up to 47 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at the Arroyo Parkway Charging Depot at the Pasadena Water and Power Broadway Power Plant parking lot at 85 E. State St. “Tesla Motors Inc. will install ... More »
Several local streets could be eligible for speed humps if a proposed policy change passes later this year. At 4 p.m. Thursday, the city’s Transportation Advisory Commission will hear a plan to allow streets defined as “Access Streets — Residential” to be adde... More »
Any next steps the City Council might take toward filling the 11 empty seats on Pasadena’s newly approved Community Police Oversight Commission will not occur until mid-November at the earliest. That became fact on Monday when the council, after about two hour... More »
A plan for Pasadena to enter into exclusive negotiations with a developer to build affordable senior housing on a site across from City Hall breezed through the City Council on Monday – getting seven “yes” votes and one “absolutely yes” endorsement. Under the ... More »
If Measure P fails to get voter approval on Nov. 3 and $18 million from Pasadena’s electric utility is not transferred to the city’s general fund, there could be “significant reductions” in other areas, said city Finance Director Matthew Hawkesworth. Hawkeswor... More »
