Friday, February 21, 2020 | 6:02 am
Today’s cheerful Pasadena weather will turn gloomy and rainy overnight and usher in a wintry Saturday bringing showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10 a.m, then showers after that, forecasters predict. Temperatures could drop 16 degrees to a high of 61, ... More »
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | 7:58 pm
The 43-year-old Pasadena man who died Monday morning after he was found slumped over the steering wheel of an SUV that was stopped near the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Sierra Madre Villa has been identified as Jesus Banuelos Jr., the L.A. County Cor... More »
Monday, February 17, 2020 | 2:10 pm
A couple of bicycle thieves raced off in very high style on Sunday, Pasadena police said. The pair pinched two pricey road bikes from an unlocked garage in the 1200 block of Glen Oaks Boulevard around 9:30 p.m., then sped off toward Patrician Way, Lt. Pete Het... More »
Monday, February 17, 2020 | 5:22 am
State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) has introduced a bill that would allow school districts to better utilize surplus property. Under current law, school districts are heavily restricted in how they can dispense with surplus property... More »
Friday, February 14, 2020 | 12:48 pm
Pasadena continues its Black History Month celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday with the 38th annual Black History Parade and Festival. This year’s theme is “For the Culture–Celebrating Our Excellence.” The parade begins at Fair Oaks Avenue and Figue... More »
Friday, February 14, 2020 | 5:42 am
After its final run, as a Spanish adult film theater, the Cinema 21 closed its doors in 1989. Over the years the landmark building on Washington Blvd. just west of Lake Ave. has fallen into disrepair, but now work is being done on the dilapidated landmark buil... More »
Thursday, February 13, 2020 | 5:51 am
With the race winding down and only two and a weeks before the election, District 2 Candidate Felicia Williams announced key endorsements on Wednesday. The Pasadena Police Officers Association (PPOA), the Sierra Club, Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters ... More »
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | 7:54 pm
[Updated] The city has purchased a home from Caltrans that was previously seized to make room for the 710 freeway extension. The three-bedroom home on Waverly Street in District 6 is currently being renovated. The home cost the city $305,000 but would have gon... More »
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | 5:52 am
The Pasadena City Council on Monday voted to direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance amending the city’s municipal code to change the name of the Human Services and Recreation Department to the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department. City... More »
Monday, February 10, 2020 | 3:52 am
Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey will most likely be a “no-show” at the District Attorney Candidate Forum Monday in Pasadena, an organizer said. Although Lacey’s challengers, former San Francisco D.A. George Gascon and former federal public defender ... More »
Thursday, February 6, 2020 | 1:00 am
The Recreation and Parks Commission unanimously voted to recommend the City Council approve a plan that would transfer the maintenance of city parks and the Arroyo to the Recreation and Human Services Department. The issue could be voted on by City Council as ... More »
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | 5:56 am
Gov. Gavin Newsom posthumously pardoned a gay activist and confidante of Martin Luther King Jr. arrested in Pasadena in 1953 and issued an executive order creating what he called a new clemency initiative to identify those who might be eligible for pardons Pol... More »