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 »
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is set to roll out body-worn cameras for its deputies at the end of the third quarter this year — five years after the LAPD initiated its own program — according to a report released Tuesday by the Office of Inspecto... More »
Police chased a man on a bicycle who refused to stop when ordered to and ended up not only finding him, but also a gun and an ammunition magazine in bushes near his hiding place. Lt. Pete Hettema said the officers saw a vehicle code violation on a bicycle bein... More »
The Los Angeles Superior Court announced Monday that the due date for traffic tickets and minor infractions has been pushed back 90 days, and many citations can be resolved online or by phone. Los Angeles Superior Court workers are mailing out roughly 256,000 ... More »
Police said a man was shot Saturday in broad daylight during an altercation on a busy street. Lt. William Grisafe said the victim, who has not cooperated with police, received a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to one arm about 1:30 p.m. The victim apparentl... More »
