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Kendrec McDade shooting: 911 caller gets 90 days in jail for false claim

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:59:00 PDT

The caller lied about being robbed at gunpoint the night Pasadena police shot and killed unarmed teenage robbery suspect Kendrec McDade.

Coroner identifies bicyclist who died after collision with car

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:08:00 PDT

A man who died after he was struck by a car while riding a bicycle Saturday in Pasadena has been identified.

Man dies after jumping from parking structure in Old Pasadena

By Joe Piasecki, joe.piasecki@latimes.com — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:24:00 PDT

A 22-year-old man died after leaping from a parking structure in Old Pasadena at about 4 a.m. Saturday, according to police.

Pasadena gets first look at life after Macy's

By Daniel Siegal, daniel.siegal@latimes.com — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:11:00 PDT

A hotel and a commercial building are slated to replace old building.

PASADENA — Three months after the monolithic Macy's department store in Paseo Colorado closed its doors, the City Council got a first look at its possible replacement — a new, six-story hotel and commercial building with an elevated food court.

Pasadena literary cachet inspires a book of its own

By Steve Appleford, steve.appleford@latimes.com — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:45:00 PDT

The literary bona fides of Pasadena have never been much in doubt. It's a small, sophisticated town with a hunger for words and the people who write them.

'Ride of the Valkyries' rouses Caltech students for finals

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:54:00 PDT

Instead of serving as the soundtrack for a helicopter mission a la "Apocalypse Now," the opera was meant to inspire the underclassmen to do the rough equivalent: take finals.

Bicyclist dies after collision with car near Caltech

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:51:00 PDT

A man who was struck by a car while riding a bicycle on Saturday near the Caltech campus in Pasadena has died, according to police.

Pasadena Unified approves long-awaited Sierrra Madre campus rebuild

Article-style post: By Joe Piasecki, joe.piasecki@latimes.com — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:49:00 PDT

Plans to rebuild Sierra Madre Middle School got a long-awaited thumbs up from school board members, prompting cheers from some 200 supporters.

SouthPas man suspected in stabbing incident at UC Irvine

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:11:00 PDT

Police continue to search for a South Pasadena man suspected of stabbing a student at UC Irvine Friday morning. The victim sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Fact-finding panel sides with PCC administration in faculty labor dispute

By Joe Piasecki, joe.piasecki@latimes.com — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:26:00 PDT

Pasadena City College leaders appear to have gained the upper hand in an 18-month battle with the faculty union that spawned raucous demonstrations on campus and an impasse in labor negotiations.