Gold Line train violence prompts concern -- South Pasadena mayor witnesses it...
A spate of violence and vandalism on the Metro Gold Line train and at the city's Mission Meridian Station has South Pasadena council members saying security problems are exacerbated by a lack of police...
View ArticleRoutine traffic stop leads to arrest of alleged car thief in South Pasadena
SOUTH PASADENA >> A routine traffic stop early Saturday led to the arrest of a man driving a stolen car through South Pasadena, along with drugs, burglary tools and an outstanding warrant for...
View ArticlePasadena woman finds alleged burglar asleep on her floor -- after he made a...
PASADENA >> A Pasadena woman awoke to find a burglar asleep on the floor of her home after breaking in, rummaging through the house and making himself a sandwich early Saturday, police said.The...
View Article10 die in immigrant-smuggling attempt in sweltering truck
SAN ANTONIO - At least 10 people died after being crammed into the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in the midsummer Texas heat, authorities said Sunday in what they...
View ArticleDeath toll reaches 10 in immigrant-smuggling case in Texas
SAN ANTONIO - The death toll climbed to 10 in the case of a broiling tractor-trailer found packed with immigrants, federal authorities said Monday as a suspect in the smuggling case awaited a court...
View ArticleDMV discovers dozens at Rose Bowl for Gold Cup using disabled placards who...
Investigators with the California Department of Motor Vehicles cited 31 people for illegally parking in handicap spaces at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena Sunday.The citations were issued as part of an...
View ArticleEx-LA County Sheriff Lee Baca avoids surrender to prison, for now
A motion was filed on behalf of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on Monday, asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to allow bail pending a request for another trial. The filing automatically...
View ArticleBarricaded suspect in Azusa releases children, surrenders to police
AZUSA >> An Azusa man allegedly beat his ex-girlfriend, then barricaded himself with his two children in an apartment when police arrived early Monday.The man remained in the apartment for about...
View ArticleDowney woman finds boyfriend dead; police arrest man in Whittier
A Downey woman returned home Monday afternoon to find her boyfriend had been killed and his body left in their backyard, according to police.Investigators believe a man who is dating the woman's sister...
View ArticleBicyclist snatches Pasadena senior's backpack, flees with beer
PASADENA >> A bicyclist robbed a 64-year-old resident of two cans of beer Monday night.Pasadena police Lt. Pete Hettema said after a Pasadena man left a local convenience store, he was walking in...
View ArticleBrush fire burns near Sierra Madre
SIERRA MADRE >> A brush fire broke out in a hillside above Sierra Madre and burned 3 acres Tuesday afternoon.Nathan Judy, fire information officer with the Angeles National Forest, said no one...
View ArticleMan shot to death on Marengo Avenue in Pasadena
PASADENA >> A man was shot and killed late Monday night.The coroner's office has not yet identified the man, whom police described as a Latino in his 30s.Police received a call at 11:36 p.m....
View ArticleMonterey Park man accused of hiding three cobras in ... potato chips?
A Monterey Park man was arrested Tuesday on federal smuggling charges stemming from the seizure of a package that contained three king cobras hidden in potato chip canisters.Rodrigo Franco, 34, was...
View ArticleMontebello man denies killing girlfriend in Baldwin Park motel
BALDWIN PARK >> A Montebello man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to killing his girlfriend at a Baldwin Park motel, a court official said.Nicolas Manos was arraigned at Pomona Superior Court for the...
View ArticleAlhambra residents suspected in Chino Hills pot grow with 391 marijuana plants
Two suspects in a Chino Hills marijuana grow house investigation led San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies on a 5-mile chase before the vehicle yielded to deputies on Tuesday, according to a news...
View ArticlePasadena explains why officers did not make arrests after overdosed woman...
Concerned about accusations of a cover-up, the Pasadena Police Department released witness interviews, investigative records and a detailed timeline of an officer's investigation in to an overdose last...
View ArticleSocial worker, police visited troubled family months before South Pasadena...
A social worker and local police contacted a troubled San Gabriel Valley couple months before their 5-year-old son's disappearance alarmed Southlanders far and wide, according to court documents...
View ArticleMan wounded in Monterey Park stabbing
MONTEREY PARK >> Police are seeking two attackers in connection with the early-morning stabbing of a man outside a Monterey Park motel on Wednesday, officials said.The incident was first reported...
View ArticleMassive sex trafficking ring included 15-year-old sold in 'plain sight'
Thirteen girls and young women, including a 15-year-old, were rescued recently as part of one of the largest sex trafficking rings on the West Coast, Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials announced...
View ArticleMan takes off in stolen SUV in Pasadena after forcing driver out at knifepoint
PASADENA >> A man jumped into a parked car on East Colorado Boulevard last night, brandished a knife at the driver and drove off in the vehicle after she exited, police said.Pasadena police Lt....
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