Health officials in California announced Wednesday the state’s first Coronavirus death, raising the death toll to 11 in the United States. The patient was an elderly adult with underlying health conditions, county officials said, adding that the person was the... More »
A couple were sentenced today 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 was sentenced to 12 years in state priso... More »
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday reported the mortality rate for the coronavirus has jumped to 3.4 percent as the virus continues to spread worldwide at an alarming rate. In comparison, WHO officials noted that the mortality rate is less than 1 p... More »
A Pasadena man who served nearly three decades in state prison for fatally beating and stabbing his stepmother made his first court appearance today on charges of killing a retired doctor at her East Los Angeles home. Timothy Chavira, 56, is charged with the D... More »
A Pasadena man who served nearly three decades in state prison for fatally beating and stabbing his stepmother is set to be arraigned today in the killing of a retired doctor at her East Los Angeles home. Timothy Chavira, 56, is charged with murder for the Dec... More »
As concerns about the novel coronavirus ramp up, the United States will begin screening travelers and increase production of masks and test kits. The COVID-19 virus has killed nearly 3,000 people worldwide and more than 88,000 people are currently infected wit... More »
A truck attempting to turn onto an overpass onramp to the I-210 Foothill freeway about 10:45 p.m. Saturday smashed into metal fencing and portions of the overpass which fell, damaging 25 to 30 cars traveling on the roadway below. Most of the cars suffered punc... More »
A man and a woman who were targets of a Pasadena Police drug investigation – and possibly armed – were in custody Friday afternoon following a chase that began in Pasadena and ended in the Santa Clarita area, Pasadena police and the California Highway Patrol t... More »
The beehive and honeycomb at a local hotel where Africanized killer bees swarmed last week have been removed according to a city official. “The bees were removed and the repairs were completed to seal the opening in the structure,” said Manuel Carmona, Deputy ... More »
Negotiators convinced a distraught 29-year-old Inglewood man not to jump to his death off the Colorado Street Bridge during a two-hour incident Thursday afternoon. The man climbed over the suicide-mitigation fencing and onto the outside of the bridge, police s... More »
The final illegal cannabis dispensary in Pasadena was forced to close on Thursday morning. “This morning Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies evicted employees of the illegal cannabis dispensary known as Kush 20 House at 1644 E. Walnut Street and returned law... More »
Authorities today recovered a black Lincoln Navigator hearse with a casket and body inside that was stolen near a church in unincorporated East Pasadena on Wednesday night, and a suspect was taken into custody after the vehicle crashed on a freeway in the sout... More »
