1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (171+ words) The city of Pasadena has relaunched its search for a permanent city manager after its announced hire earlier this year informed the city he would not be taking the job. In April, a city news release announced that Riverside City…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (533+ words) Every September, it feels like we find ourselves facing a similar challenge. Animals continue arriving at the shelter at a steady pace, but adoptions begin to slow. Summer break is over. Schools are back in session, vacations have ended, and…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (288+ words) PASADENA — The Pasadena Tournament of Roses offered a first look on Thursday, Sept. 10, at four floats planned for the 2027 Rose Parade. The renderings provide an early preview of floats that will appear in the 138th Rose Parade on Jan. 1 under the…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1182+ words) And Betru is there in Dr. Steven Taback’s memories, too. “Call me Yen,” Betru, forever 35, had said when they met, already adept at smoothing the way for others. “That’s who he was,” said Taback, medical director of critical care at…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (229+ words) Pasadena Star News Los Angeles County is the focus of an extreme heat warning issued at 10 a.m. on Thursday by the National Weather Service. The warning is in effect until 8 p.m. “Temperatures of 88 to 108 degrees expected,” the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (167+ words) An unconscious dog was rescued from a smoke-filled Pasadena home where a fire broke out in a bedroom, authorities said Thursday. The fire was reported about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at 495 Michillinda Ave., according to Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department,…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (383+ words) Voters in Pasadena have approved several special taxes to benefit the community in recent years. In November 2022, Measure L was voted in, through which citizens renewed the city’s library special parcel tax for 15 years. It raises roughly $2.8 million annually to…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (427+ words) The review of Santa Anita Park’s tree removal permit application has been suspended by the city of Arcadia at the request of the racetrack as 2028 Olympic organizers reevaluate the previously proposed cross-country course design. That design had drawn pushback from…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (755+ words) Under hot starry summer nights, larger-than-life plant props move to live vocals as actors from the Altadena Music Theater perform “Little Shop of Horrors” for sold-out audiences. The nearby cemetery and headstones are a fitting outdoor setting for the horror-comedy…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (528+ words) Pasadena Star News 5 Freeway corridor near Santa Clarita, Southern Ventura County Mountains and Northern Ventura County Mountains are the focus of a weather alert for strong thunderstorms issued at 2:48 p.m. on Tuesday by the National Weather Service. The alert is in…...