Monday, June 6, 2016 | 5:41 am
Eight Pasadena firefighters on two fire engines were sent Saturday night to help control the raging Calabasas fire that has forced at least 5,000 people to evacuate from their homes. Meanwhile, the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team was activated and worked with th... More »
Monday, June 6, 2016 | 5:30 am
The Pasadena Police Department has deployed less lethal, “conductive energy” weapons commonly known as “Tasers,” since 2003. Currently there are 192 tasers in its inventory. The life expectancy of the devices is five years. According to a Police Department rep... More »
Saturday, June 4, 2016 | 8:32 am
Three young men were stabbed Friday night after a large fight broke out in a group of people gathered on a Northwest Pasadena street. Pasadena police were called to the 100 block of West Claremont Street at 1:46 a.m., Lt. John Mercado said, after receiving mul... More »
Friday, June 3, 2016 | 11:18 am
Pasadena Police officers are reminding residents to secure their windows and doors during uncomfortably warm nights to keep intruders away after a “hot prowl” burglary left a Pasadena man knocked to the ground by an intruder Thursday. Lt. John Mercad... More »
Friday, June 3, 2016 | 4:57 am
Pasadenans marked National Gun Violence Awareness Day Thursday by wearing orange to show their support for stopping gun violence at home and around the country. Orange has been adopted nationally after friends of a murdered Chicago teenager asked people to wea... More »
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 | 8:51 pm
A visibly shaken Jasmine Richards, leader of Black Lives Matter Pasadena, stood in a corner Wednesday morning, huddled against a soda machine, on the ground floor of the Pasadena Courthouse, trembling, as her attorney, Nana Gyamfi, consoled her. The court had ... More »
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 | 1:00 pm
On Thursday, October 30, 2014, Victim Christopher Walker was shot to death near the intersection of Fair Oaks Avenue and Calaveras Street, Altadena, while patronizing a local restaurant. About 4:30 p.m., as Christopher sat on the outdoor patio, a light-colored... More »
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 | 12:50 pm
The Weekly Crime Summary is a list of reported auto thefts, burglaries, robberies and other activities occurring in the City of South Pasadena. An alert and well-informed citizen makes you less of a target to a criminal. Remember; call the South Pasadena Polic... More »
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 | 12:03 pm
Pasadena Police Department will step up Bike & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations on Friday, June 3, 2016, with focused enforcement on collision causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. The department has mapped out locations over... More »
Monday, May 30, 2016 | 8:17 am
The jury trial for Marquise Jackson, a Pasadena father accused of allegedly killing his own daughter almost five years ago, will begin Tuesday at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Pasadena, the LA District Attorney’s office said. In his arraignment on S... More »
Friday, May 27, 2016 | 11:25 am
Seniors should be wary of people claiming to have found large sums of cash and wanting to share in their sudden fortunes. In the pigeon drop scam, con artists befriend victims in public and claim they have found money in a bag, envelope or handkerchief and off... More »
Thursday, May 26, 2016 | 9:43 am
The City of Pasadena was hit with a civil rights complaint filing Thursday by attorneys representing two women who claim a Pasadena police officer improperly used his authority in what amounted to a campaign against them to deprive them of their civil rights. ... More »