Sport Chalet explosion victim files lawsuit

Sport Chalet explosion victim files lawsuit

One of two employees injured in an explosion at the La Cañada Flintridge Sport Chalet on March 1 is suing the company.

Caltech students partake in a water balloon and gun fight on "Ditch Day."

Solving Caltech's Ditch Day puzzle

Courtney Chen rappelled down the side of a building on the Caltech campus Friday morning, trading her helmet for a black mask when she was safe on the ground.

Headache-inducing odor prompts evacuation at Pasadena fertility clinic

A mysterious, headache-inducing odor prompted the evacuation of a fertility clinic in Pasadena on Friday, Fire Department spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said.

Director of academics-focused nonprofit in Pasadena announces departure

The executive director of a nonprofit that operates a number of tutoring programs and a summer school in Pasadena is stepping down after eight years.

Dentist Melanie Washington talks with a patient at the Pasadena Public Health Department's Michael D. Antonovich Dental Clinic.

Dental clinic for HIV-positive, low income patients opens in Pasadena

Accessing much-needed dental care is no longer like pulling teeth for HIV-positive patients in San Gabriel Valley.

Surrounded by JPL officials, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, talks about the Asteroid Initiative during press conference at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena on Thursday, May 23, 2013. NASA plans to capture an asteroid as it comes close to earth and set it in moon orbit for future exploration. The ion thruster will power a spacecraft that will capture the asteroid.

NASA's JPL to 'lasso' an asteroid

A proposed mission to capture an asteroid and bring it into orbit in the Earth-moon system is a stepping stone to sending humans to Mars, NASA administrator Charles Bolden said Thursday at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Pasadena police to conduct DUI checkpoint overnight Friday

As Memorial Day weekend approaches, Pasadena police have plans to crackdown on early revelers who drink and drive.

Probe into actions of Pasadena police officers should be dropped, union says

The union representing two Pasadena police officers accused of failing to turn over evidence in a murder trial contends they should be cleared of wrongdoing because prosecutors have admitted to misplacing evidence in the case. 

Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists are currently testing a model of an instrument that will drill itself five meters into the Martian surface. The "mole" is one of the instruments that the Insight lander will carry, which is scheduled to launch in 2016.

JPL begins work on two new missions to Mars

Less than a year after the rover Curiosity's successful landing on Mars, scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are at work on two new missions to the Red Planet.

South Pasadena High's Nathan Lee, left, and Robert Adamson celebrate after defeating La Jolla in five games.

South Pasadena High boys' volleyball takes fifth versus La Jolla

SOUTH PASADENA — Exactly 68 possessions after the South Pasadena High boys’ volleyball team first reached match-point, the Tigers finally closed out.