 Warren, Itsy and Bobby Ota There is a store on North Lincoln Avenue which gives Disneyland some real competition when it comes to being “the happiest place on Earth.” At Johnny’s Sport Shop, three generations of a single family have served several generations of fishermen and women learn the art and craft of fishing and – apart from stories about the “big one that got away” – pursue the h... More »
[Updated August 21, 2009Â |Â 7:43 a.m.] Noir Food and Wine is bright a shiny place, the latest jewel Mike Farwell has set in Pasadena. After creating Wine Bar 112 at Restaurant Halie and then Old Pasadena’s Vertical Wine Bistro, Farwell has teamed with Chef Claud Beltran to fashion Noir in an intimately petite setting on Mentor Avenue. His goal, it seems, is to recreate the feeling that swept ov... More »
Pasadena police today announced the arrest of a mother and her boyfriend in connection with the death yesterday of their two-year-old child. Police say that Maria Peleaz, 29, and Gabriel Diaz, 32, both of Pasadena, were arrested last night. Bail has been set at $1 million for each. Detectives say they are investigating the case as a homicide. The child, Rene Torres, was declared dead in a residenc... More »
 Katherine Mueller, Nicole Mueller, Emma Mueller These difficult days, you deserve a treat – and there’s no better place we can think of than Monrovia Bakery, where their pies, breads, danish, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, eclairs, and creampuffs are so authentically old-fashioned that Hollywood treks there to shoot period movies and television shows. Here is a place where time and goodness h... More »
A project that was once at risk of ending up in the trash bin forever is now slowly becoming a reality as works for the second phase of Southern California Public Radio’s $27-million Broadcast Center and Community Forum officially started on Tuesday. If not for the quick thinking of the acting station manager of 89.3 KPCC-FM some 10 years ago, the multi-million broadcast center and community for... More »
The Annual Grants Program honors programs of excellence that expand exposure and access to the arts. Funds support the work of individual artists, bring the creative process into classrooms, support the sustained growth of Pasadena ’s cultural institutions and encourage festivals that reach out to the community. The Arts & Culture Commission funded the highest scoring applicants in each of six... More »
Geoffrey L. Baum has officially launched his campaign for re-election to the governing board of the Pasadena Area Community College District, according to a press release issued Saturday, August 8. First elected in 2001, Baum represents Trustee Area 1, which includes La Cañada Flintridge, the west Pasadena neighborhoods of San Rafael and Linda Vista and the western portions of Altadena. The elect... More »
Pasadena Police Officer Rodney Saunders of the Community Services Section participates in a National Night Out get together with the residents of Garfield Heights Neighborhood Association. Pasadena residents gathered at over twenty different block parties and gatherings around the city to discuss safety and security issues with the Pasadena Police Department and meeting neighbors during the “ste... More »
The author alone is responsible for opinions and information presented in this essay. Pasadena Now does not take editorial positions; rather, we serve the community by offering this forum for opinion and debate, open to all. We encourage your comments! An item on an upcoming Sierra Madre City Council meeting agenda has caught my attention, and I suspect possibly the attention of many of the reader... More »
At approximately 11:10 a.m. the Pasadena Police Department received a call reporting that a three-year old girl was missing from an apartment in the 1100 block of Sunset Street. It was reported that the little girl went missing sometime between the hours of 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 4 after a relative with whom she was staying fell asleep. Almost immediately, the Pasadena Police depar... More »
