Pasadena Police officers arrested an 18-year-old female alleged gang member Thursday night after she was reportedly found with a loaded .357 caliber revolver at her feet while inside a car in Altadena. Police Lt. John Mercado said the suspect was identified as... More »
Police are on the lookout for a man who wore a mask and stole cash and cigarettes at gunpoint at a Pasadena 7-11 store early Wednesday morning. The robbery at the convenience store in the 600 block of North Lake Avenue was reported at about 1:45 a.m. Pasadena ... More »
A cardboard box placed too close to a stovetop caused a fire of short duration in an apartments located in the 300 block of East Cordova Street in Pasadena Wednesday afternoon. Pasadena Fire Department Battalion Chief David Watson said firefighters responded w... More »
A 57-year-old homeless man was arrested outside the Union Station Adult Center in Pasadena Wednesday night after he allegedly assaulted a police officer who responded to a call about the man being erratic and refusing to leave the Center. Pasadena Police Lt. J... More »
[Editor’s note: This story originally incorrectly stated the fire-damaged room was a science classroom. In fact, it was not, it was a general classroom. A science classroom is being used to house the class displaced by the fire. “The school’s science room is... More »
More than 2,253 men and women who qualified for the position of Firefighter Trainee are testing this week at the Pasadena Convention Center, in the first first phase of their journey towards becoming firefighters in the City of Pasadena. Trainees will take a w... More »
The Pasadena Humane Society is now caring for a tiny Chihuahua after its owner allegedly maltreated the dog inside the South Pasadena Police station about three weeks ago. The owner, identified later as Christian Andrew Najera, 48, a Los Angeles resident, will... More »
Editor’s Note: In this report, Pasadena Chief of Police Phillip Sanchez reviews noteworthy incidents which occurred or were concluded in recent weeks in Pasadena. On February 19, at 4:30 p.m., Pasadena Police officers responded to a loud music call near C... More »
Pasadena police officers used force in only 36 — or 0.48 percent — of 7,481 arrests made in 2015, Police Chief Phillip L. Sanchez said Sunday. Sanchez commented on this statistic after his department’s release of its annual Discipline Overview and Use of Force... More »
A 24-year-old man is currently being treated by hospital staff after suffering injuries from 40 foot fall from a canyon wall in Eaton Canyon on Thursday. Fortunately, his hiking partner witnessed the fall and called 9-1-1 for help. At 5:45 p.m. Thursday, the A... More »
Pasadena Police officers arrested two men who allegedly attacked two people then robbed two others of their cell phones Monday night in the 300 block of N. Lake Avenue. The Pasadena Star-News reported that the two men used a gun to threaten the victim in one o... More »
Police arrested a 42-year-old Pasadena man after he allegedly set fire to his parents’ home in the 900 block on N. Mentor Avenue in Pasadena early Tuesday morning. Pasadena Police Lt. Mark Goodman said fire fighters were dispatched to respond to a residential ... More »
