In response to a call by NAACP Pasadena President Allen Edson for an investigation into City Manager Steve Mermell’s handling of the reassignment of African American Fire Chief Bertral Washington, Mermell on Friday asked Edson to meet with him to discuss Afric... More »
On Thursday, the NAACP called for an investigation into the reassignment of Bertral Washington to City Manager Steve Mermell’s office. Chief Washington was reassigned to the City Manager’s office last Thursday to perform work on the city’s Wireless Emergency A... More »
Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, Councilman Gene Masuda’s parents, Sam and Alice, were among thousands of Japanese Americans rounded up and held in “relocation centers” until the war ended. One of those hur... More »
Earlier this week, Pasadena Now asked incumbent Mayor Terry Tornek and challengers Victor Gordo, Jason Hardin and Major Williams to submit candidate statements to the voters two weeks before local voters make their voices heard on March 3 at the ballot box. Pe... More »
[UPDATE Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 | 9:30 a.m. ] Wednesday’s Public Safety Committee meeting has been canceled, a city official told Pasadena Now minutes ago. “The Public Safety Committee meeting tomorrow is being canceled due to lack of quorum,” said Pasadena Pub... More »
The YWCA building is not scheduled to be discussed at the Feb. 24 City Council meeting, according to a city official. “YWCA won’t be on the agenda until March,” said Lisa Derderian, city spokesperson. “Negotiations are continuing.” Five developers have propose... More »
The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 50 most newsworthy, informative, and readable. Top Stories: PUSD Talks Open Enrollment, Student Transportation for Consolidated Campuses Police Gun Waiver... More »
As part of the effort that led to the dismissal of 66,000 marijuana cases, 250 Pasadena cases were also dismissed according to City Attorney Michele Beal Bagneris. On Thursday, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced they used technology to wipe out about 66,... More »
The House of Representatives Wednesday passed Adam Schiff’s (D-Pasadena) package of environmental protection bills that will add more than 191,000 acres of the Rim of the Valley Corridor to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and expand the bor... More »
Surrounded by California desert, JPL and other NASA officials broke ground Tuesday on a new antenna for communicating with the agency’s farthest-flung robotic spacecraft. Part of the Deep Space Network (DSN), the 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) antenna dish bein... More »
[Updated] At a standing room only City Council meeting on Monday, members of the Pasadena NAACP rallied to support embattled Fire Chief Bertral Washington. Chief Washington was reassigned to the City Manager’s office last Thursday to perform work on the city’s... More »
Days after City Manager Steve Mermell reassigned Fire Chief Bertral Washington to the City Manager’s office, the NAACP will speak out at Monday’s City Council meeting. But before that, Mermell will meet with the fire unions in negotiating sessions in closed se... More »
