PASADENA, Calif.—Hundreds of gallons of fuel flowed into the Alhambra Wash Dec. 19 after a vehicle struck the gasoline pump in Pasadena, authorities said. The incident occurred Sunday around 3 p.m. at the 76 gas station located on Arroyo Seco Parkway and Glenarm Street. What appeared to be a black SUV smashed into the pump…

PASADENA, Calif.—Many of the 52 cats and kittens rescued by Pasadena Humane from a local owner hoarding them in unsanitary conditions will be looking for new homes this weekend, officials announced Dec. 16. Pasadena Humane has provided necessary medical care and given the felines holiday-themed names to encourage residents to adopt the so-called “Christmas Cats.”…

PASADENA, Calif.—Pasadena police were poring over surveillance footage on Nov. 21 from a neighborhood where a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed by a stray bullet as he played video games in his bedroom. The shooting occurred at 6:12 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of North Raymond Avenue, near Mountain Street, when a stray…

Nadia Chung was crowned as the 103rd Rose Queen at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Oct. 26 in Pasadena, California. Chung is a senior at La Cañada high school and is currently working as a journalist at the Los Angeles Times in the High School Insider division. In school, Chung has actively participated in various…

PASADENA, Calif.—The Tournament of Roses announced the seven members of the 2022 Royal Court on Oct. 4, who will ride on the Royal Float in the 133rd annual Rose Parade on Jan. 1, 2022. The Rose Parade is an annual tradition stretching back to 1890, and was canceled in 2021 due to the pandemic. The…

PASADENA, Calif.—A Kaiser Permanente study of nearly 200,000 Southern California children found that children gained excess weight during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those between the ages of 5 and 11, according to results released Sept. 27. “When we compared the weight gain among children from 2019 to 2020, we found that there was more weight…

PASADENA, Calif.—Pasadena is poised to become the first Southland city to require all of its municipal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 once one of the vaccines receives full approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Pasadena City Manager Steven Mermell told city council July 19 night the vaccination policy is being drafted by staff….

SOUTH PASADENA—The first indication this year of West Nile virus circulating in Los Angeles County was detected in a dead crow collected in South Pasadena, the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District (MVCD) announced June 7. West Nile virus is spread to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. Birds can become…

PASADENA, Calif. (CNS)—While lamenting the Rose Bowl game’s move out of Pasadena in favor of Arlington, Texas, due to a COVID-19-prompted ban on fan attendance, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Dec. 21 the state refused to put lives at risk by granting an exemption to the annual Pasadena tradition. “We love the Rose Bowl,” Newsom said….

PASADENA, Calif. (CNS)—The 2021 Rose Bowl game has been relocated from Pasadena to Texas, leaving Southern California without its signature New Year’s sporting event for the first time since 1942. Officials announced Dec. 19 that the game—a College Football Playoff (CFP) semifinal—will played at AT&T Stadium in Dallas on Jan. 1, 2021. The decision was…