A Pasadena man who was released on parole less than three years ago for the fatal beating and stabbing of his stepmother in 1986 admitted Monday to stabbing and strangling a retired gynecologist in her East Los Angeles home last year, authorities said. Timothy... More »
[UPDATED] Police arrested a local transient after she was caught lighting trash on fire and trying to shove it under a door at the Pasadena Police Department early Monday, authorities said. Alexandra Scully, 47, was booked on suspicion of arson following her a... More »
Pasadena police Sunday morning said they were investigating at the scene of attempted murder by a man of his neighbor about 3:30 a.m. The suspect is in custody in the Pasadena jail. Police said when the suspect intervened in a domestic dispute between his neig... More »
[Updated] A tense situation developed outside Pasadena Police Department headquarters Friday evening during a demonstration when police moved into a crowd of over 100 to detain a man who had confronted protest organizer Jasmine Abdullah Richards. The man was ... More »
Police called to the scene of disturbance Thursday night came upon a number of known gang members fighting in the area of restaurant in a strip mall in the 2500 block of E. Foothill Blvd. As the officers arrived some of the suspects scattered. Witnesses said a... More »
A surge in the use of illegal fireworks — up from 223% so far this month compared to last June — has prompted Pasadena police to mount a specialized Fireworks Suppression Unit which was deployed earlier this week. “During the past two months, we have seen fire... More »
A Baldwin Park man is facing 15 years in state prison after pleading no contest Thursday to charges stemming from a DUI crash that killed a pedestrian from Minnesota. Higinio Arceo, 41, pleaded no contest to one count of gross vehicular manslaughter while into... More »
Firefighters in Pasadena were busy on Wednesday as two structural blazes erupted. First a complex of empty buildings was destroyed by a first alarm blaze at 170 N. Halstead Street, near Fire Station 37 shortly before 2 a.m. Firefighters knocked down the fire i... More »
The American Red Cross Los Angeles Region honored a Rose Bowl Aquatic Center lifeguard on Tuesday. In December, Matt Juranek saved a man’s life during a cardiorespiratory emergency. Juranek, a Red Cross trained lifeguard, was on duty at the Rose Bowl Aquatic C... More »
The Pasadena Fire Department responded to a call shortly after noon on Wednesday at the Salvation Army at 56 W Del Mar Blvd. Firefighters went into a defensive mode to fight the two-alarm blaze which started from cardboard boxes behind the facility. According ... More »
The owner of a South Pasadena bar called the Griffins of Kinsale, at 1007 Mission Street in South Pasadena, has been charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office with opening his pub for St. Patrick’s Day during the lockdown order aimed at redu... More »
A complex of empty buildings that were for sale located yards from a Pasadena fire station were destroyed by a first-alarm blaze early Wednesday morning. The complex at 170 N. Halstead Street is located close to an apartment and to Fire Station 37. The blaze w... More »
