A former Pasadena city council member died after being hit by a truck while shopping at Macroplaza Mall. Patricia Riley was shopping on Pasadena Boulevard Monday morning when a driver in a white Chevrolet truck hit her while she was in the crosswalk. Police are still investigating the situation, and no charges have been filed [...]
An owner of a Pasadena bar is asking for help in finding the driver of a car that crashed into her bar and then left. Jerri Delapp, owner of Sam's Place, says that around 7:40 a.m. last Monday the driver of a white car drove straight into the front of her bar while an employee [...]
A multi-alarm fire in a Channelview grain silo was caused by a mechanical failure. Firefighters rushed to the grain silo in the 16100 block of Peninsula Boulevard and found the top of the grain silo on fire on June 9. Several other departments' firefighters were also on the scene to help. Four firefighters went to [...]
A postal worker has been charged with indecent exposure after pleasuring himself in front of a Pasadena woman in her home. Bryon Milton, a 30-year-old mail carrier, entered Triche Thomas' home and asked to use her restroom. Milton allegedly stayed in her restroom for a long time and eventually exposed himself to her. Thomas says [...]
Dow Chemical ended its lockout with more than 200 chemical workers at its Deer Park plant last week. Workers were locked out of the plant on April 22 amid contract negotiations. The two sides have yet to reach a compromise, and Dow Chemical has declared an impasse. The union disagrees with the company's assertion that [...]
A Deer Park man has been charged with the murder of his son in an unprovoked attack. Police say that Sherman Shirley Fricks, 69, attacked his son Sunday around 11 a.m. The incident took place at a residence in the 1300 block of Meadowlark Street. Police say that Fricks stabbed and shot his son, Sherman [...]
Pasadena police are looking for three men who stole more than $10,000 worth of equipment and tools from three Pasadena residences. Cameras show the thieves pulling into the Pasadena neighborhood around 4:30 a.m. Saturday. They broke into two work trucks in the neighborhood. A third neighbor's truck was targeted in the theft as well. The [...]
Pasadena police say that they're interviewing a person of interest related to a string of women who were attacked after leaving gyms. Thanks to a Crime Stoppers tip, police say they were led to the suspected vehicle. At the time of the tip the vehicle was parked at the 5800 block of Alvarado Drive. Several [...]
A Pasadena police officer is recovering in the hospital as a result of being accidentally struck by another police officer. The incident happened Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of a fire station. The officers were on the way to help a La Porte police officer who got into an altercation with a man in [...]
Chevron closed a $350 million deal to buy the Pasadena refinery owned by Petrobas last week. Petrobas is the Brazilian state oil company. The 466-acre Pasadena complex is Chevron's first facility in Texas, second facility on the Gulf Coast. The refinery can process more than 100,000 barrels a day of light crude oil. The Pasadena [...]