Pasadena police are joining in the national “Distracted Driving Awareness Month” campaign through April to encourage drivers to focus on the road and avoid cell phones and other distractions while behind the wheel, officials said. Extra officers will be on pat... More »
Sheriff’s officials asked for the public’s help Thursday in finding a 61-year-old man suffering from schizophrenia and diabetes who went missing in Altadena earlier this week. Michael Coker was last seen at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 30 in the 2600 block of ... More »
In keeping with a trend seen across the region and beyond, thefts of catalytic converters from parked vehicles in Pasadena have doubled this year, police said. Catalytic converters are devices used by cars to regulate emissions. Since they contain small amount... More »
Police are investigating two separate robberies of senior citizens that took place in front of their homes in Pasadena on Tuesday night, including one in which the victim was pistol-whipped, authorities said. The first robbery unfolded about 10 p.m. in the 180... More »
Paramedics rushed a woman to a hospital in critical condition Tuesday after she was found on fire and extinguished by a city employee at Villa Parke in what was believed to a suicide attempt, authorities said. The burn victim, described as a woman in her mid-3... More »
A man pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and reckless driving in connection with a crash that killed a woman and injured her three passengers in Pasadena late last year, officials said. Anthony Marcus Houston, 36, of Pasadena entered the plea in the Pasad... More »
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York) on Sunday called on the federal government to deal with the threat of ghost guns. Ghost guns are untraceable because they lack serial numbers and can be pieced together in kits. The guns have been showing up ... More »
Police arrested a man early Monday after they say he broke into a Pasadena Salvation Army store through the roof. An alarm company notified police of a burglary at about 3:15 a.m. at the store and donation center at 35 Waverly Drive, Pasadena police Lt. Sean D... More »
Police investigated two shootings in Pasadena late Friday and early Saturday, including one that took place at an Airbnb rental home that was being used for a house party, but found no victims, officials said. Officers first responded just before 10 p.m. to re... More »
[UPDATED] Officials evacuated the parking structure of a Pasadena medical building and summoned a hazardous material response crew Friday after a leak of what was ultimately determined to be nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, authorities said. The incident was fi... More »
Police arrested a man following an apparently random attack on a woman as she walked along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena on Thursday afternoon, officials said. Tyrone Sams, 33, described as a local transient, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly... More »
With outrage growing nationwide over a reported increase in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans, police say no such crimes have been reported in Pasadena this year. Reacting to reports of increased incidents of hate targeting Asian Americans throughout the c... More »
