[smooth=id:1879;] As a late morning sun began to peek through a cloudy sky deep in Eaton Canyon Friday, Dr. Joelle Getrajdman was instructing her L.A. County-USC Hospital Emergency Response Team (HERT), as she held her scalpel. “I’m going to cut through the mu... More »
30-40,000 Africanized bees swarmed on Colorado Boulevard near Pasadena City College Thursday afternoon, sending five people to a hospital, including two firefighters and a police officer. A beekeeper called to the scene by the Pasadena Fire Department said the... More »
A hapless trio of alleged burglars chose the wrong Pasadena neighborhood Wednesday where they were suspected of burgling a house blocks from a police training session which sent heavily armed SWAT officers to help hunt them down. All three — two men and a juve... More »
According to a report by Pasadena Police Chief John Perez, last year his officers used force in 34 of 6,300 arrests during 120,000 calls for service. In total police used force in less than one percent of the arrests made, .54 percent of the time. The statisti... More »
Antiquated computer systems prevented the Pasadena Police Department from early participation in the Race and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA). Under RIPA, law enforcement agencies are required to collect information on the race, gender and age of people pulled o... More »
[UPDATE Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 | 9:30 a.m. ] Wednesday’s Public Safety Committee meeting has been canceled, a city official told Pasadena Now minutes ago. “The Public Safety Committee meeting tomorrow is being canceled due to lack of quorum,” said Pasadena Pub... More »
A couple of bicycle thieves raced off in very high style on Sunday, Pasadena police said. The pair pinched two pricey road bikes from an unlocked garage in the 1200 block of Glen Oaks Boulevard around 9:30 p.m., then sped off toward Patrician Way, Lt. Pete Het... More »
A 43-year-old Pasadena man died Monday morning after he was found slumped over the wheel of an SUV that was stopped near the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Madre Street, Pasadena police said. No cause of death is immediately known, and the man’s identi... More »
A 45-year-old man was found fatally shot Sunday afternoon in Altadena, and homicide detectives were searching for his killer. The victim was found in the 500 block of Figueroa Drive about 2 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He was... More »
A couple entered no contest pleas Tuesday for their roles in the fatal stabbing of a man in the parking lot of the Rose Bowl in 2018, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Miguel Castaneda, 24, of Los Angeles entered the plea to one felo... More »
A 10-year-old girl is missing from an Altadena group home and authorities are asking the public’s help to locate her. Lelani Collins was last seen leaving her group home in the 700 block of W. Mountain View Street in Altadena on Monday at approximately, 12:45 ... More »
A status hearing regarding the mental competency of a woman accused of murdering a foster mother in Pasadena continues today in a Hollywood court. Mary Jean O’Connor is charged with one count of murder in the death of Jeri Douglas. O’Connor, 44, allegedly obta... More »
