Three suspects are in custody today for alleged vehicle theft after they were arrested earlier this morning after officers discovered they were driving a reported stolen Honda Accord along Colorado Blvd., officials said. According to Lt. Russ of the Pasadena Police Dept., officers arrested Los Angeles residents Yobaney Pineda, 21, Valerie Torres, 23, and Denis Vargas, 29,after they were observed d... More »
Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent Edwin Diaz suffered a mild stroke last Thursday night while at home and was transported to Huntington Hospital, PUSD spokesperson Binti Harvey said in an email Monday night. “After extensive testing, he was found to be completely clear of any physical or cognitive debilitation. He will return to work on Thursday before leaving for a much-anticipate... More »
JPL scientists found evidence this morning that another object has bombarded Jupiter, exactly 15 years after the first impacts by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Following up on a tip by an amateur astronomer that a new dark “scar” had suddenly appeared on Jupiter, this morning between 3 and 9 a.m. PDT (6 a.m. and noon EDT) scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., using NASA... More »
A superior court judge lowered the bail earlier this morning for a trucker who was involved in a multi-car wreck on Angeles Crest Highway, killing a Palmdale girl and her father, according to sources. Marcos Barbosa Costa’s bail was reduced from about $2.1 million to $600,000 by Judge Lisa B. Lench in a Pasadena courtroom. The earlier bail amount was set when Costa was indicted by a grand jury i... More »
In an attempt to reduce water usage and greenhouse gas emissions, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory forged a one-of-a-kind, three-year partnership on Monday with the city of Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power, the nation’s largest municipal utility. A project created in conjunction with JPL’s managing institution, Caltech, the new partnership is expected to stimulate green job ... More »
A Pasadena-based bank launched a public offering of 11 million common shares on Monday in an attempt to raise capital to help it survive the current economic situation, sources said. The public offering by East West Bancorp, Inc., was solely underwritten by Barclays Capital, Inc., according to CNBC. As part of the offering, the companies announced Barclays can by an addition 1.7 million shares. Ac... More »
A 29-year-old woman was apparently sexually assaulted over the weekend, and a Pasadena man succumbed to his stab wounds over this past weekend, officials said. Both incidents occurred in addition to the attempted homicide on Saturday. At about 5 a.m. on Saturday morning, officers responded to a sexual assault/rape call on the 200 block of S. Meredith, according to Lt. Russ of the Pasadena Police D... More »
Friday, the House passed the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act which included an amendment authored by Rep. Adam Schiff that will expand production of domestic fuel-efficient vehicles. The amendment, approved by the House Appropriations Committee last week, expands the type of cars that would be eligible for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Technology ... More »
In just under five years’ time, Pasadena Now.com founders James Macpherson and Candice Merrill have managed to build an online community newspaper the “old fashioned way” – daily deadlines, plenty of shoe leather, and a grueling schedule of personally attending dozens of community events every month. Pasadena Now.com has come to fill a communication vacuum for many local public service entitie... More »
The board of Pasadena-based Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will decide on Monday and Tuesday where in the world to build a unique, $1.2 billion instrument many believe will produce images 12 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. The project is considered by many in the scientific community to be the highest-priority large project for ground-based astronomy. To meet the project’s deadlines... More »
