Firefighters made quick work of a brushfire that scorched about three acres in the Arroyo beneath the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The brushfire was first reported shortly before 11:30 a.m., said Pasadena spokespers... More »
Vroman’s is the canary in the coal mine for Pasadena. This week, the venerable bookstore emailed a plea for customers to return to shopping instore and online. Unless Pasadenans rally, the 126-year-old business may close its doors. Miners used canaries to ale... More »
The election really is right around the corner and ballots are already being mailed out. In my house we’ve been deeply interested in the presidential and congressional elections, and anxiously await Nov. 3rd and the results that will bring to our country. Bu... More »
A man attacked two people with a fencing sword on Sunday during a dispute over parking in a Pasadena neighborhood, police said. Walt Wilkerson, 31, of Pasadena was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon following the alleged attack, which took pla... More »
As someone who has been active in the community for 20 years and currently serves as the District 7 City Councilmember, I am often asked to weigh in on the current Mayoral race between Mayor Tornek and Councilmember Gordo. While my official position remains no... More »
This week, five high-profile Pasadena criminal cases will move forward in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Pasadena. OCT. 6-Pretrial Hearing for Antonio Nozar Antonio Nozar, aka Ali Nozar, 52, of Glendale, faces one misdemeanor count each of practicing me... More »
Several attorneys representing family members of Anthony McClain, who was killed in a police shooting in Pasadena on Aug. 15 near La Pintoresca Park, say last week’s announcement by police that a forensics lab had confirmed McClain’s DNA had been found on a ha... More »
A political mailer that hit mailboxes this week incorrectly listed Pasadena Now as endorsing a candidate in the mayoral race. Pasadena Now has never endorsed a candidate in a local race, and, to date, we have not endorsed any state propositions or local measur... More »
What began as a traffic stop over an illegal U-turn in Pasadena on Thursday resulted in the seizure of a “ghost gun,” several ounces of methamphetamine, a cache of stolen credit cards and more than $180,000 in cash, police said. A man and woman were arrested. ... More »
[Updated] City and county officials used 22 ambulances and two buses to relocate more than three-dozen residents from a Pasadena nursing home on Thursday after the facility’s air conditioning failed, sending temperatures inside the building into the 90s, off... More »
The Pasadena Police Department said on Thursday that the DNA of a local man killed by police was found on a gun recovered at the crime scene. “The lab’s DNA Analysis Report identified only one person’s DNA located on the slide [upper section] of the firearm an... More »
The Pasadena literary community is rallying to support Vroman’s Bookstore as representatives say the 126-year-old business is struggling to stay afloat after being dealt a devastating blow by the COVID-19 pandemic. Weeks of forced closure in response to the ea... More »
