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Considering the size of the new cell phone antenna at Oak Knoll Avenue and Alpine Street, residents might be forgiven for not noticing it.

An environmental group that was behind a failed statewide effort to have public utilities get most of their power from renewable sources is chiding Pasadena for what it says is the city's over-reliance on carbon-producing coal.

Michael Jackson's collaborators on "Thriller" say they are due more than $2.3 million from the singer's estate.

YouTube's webcast of a U2 concert was watched by nearly 10 million people, the video site's largest streaming event ever.

Plans to demolish the historic 1845 Michael White Adobe on the San Marino High School campus are off the table for now.

Despite an ongoing recession marked by record job losses, Los Angeles County's homeless population has dropped 38 percent since 2007, new figures show.

A house fire Wednesday in the San Gabriel Mountain foothills that could be seen for miles prompted frantic phone calls to authorities from people who believed another forest wild-fire had erupted.

In this April 20, 2002 file picture, Michael Jackson performs "Dangerous" during the taping of the American Bandstand's 50th anniversary show in Pasadena, Calif.

Bono of U2 performs rocks the crowd during their '360 Degrees Tour' at the Rose Bowl on October 25, 2009 in Pasadena, California Redferns Bono takes the stage with U2 on the second night of the band's 360 Degrees World Tour in their hometown at Croke Park, Ireland, on July 25, 2009 October 27, 2009 10:58 PM EDT BERLIN, Germany -- Achtung, baby: U2 ...

NASA's "greenest" building to date -- an environmentally friendly Flight Projects Center at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

A lawsuit filed by South Pasadena and La Canada Flintridge to stop Measure R funding for the 710 tunnel extension has been settled in favor of the Metropolitan Transportation Agency.

OCTOBER 25: Singer Bono of U2 performs onstage during their "360 Degrees Tour" at the Rose Bowl on October 25, 2009 in Pasadena, California.

U2 fans may have finally found what they were looking for Sunday - a colossal musical show like nothing they, the city or the Rose Bowl had ever seen before.

It's kind of crazy to think that the band U2 has been popular for about 30 years now.

The people who come to pick up food at the Friends In Deed pantry are no longer just the homeless or the "chronic poor," the Rev.

Share + Oct 24, 2009 10:53 am US/Eastern PASADENA, Calif. 1 of 1 Rose Bowl officials are preparing to host the biggest concert in the stadium's history featuring the band U2 this weekend.

The Rodney Dangerfield of transportation projects is finally getting a little respect.

A newborn boy was safely surrendered at a Pasadena fire station, officials announced today.

With the theme of "Origins" - tying in with Charles Darwin's upcoming 200th birthday and the 150-year anniversary of "Origin of Species" - Pasadena's fifth biennial festival of arts and ideas kicks off its two-week run today.

Firefighters battled a blaze that broke out at around 11:40 a.m. today at a home in the 1200 block of Wynn Road in Pasadena.

FILE - In this April 20, 2002 file picture, Michael Jackson performs "Dangerous" during the taping of the American Bandstand's 50th anniversary show in Pasadena, Calif.

The two police officers who shot and killed 38-year-old Pasadena resident Leroy Barnes in February will not face any criminal charges from the county, officials said Wednesday.

A woman handed over her newborn baby boy to firefighters Wednesday under California's "Safely Surrendered Baby Law." The infant, who appeared to be only minutes old when surrendered, was hospitalized in serious condition but was expected to survive, Pasadena Fire Department spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said.

A chemist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has developed a technology intended to rapidly assess any presence of microbial life on spacecraft.

Peering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas planet, advancing astronomers toward the goal of being able to characterize planets where life could exist.

A transient pleaded not guilty Monday in Pasadena Superior Court to starting a small forest fire six days before the deadly Station fire erupted.

You2 on YouTube LIVE this Sunday at 11:30pm . But if you can't stay up that late, it will be made available the next day on YouTube... This Sunday, October 25 at about 11:30pm Eastern time, you can WATCH U2 PLAYING LIVE at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, in what's being billed as the first full-length global concert on YouTube.

Trying saying that ten times fast. Google -owned video site YouTube announced plans this week to livestream a concert by rock legends, U2 .

U2 fans can tune into the band's concert on Sunday in Pasadena, Calif., free through YouTube at about 11:30 ET.

The Station Fire was fully contained Friday after it burned in the San Gabriel Mountains for 52 days.

PASADENA, CA, October 18, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On October 15, Hillsides, a foster care children's charity serving Los Angeles County, including the special education school in Pasadena, participated in the Great Southern California ShakeOut Drill, the largest earthquake preparedness activity in U.S. history.

Jessica Padilla said she knew very little about breast cancer before she was diagnosed with a large tumor in March.

I met furniture designer Tim Celeski six years ago at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show in Seattle.

The board of directors for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Pasadena named Marguerite Duncan-Abrams the new executive director of the 72-year-old nonprofit organization.

NASA's LCROSS lunar probe smashed into a crater on the south side of the moon. But there have been other crashes in and from space too.

FILE - In this March 16, 2009, file photo, Aaron Wilson, right, of Pasadena, Calif., a recently... FILE - In this March 16, 2009, file photo, Aaron Wilson, right, of Pasadena, Calif., a recently hired worker with the California Conservation Corps, clears hiking trails with other CCC workers in the San Bernardino National Forest in Hemet, Calif.

Residents across the Southland are urged to duck for cover Thursday morning when the region holds its second annual Great Southern California ShakeOut earthquake drill.

In this March 16, 2009, file photo, Aaron Wilson, right, of Pasadena, Calif., a recently hired worker with the California Conservation Corps, clears hiking trails with other CCC workers in the San Bernardino National Forest in Hemet, Calif.

From : "AGBU Press Office 2" Date : Fri, 9 Oct 2009 22:02:06 PDT AGBU Press Office 55 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022-1112 Phone: 212.319.6383, x118 Fax: 212.319.6507 Email: press@agbu.org Website: www.agbu.org PRESS RELEASE Thursday, October 8, 2009 Artist Emil Kazaz is Slated to be Honored in Pasadena by AGBU Pasadena, CA - Taking place in ...

Corina Knoll has a compelling piece in the L.A. Times concerning the naming/renaming flap over Pasadena's Robinson Park.

Take a field trip to Whole Foods with chef Loren Lawe from the Langham Huntington and learn new ways to make the most of your whole paycheck.

City officials have taken the first step toward building a pedestrian bridge to connect the Gold Line's Sierra Madre Villa Station to the south side of the Foothill Freeway.

A dispute has broken out between a church congregation working to open a new worship center and day care facility at El Molino Avenue and Washington Boulevard and neighbors who worry it will eat up scarce parking spaces and cause other disruptions.

Dozens of people marched in Old Pasadena on Saturday, protesting the threat of cuts to government-provided child care services.

Pasadena's trash cans are about to get fancy. Late Monday night, the City Council approved a work order to place 40 additional self-compacting solar energy trash cans throughout the city, in addition to the 12 the city already operates.

Murder charges have been dropped against the driver of big rig truck who caused a multi-vehicle wreck on Angeles Crest Highway that killed a 12-year-old Palmdale girl and her father.

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From 1928 to at least 1935, when the record becomes murky, a series of 18 colorful linoleum-cut prints lined the walls of the Pasadena Central Library's "Peter Pan" children's room.

So I know there are certain things which require common sense, good instincts, good upbringing, trial and error, and maybe a little bit of repetition.

Using updated information, NASA scientists have recalculated the path of a large asteroid.

A college-age woman fought off a sexual assault and escaped her attacker's vehicle with the help of a passer-by, police said Thursday.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke to a sold out crowd at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Monday, lecturing about the current political climate while detailing the advantages and pitfalls of living in an increasingly interdependent world.

This artist's conception simulates an infrared view of the giant ring surrounding Saturn.

PASADENA, Calif. a " The U.S. Geological Survey says winter rains could release huge flows of mud and debris in the vast area of the Angeles National Forest burned by a wildfire, affecting San Gabriel Mountain foothill communities.A report released Tuesday indicated high probabilities of large debris flow in both scenarios it examined: a three-hour ...

Tree selections for three streets in East Pasadena will be reviewed during a community meeting at 5:30 p.m. today.

There's a value in community involvement - a value that extends well beyond dollars, quotas and a bottom line.

Actor David Boreanaz attends the 2009 FOX All-Star Party held at the Langham Hotel on August 6, 2009 in Pasadena, California.

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Dinner and a movie, the classic combo. But dinner at the movie - served in a reclining chair accompanied by such "restaurant-style extras" as wine, beer, cocktails and a personal server - is a twist that Gold Class Cinemas hope will become the next big thing in Old Pasadena.

This image, via CICLE/Flickr, is from this year's Bike Week Pasadena. Last night, the city of Pasadena hosted a public input meeting for its new bike plan.

Residents of Pasadena, Calif., were startled late Wednesday Sept. 30) by a series of small explosions after a fire broke out at an RV shop A in the city.

A Texas man was arrested this week on federal charges stemming from an arson at a construction site that may have ties to eco-terrorism, according to a criminal complaint.

A man suspected of being a serial bank robber known as the "Baby Boomer Bandit" is behind bars, authorities said Thursday.

An innovative technique called L.I.F.E. imaging used successfully to detect bacteria in frozen Antarctic lakes could have exciting implications for demonstrating signs of life in the polar regions of Mars, according to an article published in the current issue of Astrobiology .

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The FBI has arrested an environmental activist in connection with the attempted arson of unfinished town homes in Pasadena in 2006, authorities said Thursday.