The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center is calling on the public to beware of an email scam that has targeted the Jewish community, as well as other religious communities across the country. A public notice posted by the PJTC on its website says hackers are “see... More »
[Updated] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called on the public Tuesday to prepare for a possible outbreak in the U.S. of the coronavirus that’s infected more than 80,000 people and killed at least 2,700 overseas in less than two months. That pr... More »
According to a city spokesperson, six feet of honeycomb was found in the walls of a local hotel where a block-long Africanized bee swarm originated from last week. “They may have been there for a while,” said City Spokesperson Lisa Derderian. As of Friday, the... More »
A Pasadena woman was among three people killed in a bus crash on Saturday. Julia Perez Cornejo, 73, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on 15 South Freeway on Saturday after the bus she was riding on went down a steep embankment. According to repo... More »
[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 »
