City Manager Steve Mermell announced Monday evening that the city will be hiring an independent investigator to conduct a review of the recent death of Reginald “JR” Thomas, a 35-year old African-American Pasadena resident who died in police custody after bein... More »
A man and a woman who got trapped on a cliff while hiking in the mountains north of Altadena near Eaton Canyon were airlifted to safety on Monday, police said. The couple was rescued by a helicopter around 11 a.m., brought down to the ground and taken to their... More »
Authorities are searching for a man and a woman who got trapped on a cliff while hiking in the mountains north of Altadena near Eaton Canyon on Sunday. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Dan Paige, the couple called law enforcement officials Sund... More »
Light rain over the San Gabriel Valley area Monday morning caused 142 fender benders on freeways from 2 to 6 a.m., highway patrol officials said. Though the combination of light showers and drizzle will only amount to about a tenth of an inch of water covering... More »
Another strong arm robbery occurred Saturday around the Mira Monte Place and Oakland Avenue area in Pasadena, when a man who was responding to an internet advertisement was roughed up by robbers inside the suspects’ vehicle. Pasadena police Lt. Pete Hettema sa... 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. On October 7, Pasadena Police officers responded to the 1300 block of Elizabeth Street regarding ... More »
The Pasadena Fire Department treated a woman for burns and rushed her to a local hospital after paramedics responded to a report of a “woman on fire” in the Orangewood shopping center across from Huntington Memorial Hospital. Around 4 p.m. arriving rescue ambu... More »
The Pasadena Police Department will be conducting a Traffic Enforcement program this Friday, October 14, 2016, throughout the City of Pasadena. Officers will be deployed at various locations throughout the city to look for violations including, but not limited... More »
In this report, Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip Sanchez reviews noteworthy incidents which occurred or were concluded in recent weeks in Pasadena. On September 25, Pasadena Police Officers Thebeau and Velasquez were assigned to robbery suppression patrol due ... More »
Two men and one woman escaped serious injury when an occupant of car fired gunshots at them as they sat on the porch of residence in the 100 block of West Washington Boulevard about 9:10 p.m. Sunday. One of the men, a Pasadena resident in his fifties, receive... More »
Two days after the attorney for the family of a man who died in police custody on Sept. 30 served the city with a claim for damages for his death and specifically named two police officers in that claim, a Pasadena Police statement Sunday said neither of those... More »
Late Sunday, the Pasadena Police Department released the following statement concerning the death of Reginald Thomas and naming the officers who were at the scene that night: “”On September 30, 2016, at approximately 2:45 A.M., Pasadena Police Officers respond... More »
