Monday, October 19, 2020 | 6:29 pm
Despite wearing a wig and a silicone mask in an effort to disguise his identity, a tip led police in Pasadena to arrest a wanted man they had been seeking on Monday afternoon, officials said. Officers were notified about 3:45 p.m. that Richard Phillip Torres, ... More »
Monday, October 19, 2020 | 1:00 am
Pasadena Police Chief John Perez is expected to offer an update on incidents of gun violence and the increasing number of guns confiscated this year at a meeting of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee at 3 p.m. Wednesday. In late August, Perez said his ... More »
Monday, October 19, 2020 | 1:00 am
The City Council is expected to pass a resolution Monday approving the new Fire Department position of Supervising Fire Inspector, who will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Department’s Fire Prevention Bureau. The bureau’s activit... More »
Sunday, October 18, 2020 | 10:27 am
A 19-year-old man was hospitalized with major injuries this weekend after a two-car collision along Mountain Street in Pasadena sent his car careening into a tree, authorities said. The crash took place about 8 a.m. Friday at Mountain Street and Holliston Aven... More »
Saturday, October 17, 2020 | 11:40 am
Police and coroner’s officials were investigating the death of a 21-year-old man at a Pasadena motel on Saturday morning, authorities said. The death was reported about 7:30 a.m. at a motel in the 2000 block of East Colorado Boulevard, according to Pasadena po... More »
Saturday, October 17, 2020 | 3:30 am
Earth just experienced its hottest September in the roughly 150 years since reliable records have been kept, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory climate scientists say the trend will only continue into the coming years and decades. The global heat wave was felt in P... More »
Friday, October 16, 2020 | 4:09 pm
This week, the state updated its guidance to allow private gatherings of three or fewer households, as long as the private gathering is outdoors, everyone wears a cloth face covering and keeps at least six feet of physical distance, food is in single-serve dis... More »
Friday, October 16, 2020 | 8:08 am
[UPDATED] Police on Friday morning located the family of a 3-year-old girl who was found wandering by herself in Pasadena in the middle of the night, officials said. The child was spotted by herself at Wilson Avenue and Yolo Street just before 2 a.m., Pasadena... More »
Thursday, October 15, 2020 | 8:49 am
Two men were fired upon but escaped injury in a car-to-car shooting in Pasadena early Thursday, officials said. The attack took place just before 3:30 a.m. at North Marengo Avenue and Penn Street, said Pasadena police Lt. Anthony Russo. Two men were driving wh... More »
Thursday, October 15, 2020 | 6:24 am
Pasadena and San Marino Fire Department firefighters were called to the scene of an attic fire in a home in the 700 block of East Orange Grove Boulevard Wednesday night that damaged two units and displaced five people, according to fire officials. The 11:19 p.... More »
Thursday, October 15, 2020 | 5:46 am
[UPDATED] A San Gabriel Valley man accused of driving a truck loaded with weapons into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Old Town Pasadena pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges. Benjamin Jong Ren Hung, 28, of San Marino, is charged with one ... More »
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 | 4:15 pm
Five new COVID-19 infections were reported in Pasadena on Wednesday, but no additional fatalities, authorities said. Wednesday’s count brought the total number of novel coronavirus infections to 2,660, while the local death toll remained at 129, according to c... More »