Three suspects who fled the scene of a shooting in a Pasadena neighborhood, then crashed their getaway vehicle, were in custody this morning. Officers responded to a shooting in the area of Morton Avenue and Mountain Street, west of Fair Oaks Avenue, at 8 p.m.... More »
A Pasadena man accused of using a baseball bat to fatally beat a man outside a Target store in Azusa was charged Friday with capital murder. Manuel Banuelos — also known as Rafael Banuelos — is set to be arraigned July 16 at the Pomona courthouse. The murder c... More »
Pasadena Police Detectives along with the U.S. Marshal’s Pacific Task Force officers arrested three suspects in the June 4 shooting of a man in the 100 block of Painter Street. The unidentified victim survived the incident. He was transported by paramedics to ... More »
Fire danger and injuries from fireworks still exists even in the midst of a pandemic crisis. The City of Pasadena municipal code holds property owners and tenants responsible for permitting the possession, sale, usage or discharge of fireworks on their propert... More »
A local Laundromat owner apologized for a verbal exchange with neighbors that led to a boycott of his business and a local protest, according to an online statement. In posts on Facebook and Twitter and in a story first reported by the Pasadena Black Pages, Fa... More »
A man was beaten to death with a baseball bat in commercial district in Azusa Wednesday and a 23-year-old man was arrested. Officers were sent to the 800 block of North Azusa Avenue, between West Ninth Street and West Foothill Boulevard, about 2:15 p.m. regard... More »
Pasadena police officers investigating a residence connected to several burglaries discovered two “cold plated” stolen cars in the driveway Sunday night, authorities said. Cold plating refers to placing legitimate license plates onto stolen vehicles, to camouf... More »
Officers in the Pasadena Police Department have not used the carotid restraint hold in 2020, Pasadena Now has learned. The hold, which cuts off the blood supply to the brain and renders unconsciousness, was suspended by Pasadena police officials yesterday. Alt... More »
A man in his thirties told Pasadena Fire Dept. Urban Search and Rescue crews Sunday about 4:30 p.m. that he had been bitten by a rattlesnake. The USAR crews responded to the Eaton Canyon parking structure where the man told them the rattler was a baby — about ... More »
The Pasadena Police Department announced on Sunday that the department has suspended the use of the carotid restraint control hold. The hold — also known as a sleeper hold — is a method of rendering a person unconscious by restricting the flow of blood to the ... More »
On Friday, June 5, 2020, at about 6:30 a.m., the South Pasadena Police Department began receiving calls of a male pulling on vehicle door handles in the 1500 block of Rollin Street. At the same time, several victims were calling the department to report they w... More »
The Pasadena Police Officers Association released a statement Friday expressing condolences to the family of George Floyd and their “strong condemnation” of how Floyd was killed while in police custody. The statement said “the PPOA is grateful and thankful to ... More »
