Funding from the city’s three-quarter cent sales tax has been earmarked for several high priority projects according to City Manager Steve Mermell. The Capital Improvement Budget included $9.4 million in General Funds for various projects, including fire stati... More »
The Boy Scouts of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday as the organization faces 275 abuse lawsuits and potentially another 1,400 cases to come. According to documents detailing sexual abuse accusations and the organization’s response ... More »
The building at 493-497 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena has been sold for more than the asking price, according to Corey Harper of Coldwell Banker Commercial, who represented the seller. “Yes, we sold the building for $2.9 million to an owner/user that will be o... More »
[smooth=id:1875;] [Updated] In 1963 Sidney Poitier came out to Los Angeles to film “Lilies of the Field” after his breakout success in “Blackboard Jungle”. At the time, there were few middle class neighborhoods in Los Angeles County that were as welcoming to A... More »
Incumbent Terry Tornek, District 5 City Councilman Victor Gordo, Jason Hardin and Major Williams will get one last bite at the apple at 4 p.m. on Sunday at the city’s oldest African American Baptist church when the Pasadena Community Coalition hosts the final ... More »
On Feb. 11, 2020, Mars 2020 Assembly, Test and Launch Operations Manager David Gruel watched as members of his team loaded NASA’s next Mars rover onto an Air Force C-17 at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California. The rover was flown to Cape Canaveral, ... More »
Officials with the Ambassador College Campus are appealing a decision to revoke its Conditional Use Permit, (CUP) according to a city staff report. On Monday the City Council postponed a Board of Appeals hearing on the matter. It is not known when the matter w... More »
A status hearing regarding the mental competency of a woman accused of murdering a foster mother in Pasadena continues today in a Hollywood court. Mary Jean O’Connor is charged with one count of murder in the death of Jeri Douglas. O’Connor, 44, allegedly obta... More »
On Monday, the Pasadena City Council will once again consider an affordable housing concession permit that could facilitate the construction of a new 91,217 square-foot, five to six-story, 90-unit, multifamily residential building (including eight “very low in... More »
Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) called for more protections in horse racing on Monday after the California Horse Racing Board’s annual report on horse racing in the state revealed that nearly 90 percent of fatalities in 2019 were associated with pre-existi... More »
Pasadena City College Board of Trustees Incumbent President Jim Osterling announced on Wednesday he has received several major endorsements from leaders in local government and education. Osterling serves Area 2 which includes Northeast Pasadena, East Altadena... More »
Authorities arrested 11 people and recovered three firearms while searching illegal marijuana dispensaries in Altadena, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Monday. The searches took place during the last two weeks of January at two dispensari... More »
