Monday, June 22, 2020 | 3:47 pm
Prosecutors filed charges Monday against a woman accused of torching an abandoned building in Pasadena while people were inside, officials said. Sylvia Juanita Arredondo, 29, described as a local transient, pleaded not guilty to felony counts of arson and arso... More »
Monday, June 22, 2020 | 1:51 pm
A Pasadena man who was released on parole less than three years ago for the fatal beating and stabbing of his stepmother in 1986 admitted Monday to stabbing and strangling a retired gynecologist in her East Los Angeles home last year, authorities said. Timothy... More »
Monday, June 22, 2020 | 12:33 pm
As I was driving to work today I was thinking about how it must feel to be a police officer in this current climate. These men and women are sworn to protect us and 99.9% do just that. Without them, chaos reigns and all you have to do is turn on the news and y... More »
Monday, June 22, 2020 | 7:04 am
[UPDATED] Police arrested a local transient after she was caught lighting trash on fire and trying to shove it under a door at the Pasadena Police Department early Monday, authorities said. Alexandra Scully, 47, was booked on suspicion of arson following her a... More »
Monday, June 22, 2020 | 3:23 am
It’s hard to pick the right word for what it is. Sympathy? Empathy? Compassion? I looked up the definitions of each one of these and none of them are quite right. Such is the kingdom of names, ultimately unsatisfying. Wanting to help others? The Golden Rule... More »
Sunday, June 21, 2020 | 8:26 am
Pasadena police Sunday morning said they were investigating at the scene of attempted murder by a man of his neighbor about 3:30 a.m. The suspect is in custody in the Pasadena jail. Police said when the suspect intervened in a domestic dispute between his neig... More »
Saturday, June 20, 2020 | 6:40 am
“Our values are with our community and we are informed by our community. Creating our food pantry was a natural extension of our work because we are a family, and we share what we have.” – Yoland Trevino, PACTL.ORG Executive Director At Pasadena/Altadena Coali... More »
Saturday, June 20, 2020 | 5:15 am
[Updated] A tense situation developed outside Pasadena Police Department headquarters Friday evening during a demonstration when police moved into a crowd of over 100 to detain a man who had confronted protest organizer Jasmine Abdullah Richards. The man was ... More »
Friday, June 19, 2020 | 11:32 am
Today we celebrate Juneteenth, Freedom Day, commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. It’s fitting that last night, the Board of Education unanimously approved Commitment to Black Students, a resolution declaring our District’s unequivocal comm... More »
Friday, June 19, 2020 | 10:57 am
Police called to the scene of disturbance Thursday night came upon a number of known gang members fighting in the area of restaurant in a strip mall in the 2500 block of E. Foothill Blvd. As the officers arrived some of the suspects scattered. Witnesses said a... More »
Friday, June 19, 2020 | 9:25 am
Leadership Pasadena has seen growth and attrition throughout its 20-year history of transformative community leadership development. After expanding for the last three years — adding a Veteran’s program to its core leadership programming — Leadership Pasadena ... More »
Friday, June 19, 2020 | 5:37 am
A surge in the use of illegal fireworks — up from 223% so far this month compared to last June — has prompted Pasadena police to mount a specialized Fireworks Suppression Unit which was deployed earlier this week. “During the past two months, we have seen fire... More »