Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 6:18 pm
Public health officials detected one new COVID-19 infection in Pasadena on Tuesday. With no additional fatalities reported in five days, the city’s pandemic totals stood at 1,198 confirmed infections and 340 deaths, according to Pasadena Public Health Departme... More »
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 5:57 pm
[UPDATED] Pasadena and Southland leaders reacted quickly Tuesday to the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-d... More »
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 3:44 pm
Mayor Victor Gordo recently visited a temporary housing site to be made of hundreds of small, so-called “pallet housing” units along Pasadena’s border near Eagle Rock and Highland Park. The project, which was approved by the Los Angeles City Council, has led t... More »
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 3:12 pm
Caltech will “vigorously defend” itself in a lawsuit brought by a Black former worker who sued the institute, alleging he was forced to resign in 2020 due to racial harassment by co-workers and because his employer denied him accommodations for a back injury, ... More »
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 3:04 pm
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors called Tuesday on prosecutors, public defenders, courts and law enforcement to work together to develop a bail reform plan in line with a recent California Supreme Court ruling. The state’s high court ruled in March ... More »
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 2:03 pm
Pasadena Humane announced today a $10,000 grant investment from the newly named, Petco Love, to support their lifesaving work for animals in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The funds will be allocated to dog kennel improvements projects including repairs and the... More »
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 1:41 pm
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday took the first of multiple votes to adopt a $36.2 billion recommended budget for fiscal year 2021-22, which highlights spending to expand safety-net services, support economic recovery and address racial and ... More »
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 12:03 pm
Utah-based Ivory Innovations has selected the city of Pasadena’s Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) program as a Top 10 finalist for the 2021 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability, a national award recognizing ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to housing ... More »
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 11:17 am
[UPDATED] From the public library to local utilities, the city is preparing to observe the 51st Earth Day on Thursday. The Nature Conservancy is hosting an online “Earth Day Virtual Summit” at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with speakers including Jane Goodall, Alexandra ... More »
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 10:04 am
UCLA’s sixth annual Quality of Life Index, which was released Monday, found a growing number of Los Angeles County residents between 18 and 49 believe the area’s cost of living threatens their ability to make ends meet, get ahead or gain financial security. Th... More »
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 6:13 am
Pasadena Unified School District graduations will be held in person, with safety measures in place, at two combined ceremonies on June 4 at the Rose Bowl, the school district announced on Monday. “We are making every effort to make this important rite of passa... More »
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 5:34 am
Lifelong Pasadenan Dr. David Drew Pinsky, the celebrity better known as “Dr. Drew,” has been pulled from consideration for Los Angeles’ commission on homelessness after a campaign against his nomination by opponents who criticized his past statements on the ca... More »