Christmas trees are among the most flammable items in homes and businesses at this—or any—time of the year. A dry tree may literally explode and be consumed by fire in a matter of seconds. When holiday trees are placed in any area where the public may gather, ... More »
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday to spend time with family and friends. It is also one of the best times of year to shop and pack your car with those special deals. Thieves know this too! Please keep the following safety tips in mind this weekend and throug... More »
In an operation conducted on Thursday, November 10, the City of Pasadena’s Parking Enforcement Division confiscated four disabled-person placards and issued four citations for the unauthorized use of disabled placards between 6:45 and 9:20 a.m. around the area... More »
Pasadena Police officers arrested a 27-year-old Altadena man and a 32-year-old woman from Los Angeles after they allegedly found a loaded handgun on one of them along with a number of phony or stolen ID cards on both Monday morning. The officers thought at fir... More »
Pasadena Police officers arrested a 39-year-old woman from Imperial Beach after a 5.5-mile pursuit from Pasadena to downtown Los Angeles Monday night. The woman was fleeing from the scene of an accident at the intersection of Raymond Avenue and Del Mar Blvd., ... More »
The Pasadena Branch of the NAACP served a lawsuit on City Manager Steve Mermell and Police Chief Phillip Sanchez during a packed Public Safety Committee meeting at City Hall on Monday, accusing the pair of acting improperly in connection with obtaining a feder... More »
Officers from the Pasadena Police Department’s DUI Enforcement Team will be deploying this week to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers in the Department’s ongoing traffic safety campaign. DUI Saturation Patrols will deploy on Wednesday,... More »
Pasadena firefighters were part of a team of Los Angeles county firefighters and rescue personnel who rescued four people stranded on an island in a flooded part of the Los Angeles River early Monday. The Los Angeles Fire Department said about 100 county firef... More »
Editor’s Note: In this report, Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip Sanchez reviews noteworthy incidents which occurred or were concluded in recent weeks in Pasadena. Critical Incidents: On October 15, at about 2:01 p.m., Pasadena Police officers investigated a co... More »
Pasadena Public Health Department inspectors closed down the popular Tibet Nepal House, a restaurant at 36 E. Holly Street in Old Pasadena, after they found live cockroaches and dead nymphs in various areas of the facility in an inspection Monday, November 14.... More »
The attorney representing survivors of a man who died in police custody last September 30 has provided this publication with a copy of a federal civil rights lawsuit she filed Friday against the City of Pasadena, Chief of Police Phillip Sanchez and 10 police o... More »
At about 1:10 p.m., SPPD officers were dispatched to a residential house fire in the 1000 block of Garfield Av. Upon their arrival, Corporal Craig Phillips and Officer Brian Wiley found the house to be partially engulfed in flames. After an attempt to verbally... More »
