Air quality will be unhealthy through Monday for sensitive individuals in the West San Gabriel Valley, the San Fernando Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley, and the Pomona/Walnut Valley area. Los Angeles County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis advises people living... More »
The discussion on changing the name of John Muir High School is low-hanging fruit, at best. As a Muir alumnus, I offer this as my opinion: The name should never be changed. The students who attended the school during and immediately after U.S. District Judge J... More »
After decades of discussions, deliberations, and debates about how to achieve meaningful police reform across the country, our communities cannot wait any longer. We say “enough!” We must put an end to police brutality. We will no longer accept symbolic reform... More »
Police persuaded a man to climb back from the edge of the Colorado Street Bridge and accept help after negotiating with him for about 45 minutes on Saturday morning, officials said. Authorities first received a report about 7:50 a.m. of a man standing outside ... More »
Pasadena Humane has joined NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations’ Clear the Shelters™ 2020 pet adoption campaign throughout August. To help individuals and communities continue to practice safe social distancing measures, this year’s initiative will feature v... More »
On July 12, 2019, Pasadena Now published an article about the arrests of five people suspected of committing elder financial abuse. In that article, Pasadena Now identified Billy Burton as being one of those suspects and improperly stated that Mr. Burton had p... More »
Authorities have identified a 4-year-old boy who died in a Pasadena apartment fire on Wednesday initially blamed on a malfunctioning refrigerator that also left his 3-year-old brother and the children’s mother critically injured. Keven Arias died in the fire, ... More »
A Pasadena man received an eight-year prison sentence Wednesday after being convicted of fatally shooting a friend while recklessly handling a gun, authorities said. Deleon Jackson, 25, of Pasadena, pleaded no contest to a count of involuntary manslaughter, Lo... More »
California Pizza Kitchen filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday and became the latest fast casual chain to file for bankruptcy as the pandemic and its debt burden hampers its operations. However, the fate of the chain’s Pasadena store on Los Robles Avenue... More »
At the end of June, via Zoom, Pasadena’s Transportation Advisory Commission or “TAC” held its first meeting in five months due to the Covid-19 pandemic that has affected so many lives in our community. In addition to being TAC’s first virtually held meeting, i... More »
The Pasadena Police Department will conduct a bicycle and pedestrian safety enforcement operation Friday, August 7, 2020 aimed at keeping people who need to go out to exercise or run essential errands safe. While the COVID-19 pandemic is requiring residents to... More »
Authorities say a former Pasadena man remains a fugitive in a healthcare fraud scheme. Henry Penaranda, 40, is listed as a co-defendant in a scheme where a husband and wife billed Medicare $6 million for occupational therapy services that were not provided. Si... More »
