Friday, April 9, 2021 | 6:05 am
The Public Safety Committee will interview seven applicants from community-based organizations for three seats on the city’s Police Oversight Commission at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Patrice Marshall McKenzie of the Pasadena Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Mi... More »
Thursday, April 8, 2021 | 12:09 pm
With fire season fast approaching, the Pasadena Fire Department has notified about 4,000 homeowners in high fire risk areas that annual property inspections to ensure proper brush clearance have begun. Affected residents received notices last month that inspec... More »
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 5:25 pm
Pasadena police Wednesday reported that homicide detectives are now looking for a newer model white Mercedes Benz with black rims which they believe was involved in the December 1, 2020 shooting incident that left two men dead in the northeast portion of Villa... More »
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 9:43 am
As students and staff return to schools for in-person instruction, Pasadena Police remind drivers to remember to be extra careful when driving around buses and schools. Buses picking up and dropping off schoolchildren are of particular note. California law req... More »
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 9:30 am
Sixty-three drivers were cited for violating California’s hands-free cell phone law during a distracted driving enforcement operation on Monday, police reported. During the enforcement operation, which occurred from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 47 drivers were cite... More »
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 5:51 am
Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors and inspector general found rare common ground Tuesday with the Sheriff’s Department, with everyone agreeing that more can be done to further reduce the use of force in county jails. Assistant Sheriff Bruce Chase, who ... More »
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 | 5:05 pm
Police on Tuesday announced the arrests of two suspects in connection with the fatal shooting of an Azusa man as he sat in a car outside a Pasadena taco shop last month. Evan Roland Bynum, 26, of Los Angeles, and Dante Dejuan Ward, 33, of Irvine, are each accu... More »
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 | 5:38 am
An aggressive brush fire that scorched wildland in the remote Angeles National Forest south of Llano, near the Valyermo area, and prompted a massive response from federal, state and Los Angeles County fire crews, was holding Tuesday morning at 60 acres burned.... More »
Monday, April 5, 2021 | 4:02 pm
A 61-year-old schizophrenic man with type-2 diabetes who went missing in Altadena has been found, the sheriff’s department reported today. Michael Coker was reported missing last Thursday and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department had sought the public’s ... More »
Monday, April 5, 2021 | 6:23 am
Pasadena Police Chief John Perez told Pasadena Now that the administrative review on two officers involved in a use of force incident at an Altadena gas station has concluded they not be fired. “This is by far the most difficult decision I have made since I be... More »
Monday, April 5, 2021 | 5:00 am
The City Council’s Public Safety Committee will nominate three candidates from community-based organizations to the Police Oversight Commission at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. The nominations are part of the mandate of the ordinance establishing the commission. Accord... More »
Saturday, April 3, 2021 | 11:32 am
Police seized two unserialized “ghost guns” during two separate encounters with ex-convict gang members in Pasadena on Friday, authorities said. The first arrest took place about 7:40 a.m in the area of Raymond Avenue and Woodbury Road, Pasadena police Lt. Ant... More »