Pasadena’s North Lake Village – Looking Up

Pasadena’s North Lake Village Business Association faces a number of challenges including a down economy, as it works to improve the North Lake business area, but volunteers in the organization are not giving up.  Read Daniel Carr-Crawford’s story on an often-overlooked area of town that features hidden gems including a dance studio, award-winning ethnic restaurants and several businesses with international clientele.

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Kendrec McDade Rally at Pasadena City Hall

Watch the raw footage, courtesy of the Pasadenan.com, of the rally where Kendrec McDade’s family members and family attorney spoke out about the death of the 19 year old.

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Altadena Barricade Suspect Found Dead

Sheriff’s Deputies say a man who shot and wounded his mother was found dead at about 8:15 Sunday evening.

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Is the PPD Leading or Following in Officer Involved Shooting? Hear the Police Response

Some in the community say the Pasadena Police Department is not leading on getting information out to the public regarding the officer involved shooting that killed 20 year old Kendrec McDade of Azusa.  Hear what the police department had to say about that.  Authorities have also released the names of the officers involved in the shooting.

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CCN Exclusive: Robbery Victim Spoke Only with Crown City News

Listen to what alleged robbery victim Oscar Carillo said to CCN the day after his 911 call police say led to an Officer Involved Shooting.  Police have since released the identity of the 26 year old man and say they have arrested him for lying about the robbery suspects having guns.  Authorities have charged Carillo with involuntary manslaughter.

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Firefighters Warn Residents about Rainstorms

City of Pasadena Public Information Officer urges residents to get sand in case of flooding. The two locations that residents can get sand are at Station 37 at 3430 E. Foothill Blvd. and Fire Station 38 at 1150 Linda Vista Ave. Catch all your storm coverage on channel 32 in Pasadena on Charter and streaming live at 6pm at Crowncitynews.com/live.

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New License Plate Readers Get First Arrest

A new grant-funded, crime-deterring license plate reading system the Pasadena Police Department began using recently just caught its first stolen car. The new system lets police officers scan thousands of license plates to search for wanted vehicles and individuals all in the course of one shift.

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Pasadena’s State of The City

Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard delivers the State of The City address to local residents at A Noise Within theatre, although he says the city’s budget deficit still exists in the coming fiscal year. Bogaard also discussed more on the state of the city’s finances, the general plan as well as new plans for an economic development strategy task force, the streamlining of city boards and commissions and city redistricting, among other topics.

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Portantino Not Running

Just six months after talking to CCN, State Assemblyman Anthony Portantino has announced he won’t be running in the 2012 elections in order to spend more time with his family. Click below to read the full story and learn about Portantino’s intentions to continue his career in public service.

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Fixing The Economy – A CCN Town Hall

In this special edition of CCN, we sit down with local residents and political activists to discuss the condition of the economy and what we can do to fix it. During this one hour show, we’ll talk about job creation, politics and more with people from both sides of the political aisle. You won’t want to miss this special edition of CCN!

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CCN Weather With Curtis Peek

Is a warm start to 2012 in store? Will we see rain in the forecast anytime soon or just clear skies and high temperatures? Catch CCN Meteorologist Curtis Peek weekly on CCN as he puts the pieces together on the conditions you can expect throughout the week.

The CCN Tech Byte With Grant Derderian

Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter! Whichever company makes news each week with an exciting new product, service or other idea, count on CCN’s Grant Derderian to bring you the latest information on what’s making news in the world of tech each week on The CCN Tech Byte!