The South Pasadena Police Department is currently investigating five residential burglaries and three sexual assaults that occurred starting about 7:40am this morning. The locations of occurrence at this time are localized in the southern portion of the city. ... More »
A pot said to be radioactive dropped off by a man at the Goodwill Store in the 300 block of South Fair Oaks Avenue prompted a full-scale hazardous materials teams response and the shut down, for hours, of that major thoroughfare on Tuesday morning. In the end,... More »
A single story home in the 2100 block of Grand Oaks Avenue in Altadena suffered “major damage throughout” after an early Tuesday morning fire erupted in a back bedroom. There were no injuries to the occupants. A Los Angles County Fire Department spokesperson s... More »
Editor’s Note: In this report, Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip Sanchez reviews noteworthy incidents which occurred or were concluded in recent weeks in Pasadena. Critical Incidents: On May 31, a Male Hispanic adult committed a commercial burglary at the ... More »
A Compton parolee who allegedly kidnapped two 18-year-old Pasadena women in April and attempted to assault them sexually will face the court Tuesday to hear if a date will be set for a preliminary hearing of his case. Anthony Seth McDaniel, 38, was arrested by... More »
[Editor’s Note: Shortly after this article was originally published, Pasadena Now received word that today’s Public Safety Committee Special Meeting is to be cancelled. “The meeting will be canceled. I received information over the weekend that we would be un... More »
Omar Lorenzana was sworn in on Wednesday as South Pasadena’s newest police officer Lorenzana, who resides in Downey with his wife Jessica, took the oath from South Pasadena Police Chief Art Miller. Many of Lorenzana’s family members were on hand for the ceremo... More »
Pasadena Police officers arrested an 18-year-old man from Baldwin Park after allegedly admitting owning and possessing a loaded gun while at the La Pistoresca Park on E. Washington Blvd. in Pasadena Wednesday night. Police Lt. John Luna said they first receive... More »
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has issued a Smoke Advisory Tuesday, June 21, covering Pasadena and large portions of the San Gabriel Mountains and San Gabriel Valley, San Bernardino Mountains and San Bernardino Valley, the Pomona/Waln... More »
Officers from the Pasadena Police Department’s DUI Enforcement Team will be deploying this weekend to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers in the Department’s ongoing traffic safety campaign. DUI Saturation Patrols will deploy this Frida... More »
Police are searching for a suspect or suspects in the shooting of a teenager as the victim was walking home past midnight Monday in Northwest Pasadena. Pasadena Police Lt. Mark Goodman said the victim, a 17-year-old, was walking in the 1500 block of Mentone Av... More »
Pasadena Police have asked for the public’s help in finding a missing, at-risk local teenager. Police said Darren Flanigan, aged 16, is despondent and may be a danger to himself. Flanigan is 6’1″, has thin spiked dark hair, last seen wearing beige cargo short... More »
