A member of the Washington 16, a group of tenants being displaced a mass eviction of an apartment building in the 200 block of Washington Boulevard which recently changed ownership, told the City Council on Monday that the owners were blocking tenants from rec... More »
[Updated] With a tie vote just after 1 a.m., the Pasadena City Council Monday denied a City staff recommendation to uphold a Zoning Appeals decision on a project at 253 South Los Robles Avenue, effectively canceling the project’s approvals for now. The outcome... More »
[Updated] The City has been accused of fraud in managing the commercial cannabis permitting process, Pasadena Planning Director David Reyes said in a memo last week. “Staff is aware of the highly lucrative nature of this evolving industry,” Reyes no... More »
A $1.5 million project that will restore an eroded creek at the northern tip of the Arroyo Seco is expected to approved tonight by Pasadena’s governing City Council, much to the delight of local environmentalists who have supported the idea and offered to help... More »
[Updated] Opponents of two large development projects which rely upon state incentives to override local city control of housing construction are heading into uncharted territory Monday in their efforts to resist the California housing crisis-driven mandates. ... More »
The Pasadena City Council on Monday is expected to approve a contract with the City of Los Angeles which will pave the way for a grant amounting to $125,437 in Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) funds to Pasadena. The UASI funding, sourced from the federal ... More »
Many of the vacant residential properties that Caltrans owns along the route of the recently abandoned 710 freeway extension project in Pasadena and South Pasadena are in a state of disrepair, with abundant evidence of trespassing and illegal occupancy in some... More »
Pasadena’s City Council could decide Monday to award the construction contract for a controversial public restroom at the newly completed Desiderio Neighborhood Park. Public debate has boiled for years over whether to build a public restroom at the park beneat... More »
Pasadenans are throwing out more trash than ever before, and the City is finding it more difficult to recycle. These are a couple of the roadblocks Pasadena faces as it strives to achieve its zero-waste goals, a report by the City’s Department of Public Works ... More »
Former Vice President Joe Biden spent a chunk of his two-day visit to the Southland at a Friday fundraiser at the home of Pasadena City Councilmember John J. Kennedy. Biden was joined for the first time on the campaign trail by his son, Hunter. At least five o... More »
Ahead of an August court-set status conference, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has instructed City officials to detail damages the City believes it can collect from Danny Ray Wooten, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for embezzling millions of... More »
Fair Oaks Apartments, a 21-unit complex in Pasadena, has traded hands between two private investors, according to a media report. Located at 1730 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Fair Oaks Apartments was built in 1963 and features mostly one-bedroom and one-bathroom un... More »
