Monday, January 18, 2021 | 5:00 am
In an oral report to the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, Pasadena police are expected to tell committee members of the 288 firearms confiscated by officers in 2020, a 27% increase from the number of weapons seized in 2019. At the meeting, which is set... More »
Sunday, January 17, 2021 | 7:34 pm
This week, seven high-profile Pasadena criminal cases will move forward in the Pasadena Courthouse of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Here’s an update and profile of each of these cases. The Pasadena Courthouse is closed on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr... More »
Saturday, January 16, 2021 | 11:54 am
A 34-year-old man died when he was struck by a car in Pasadena after apparently walking out in front of the oncoming vehicle late Friday, police said. The collision took place just before 7:55 p.m. at Arroyo Parkway and Glenarm Street, Pasadena police Lt. Anth... More »
Saturday, January 16, 2021 | 11:46 am
Police sought a man and a teenage girl who beat and robbed a woman outside the Kings Villages Apartments in Pasadena on Friday, officials said. The attack and robbery took place about 7:35 p.m. in the 1100 block of Sunset Avenue, according to Pasadena police L... More »
Saturday, January 16, 2021 | 11:32 am
Police arrested a man who they say forced his way into a senior citizen’s car at a stoplight in Pasadena, ordered the victim to drive and ultimately assaulted the victim before being taken into custody on Friday, authorities said. Charles Devline Stanfield, 47... More »
Saturday, January 16, 2021 | 10:51 am
Two men carjacked and robbed a marijuana delivery driver at gunpoint after the victim made a delivery near Washington Park on Friday night, police said. The crime took place about 9:50 p.m. in the area of El Molino Avenue and Prescott Street, Pasadena police L... More »
Saturday, January 16, 2021 | 10:39 am
A man was wounded, but expected to survive, after he was shot multiple times in a car-to-car attack in Pasadena on Friday afternoon, authorities said. The shooting took place about 5:45 p.m. in a residential neighborhood along Oakland Avenue, just north of Del... More »
Friday, January 15, 2021 | 12:23 pm
Coroner’s officials on Friday released the identity of a 30-year-old man who died shortly after he was found suffering from severe burns in the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena on New Year’s Day. Ulises Edenilson Nieto-Cabrera died shortly after a passer-by discovered ... More »
Thursday, January 14, 2021 | 4:55 pm
Although nearby law enforcement agencies reported that off-duty officers with their departments were in Washington, D.C., during the insurrection at the Capitol building, Pasadena police officials said no local officers attended the incident. “We are not aware... More »
Thursday, January 14, 2021 | 11:13 am
Officials evacuated visitors from the area around Mt. Baldy after a brush fire ignited and quickly grew beyond two acres in size on Thursday, authorities said. The wildfire, christened the Hogsback Fire by firefighters, was first reported shortly after 9:30 a.... More »
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 | 9:31 am
[UPDATED] Police arrested a man who they say kidnapped and assaulted his girlfriend in San Gabriel over the weekend, then rammed her car with his own in Pasadena early Wednesday. Jorge Alberto Velasquez, 43, of Palmdale was booked on suspicion of crimes includ... More »
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 | 3:25 pm
[Updated] Authorities on Tuesday released the identity of a Pasadena man who was shot and killed by deputies after he stabbed an elderly woman, then charged at the deputies with a knife over the weekend in Altadena, authorities said. Allen Mirzayan, 48, died ... More »