North Fair Oaks News

The Heritage Square Request For Proposals Working Group, formed following several contentious official meetings marred by accusations of racism against the Pasadena City Council, will host a community meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday in the auditorium of the Jackie Robinson Center to discuss the controversial Heritage Square housing project.

A recent suggestion in this space for one way out of Pasadena's public-art squabble wasn't meant to be taken to radical extremes.

Leonard comes to St. Anthony's Dining Room to talk with his buddies, as well as to eat his main meal of the day.

The brave new world age of instant communication can be a real pain in the modem.

A Redwood City councilwoman accused of pushing the police department to cancel a planned DUI checkpoint in a highly Hispanic area did not violate the city's charter by trying to influence events, according to the city manager.

It's tough to be a law enforcement officer in Redwood City and its unincorporated environs these days and nights.

THE first reader comment on the the Star-News home page about changing the name of Pasadena's Robinson Park to Jackie Robinson Park was from longtime Northwest activist Gary Moody: "Don't do it.

What started as a routine DUI checkpoint by the Redwood City Police Department July 2 ended with a small crowd in the North Fair Oaks neighborhood yelling, "Gringo, go home," and "We won, you lost," according to police on scene after a series of communication between a nonprofit director, a councilwoman and the chief of police.

Altadena - Altadena neighborhood North Loma Alta remained evacuated Sunday, but many residents chose to stay and wait for the Station Fire to get closer to their homes.

Residents in the 200 and 300 blocks of Fifth Avenue in unincorporated North Fair Oaks have been asked to shelter in place this morning due to a gas main break, according to the San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services.

Residents in the 200 and 300 blocks of Fifth Avenue in unincorporated North Fair Oaks have been asked to shelter in place this morning due to a gas main break, according to the San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services.

Residents in the 200 and 300 blocks of Fifth Avenue in unincorporated North Fair Oaks have been asked to shelter in place this morning due to a gas main break, according to the San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services.

News Thu, Jul 30, 2009 5:05 pm Source: www.mercurynews.com Jhonrico Carrnshimba stood outside a metal door in unincorporated Redwood City on Wednesday holding the 13-page application he needs to fill out to get a license for his medical marijuana cooperative.

Isidro Sanchez, a 39-year-old Latino, was stabbed in the head and neck July 16 at North Fair Oaks Avenue and East Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

U.S. Marshals helped track down and arrest the prime suspect in a fatal stabbing, Pasadena police said.

Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of Mario Sanchez Pacheco outside an auto repair shop in the 700 block of North Fair Oaks last week.

Police have identified the victim of a fatal stabbing last week in a parking lot known as a venue for drug trafficking.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office has confirmed the following deaths as homicides.

A 17-year-old girl was in critical condition Sunday after being shot in the head at a party, authorities said.

A 61-year-old Madison man faces a felony sixth drunken driving charge after he allegedly drove his black Cadillac over an embankment and into a yard, injuring a passenger in the car who broke a tooth when he whacked his head on the dash, Madison police reported.