A South African national was arrested after she allegedly rammed her car into a park employee at Eaton Canyon Nature Center yesterday afternoon. more ›

Pasadena's California Institute of Technology (Caltech) announced today that a team of astronomers led by Caltech scientists have discovered three of the smallest confirmed planets ever detected outside our solar system, increasing the likelihood of the existence of habitable planets. more ›

Pasadena, California has long claimed the rights of creation to the almighty American cheeseburger (yes, someone "invented" draping a beef patty with cheese), and now they are rallying cheeseburger eaters to come, dine, digest, and vote for the city's best during Pasadena Cheeseburger Week. more ›

For those who missed Monday's 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, there's still a chance to view all 44 petal-covered floats today. Visitors can pay $10 to view and photograph the floats showcased along Sierra Madre Boulevard between Washington Boulevard and Sierra Madre Villa Avenue from 9am to 5pm. more ›

A group of Occupy protesters will be taking part in the Occupy the Rose Parade (OTRP) event come Monday morning, however they do not have the support or participation of the local Pasadena "Occupy" folks. more ›

This year, the Tournament of Roses' 123rd Rose Parade is taking place on Monday, January 2, 2012. Yep, the 2nd, not the 1st. So why is that? more ›

Pasadena's 2012 Tournament of Roses will feature its first-ever Rose Parade float dedicated to HIV/AIDS awareness. The L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) announced today that it will dedicate its float to actress Elizabeth Taylor for her "nearly three-decade-long advocacy and compassion on behalf of people with HIV/AIDS." more ›

Well, that was fast. TEAPAC, the Pasadena offshoot of the Tea Party movement, has dropped its plans to stage a counter-protest against Occupy Wall Street protestors, who plan to hold up signs during the Rose Parade and march through the parade route after the TV cameras are off. more ›

The Pasadena Tea Party Patriots, also known as TEAPAC, requested to march their conservative political agenda into the Rose Parade today. Occupy the Rose Parade has approved plans to demonstrate at the January 2 event, and TEAPAC has asked the Tournament of Roses for the same consideration. more ›

Now that the lights are finally back on, local agencies are tallying up the damage wrought by last week's epic windstorm. Officials estimated that the storm caused $40 million in damage — half of that is in Pasadena, the epicenter of the storm — but they expect that number to rise. more ›

The mission to Occupy the Rose Parade is probably going to be pretty tame and you might have to squint a little to notice anything is going on if you're watching on your TV at home. more ›

A Pasadena man who has dabbled in local politics was arrested Tuesday afternoon for making death threats to people handling a city hotline after he spent six days without power following last week's windstorm. more ›

ChromoLogic - with the aid of $8 million in federal funding - will test 32 Rhesus monkeys during development. The animal testing did not sit well with Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN), an animal rights group that will protest the ChromoLogic Pasadena office today at 2pm. more ›

Pasadena Area Rapid Transit System (ARTS) buses aren't running this morning after the area was hit hard with damage from winds last night. Streets in Pasadena are littered with fallen trees and downed power lines, and some areas are facing damage from structure fires. more ›

Thanksgiving Eve is the biggest drinking night of the year, and police are ready for drinkers who fail to abstain from driving. A few DUI/Driver's License Checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols have been announced. Scroll down for the details, if you aren't already too drunk to read. more ›

Bar 1886's Vintage Caprice is a cocktail worth the drive to Pasadena, and worth the four months' wait as its key ingredient ages in the barrel. The result is nothing short of sublime. more ›

Occupy Wall Street has set its sights on a new street: Colorado Boulevard. The Rose Parade that goes down Colorado has the rapt attention of millions of TV viewers and loads of corporate sponsors. What better place for the Occupy Wall Street movement to stage a protest and catch Middle America's attention? more ›

This is some guerrilla art we like, and now it's here to stay: The 18-foot fork placed at the fork in the road where St. John and Pasadena avenues meet up in Pasadena has been given the okay to go in the ground for good. more ›

A Noise Within succeeding in its goal of building its own theatre in Pasadena is such an impressive achievement. Unfortunately, their first show in the new space, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, is a bit disappointing. It's not bad, and a couple of the performances are deft, but it rarely shows us what A Noise Within is truly capable of when the company is on its game. more ›

Rose Queen Drew Helen Washington received her crown today during the official coronation ceremony at the Pasadena Convention Center. Reigning as the 94th Rose Queen, Washington was crowned by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses. more ›

A local boot camp instructor on trial for kidnapping, child abuse, extortion and more used disturbing methods for disciplining troubled children in his program. Videos show kids at the boot camp led by Kelvin McFarland aka "Sgt. Mac" being forced to drink until they puke — and then being forced to drink some more. Another video shows a child in tears being screamed at to carry a tire — the child also nearly pukes. more ›

Director Hoku Uchiyama, who trained at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, joined creative forces with songwriting and performing duo Evelyn Evelyn to mastermind an entertaining and imaginative music video for the duo's song "Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn." more ›

She's the 94th young lady to wear the crown and bear the title of Rose Queen: Drew Helen Washington, 16, was named today to the highest position in the royal court, and she will preside over the pomp and circumstance (and controversial floats) of the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade and the 98th Rose Bowl Game. more ›

An elderly axe-murderer in the San Gabriel Valley was sentenced to 26 years in prison (given his elderly status that basically amounts to a life sentence). James Che Ming Lu, 87, was convicted in July of murdering his wife of nine years Michelle Lu, 55. more ›

Yesterday Rose Gudiel and her 63-year-old mother Rosa were arrested at Fannie Mae's regional headquarters in Pasadena, while they were protesting their eviction from their home in Bassett. The protest worked: today Fannie Mae agreed to cancel the eviction and come to the bargaining table with the Gudiels — something that Rose said she's been trying to get them to do for the last two years. more ›

Authorities in Pasadena are treating the discovery of a deceased male found behind a business on the 900 block of E. Washington Boulevard as a homicide. "The victim, identified only as a man in his 30s, was found in a pool of blood at the scene behind a taco shop about 1:15 a.m." notes the Star-News. more ›

A 24-year-old Oregon woman and her boyfriend were riding bicycles shortly after 1am on Sunday in the 200 block of Los Robles Avenue in Pasadena when the woman fell off of her bicycle. While lying on the street, she was struck by a vehicle. The driver failed to stop. more ›

This is starting to become a regular thing: A fight Friday night on a Metro train has resulted in a stabbing and an arrest, says the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The incident took place at around 6:30 p.m. aboard a Metro Gold Line train headed northbound to the Memorial Park Station in Pasadena. more ›

On the heels of the recent anti-Semitic, homophobic and racist graffiti discovered at the Kings Village complex in Pasadena, additional racist graffiti now targeting Latinos was found in Northwest Pasadena, reports Pasadena Star-News. more ›