On June 3, at about 3:00 a.m., Pasadena Police officers responded to the 3100 block of Mataro Street regarding a residential burglary. On arrival, officers learned the victim was asleep when he was startled by loud noises in another part of his home. The victi... More »
Former Pasadena Police Chief Robert Harrison McGowan died last Tuesday, June 7, in Pasadena. He was 88. McGowan, “Bob” to friends, served with the Pasadena Police Department for over 31 years. He was Pasadena Chief of Police from November, 1968 until June, 198... More »
A Metro Gold Line train and an SUV collided at about noon Wednesday at the Glenarm Street crossing in Pasadena, causing serious injuries to car’s 86-year-old driver. Lisa Derderian, spokesperson for the Pasadena Fire Department, said the man was taken to a loc... More »
The archival video above was published by Pasadena Now on December 30, 2015, the morning after the shooting for which Robert Arnaud, 27, and Jose Garcia, 32, have been charged. The two men charged in connection with the shooting of a man at a fried chicken r... More »
A Pasadena man who led police on two separate high-speed chases within 30 days last year was sentenced to five years in state prison Monday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Ryan Erlich said Karnik Kendirian... More »
A 69-year-old woman died Sunday as she was hiking with friends on the Sam Merill Trail in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena. Deputies at the Altadena Sheriff’s Station said the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team was activated at about 12:40 p.m. to resp... More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
