Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - City officials have issued a curfew effective at 8 p.m. as rioting and looting in the wake of the death of George Floyd grows by the hour.

The Pasadena curfew is expected to last until 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Officials stated in a mass email that any person found outside during the curfew is subject to arrest and prosecution.

"On behalf of the Pasadena City Council, I support this proactive but necessary decision out of an abundance of caution for our community,” according to Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek.

Protests have devolved in the wake of the death of George Floyd while being pinned down by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

​Chauvin has since been arrested in the death of Floyd.

Protests have turned to destruction and looting of countless big name and “mom and pop” stores in most major U.S. cities.

Los Angeles continues to burn as Los Angeles Police officers backed by the California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies try to maintain order.

Just hours after denying the need for the National Guard, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti requested Governor Gavin Newsom to mobilize them.

500 National Guard troops will descend in less than 7 hours.

PASADENA - Two men from Duarte were struck by gunfire from a late-model sedan Saturday afternoon in an attack police believe was not random.

The shooting took place around 4:11 p.m. in the 1500 block of North Lake Avenue May 23. Both victims, one 24 and the other 23 years old, were treated on scene by Pasadena fire paramedics and hospitalized in critical condition, according to the Pasadena Police Department.