Police and school officials responded to both Wilson Middle School and Willard Elementary School on Thursday afternoon around noon after receiving a phone call from a concerned parent describing an “unknown threat.” After an investigation during which nothing ... More »
An African American man was tasered, kicked in the head and beaten with a baton by police before dying last Friday, according to the attorney representing his family. Although authorities have not yet officially identified the man, his family says the man who ... More »
A fire erupted on the 600 block of El Molino Avenue around 3 a.m. Monday in front of an apartment building in what was believed to be an arson, police said. The fire was started after an unidentified person set some items ablaze in front of the apartment compl... More »
A 44-year-old Pasadena woman suffered a serious head injury after she was struck by a car Sunday evening, police said. Police officers responded to a call about a pedestrian being hit near the cross streets of El Molina Avenue and Orange Grove Boulevard around... More »
The death of a black man while in police custody early last Friday morning has left a number of local residents angry and questioning the Pasadena Police Department’s practices in regards to African Americans and set off two noisy demonstrations through city s... More »
More than three hundred demonstrators marched through the streets of Pasadena Friday night protesting the death of a man who had struggled with police and been tasered twice during a confrontation at his residence earlier in the day. The man, who reportedly ha... More »
[UPDATED] A Pasadena man died Friday morning after being tasered by Pasadena police during a struggle at his home, according to law enforcement, which stressed that no shots were fired in the incident. According to Captain Steve Katz of the Los Angeles Count... More »
Pasadena Police issued a statement shortly after noon today about the death of a man in police custody earlier Friday. In the statement, Pasadena Police said a call was received at about 2:20 a.m., regarding a domestic disturbance in the 200 block of East Oran... More »
A rubbish fire that erupted inside a Church at the 1000 block of North Fair Oaks Avenue on Friday has been put out by firefighters, authorities said. “Smoke filled the church,” said Lisa Derderian, spokesperson for the Pasadena Fire Department. “Fortunately, n... More »
A troubled father of eight children died in Pasadena Friday after calling the police himself, leading to a fatal altercation with responding officers, according to a report by KTLA. Shainie Lindsay, who said the mother of four of the man’s children, told KTLA... More »
Police received a call at about 12:22 a.m. from an unknown informant regarding a pressure cooker that was on the sidewalk in plain view in the 300 block of East Green Street, authorities said Friday morning. Out of an abundance of caution the Los Angeles Count... More »
A homeless man was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly spitting on a Pasadena woman as they were crossing the street, police said. Maurice Spears, a 33-year-old transient on probation, was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon after he spat... More »
