As students and staff return to schools for in-person instruction, Pasadena Police remind drivers to remember to be extra careful when driving around buses and schools. Buses picking up and dropping off schoolchildren are of particular note. California law req... More »
Sixty-three drivers were cited for violating California’s hands-free cell phone law during a distracted driving enforcement operation on Monday, police reported. During the enforcement operation, which occurred from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 47 drivers were cite... More »
Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors and inspector general found rare common ground Tuesday with the Sheriff’s Department, with everyone agreeing that more can be done to further reduce the use of force in county jails. Assistant Sheriff Bruce Chase, who ... More »
Police on Tuesday announced the arrests of two suspects in connection with the fatal shooting of an Azusa man as he sat in a car outside a Pasadena taco shop last month. Evan Roland Bynum, 26, of Los Angeles, and Dante Dejuan Ward, 33, of Irvine, are each accu... More »
An aggressive brush fire that scorched wildland in the remote Angeles National Forest south of Llano, near the Valyermo area, and prompted a massive response from federal, state and Los Angeles County fire crews, was holding Tuesday morning at 60 acres burned.... More »
A 61-year-old schizophrenic man with type-2 diabetes who went missing in Altadena has been found, the sheriff’s department reported today. Michael Coker was reported missing last Thursday and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department had sought the public’s ... More »
Pasadena Police Chief John Perez told Pasadena Now that the administrative review on two officers involved in a use of force incident at an Altadena gas station has concluded they not be fired. “This is by far the most difficult decision I have made since I be... More »
The City Council’s Public Safety Committee will nominate three candidates from community-based organizations to the Police Oversight Commission at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. The nominations are part of the mandate of the ordinance establishing the commission. Accord... More »
Police seized two unserialized “ghost guns” during two separate encounters with ex-convict gang members in Pasadena on Friday, authorities said. The first arrest took place about 7:40 a.m in the area of Raymond Avenue and Woodbury Road, Pasadena police Lt. Ant... More »
Pasadena police are joining in the national “Distracted Driving Awareness Month” campaign through April to encourage drivers to focus on the road and avoid cell phones and other distractions while behind the wheel, officials said. Extra officers will be on pat... More »
Sheriff’s officials asked for the public’s help Thursday in finding a 61-year-old man suffering from schizophrenia and diabetes who went missing in Altadena earlier this week. Michael Coker was last seen at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 30 in the 2600 block of ... More »
In keeping with a trend seen across the region and beyond, thefts of catalytic converters from parked vehicles in Pasadena have doubled this year, police said. Catalytic converters are devices used by cars to regulate emissions. Since they contain small amount... More »
