Overall crime in Pasadena through February declined by 15% compared to last year, but assaults, including homicides, as well as vehicle thefts have seen significant increases, according to police data. Incidents of assault with a deadly weapon climbed by 30%, ... More »
A man slashed his roommate with a razor blade during a dispute at their Pasadena home early Tuesday, police said. The suspect remained at large following the attack, which left the victim with a 10-inch-long gash across his face, Pasadena police Lt. Sean Dawki... More »
Coroner’s officials have determined that an elderly Pasadena woman who was killed in a seemingly random attack that also left her husband injured as the couple was out for their morning walk in January died as a result of head injuries sustained during the ass... More »
Further legal proceedings regarding the mental competency of Mary Jean O’Connor, a woman accused of murdering a woman who adopted one of O’Connor’s two young children, are scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in Pasadena Superior Court. O’Connor is charged with one... More »
Former Pasadena police Lt. Phlunté Riddle, an appointee to the state Juvenile Parole Board, is expected to come up this week for confirmation by the state Senate. Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Riddle to the Board of Juvenile Hearings in October 2019. The positi... More »
Today is the last day local residents can turn in an application to serve on the city’s newly formed Civilian Police Oversight Commission (CPOC). The city is accepting applications until 5 p.m. Eligible applicants will be considered for one of the 11 available... More »
The Pasadena Police Department plans to enter into a five-year agreement with the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) to assign officers to Pasadena Unified School District schools in support of the U.S. Department of Education’s “Project Prevent” grant pr... More »
[UPDATED] A man shot while sitting in his car outside a taco shop along Foothill Boulevard in Pasadena on Saturday nights succumbed to his wounds on Sunday morning, police said. A woman sitting next to him in the car was injured by flying glass. The shooting w... More »
Gunshots rang out in a Pasadena neighborhood Friday evening, but no victims were found, police said. The shooting took place just before 7 p.m. in a residential neighborhood in the area of Sierra Bonita Avenue and Asbury Drive, Pasadena police Lt. Anthony Burg... More »
Three separate routine traffic stops in Pasadena this week resulted in the seizure of guns, police said. The most recent incident unfolded shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday after officers stopped a car for a red light violation at Fair Oaks Avenue and Holly Stree... More »
Gov. Gavin Newsom will not appeal a Los Angeles Superior Court judge’s decision allowing the parole of a local man convicted in the 1982 Westwood murder of a Turkish diplomat, a governor’s office spokeswoman said Thursday. Hampig “Harry” Sassounian, an Armenia... More »
The Pasadena Fire Department reminds you to change all of your Smoke Alarm batteries when you change your clocks forward an hour on Sunday, March 14 Change Your Smoke Alarm & Carbon Monoxide Alarm Batteries! Replace old batteries with fresh, high quality batte... More »
