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Jacobs Engineering Gets $9 Million Department of Justice Contract

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 | 7:01 am

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. of Pasadena announced that it has been awarded a contract for IT help desk operations and maintenance services for the Department of Justice (DOJ) – Office of Justice Programs (OJP). The team is led by AAC Inc., a GSA Alliant Sm... More »

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Man Leaps to His Death from Pasadena Bridge

Monday, October 31, 2011 | 11:43 am

A man in his 20’s died instantly after jumping from the old Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena on Saturday, police said. Pasadena Police Lt, Cheryl Moody said in a statement that the man’s identity is being withheld while relatives are still being informed... More »

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Police Release Kidnap Suspect Sketch

Monday, October 31, 2011 | 9:14 am

Pasadena Police today released a sketch of the man they say tried to abduct an eleven-year-old boy during a La Salle High School football game on October 7. The incident occurred near the school parking lot at about 8 p.m., when the man came out of nearby bush... More »

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Burst Pipe Floods County Courthouse

Monday, October 31, 2011 | 8:40 am

A bathroom water pipe burst causing an estimated $500,000 in damage to the Los Angles County Courthouse,  the Pasadena Fire Dept. reports. Authorities say that fire crews responded to fire alarm at the building in the 300 block of E. Walnut St. at about 5:30 ... More »

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Police Net 2 Suspects, $100,000 Worth of Cocaine in South Pasadena

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 | 5:32 pm

Authorities reported that undercover drug enforcement detectives from the Sheriff’s Department, the Monrovia and Glendora Police Departments along with officers from the South Pasadena Police Department arrested two South Pasadena residents in the 2000 Block... More »

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Tuesday Fire Flares Near from Closed Fire Station

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 | 8:32 am

A 1:55 a.m. house fire in the 100 block of Sequoia Drive caused an estimated $750,000 in damage but no injuries this morning, a Pasadena Fire Dept. official reports. The home is just blocks from the closed Station 39, shuttered last April after a seismic study... More »

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Fire Death Ruled Homicide, Suspect Arrested

Monday, October 3, 2011 | 10:00 am

Police say the death of young woman last Friday in an early morning blaze was a homicide, and that department detectives have arrested a suspect. The body of  Maria Donnely, a 28-year-old Pasadena resident, was discovered inside an apartment on South Meredith... More »

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School Board Considers New Chief Academic Officer Tonight

Thursday, September 29, 2011 | 11:17 pm

The Pasadena Unified Board of Education is set to vote on the employment contract for the district’s new Chief Academic Officer in a closed door meeting Tuesday, a district official told Pasadena Now. The official would not name the individual who has been sel... More »

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School Board to City: Add Education Principle to General Plan

Thursday, September 29, 2011 | 6:11 am

The voting lasted less than five seconds amidst cheers from the audience. Voting 7-0, the PUSD Board of Education on Tuesday overwhelmingly adopted Resolution 2,166 urging the Pasadena City Council to add an eighth guiding principle to the city’s General Plan:... More »

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2 Charged in Murder of Pasadena Barber

Friday, September 23, 2011 | 5:54 am

[UPDATED Friday, sept. 23, 2011 | 1:53 p.m.] Pasadena police this morning said that murder charges with special circumstances of robbery have been filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office against two suspects arrested early Wednesday in conne... More »