Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - Police are planning a DUI/driver license checkpoint, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Friday.
 
The checkpoint will operate in an undisclosed area of town until 3 a.m. Saturday, June 30. The checkpoint’s location is chosen based on collision statistics and the frequency of DUI arrests, according to the Pasadena Police Department.
 
“Studies of California drivers have shown that 30 percent of drivers in fatal crashes had one or more drugs in their systems,” Pasadena Police said in a written statement. “A study of active drivers showed more tested positive for drugs that may impair driving (14 percent) than did for alcohol (7.3 percent).”
 
Marijuana was slightly more prevalent in the above-mentioned study, at 7.4 percent.
 
Funding for this checkpoint is provided to Pasadena Police Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor

PASADENA - A traffic enforcement program is scheduled to take place Friday, June 22, Pasadena Police said.
 
Officers will deploy at multiple areas throughout town to catch drivers who speed, disobey traffic signals and other collision factors, Pasadena Police said.
 
Violators will be cited and/or educated on the safety concerns associated with the violation, Pasadena Police said.
 
Operations such as these are necessary due to an increase in traffic within city limits, Pasadena Police said.
 
Funding for these programs is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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PASADENA - Two masked, armed men escaped with property after attacking a man doing homework in the 1900 block of East Villa Street Monday morning.
 
The Suspects somehow entered the home just after 2 a.m. and began attacking their 25-year-old victim and demanded property from him. The suspects fled with cellphones, a computer and money, Pasadena Police said.
 
Also in the home was the victim’s girlfriend.
 
The victim and his girlfriend arrived home 90 minutes before the attack occurred. The girlfriend was asleep and awoke to the loud commotion, Pasadena Police said.
 
Before leaving, one of the suspects struck the victim in the head with the butt of his gun.
 
Both suspects were armed with handguns. One of the suspects was also armed with a knife.
 
The victim is expected to survive his injuries, Pasadena Police said.
 
Initially, the victim only described one suspect at the scene, a man in black clothing with a bandana across his face, Pasadena Police said.
 
Anyone with information on the robbery is urged to call the Pasadena Police Department at 626-744-4241. Information can be provided anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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PASADENA - A homeless woman attacked a man waiting for a bus in Pasadena, stabbing him with a pair of scissors, police said.
 
The 25-year-old victim, an Azusa man, was stabbed in the left triceps as he boarded a bus at Lake Avenue near the 210 freeway Sunday morning around 9 a.m., Pasadena Police said.
 
The homeless woman, 59-year-old Brenda Marie Anderson, approached the victim and began speaking nonsense to him, telling him that he was not her husband. As the victim tried to ignore her, she hit him in the head with a “D” cell battery, Pasadena Police said.
 
Anderson then stabbed the victim with the scissors as he boarded the bus.
 
Anderson was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and is being held at the Century Regional Detention Facility in lieu of $80,000 bail.

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PASADENA - A Sig Alert has been issued after someone either jumped or slipped and fell onto the westbound 210 freeway at Lake Avenue and died.

All westbound lanes have been shut down for an unknown duration during an investigation, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Officer Tony Polizzi of the CHP Traffic Management Center confirmed a body was in lanes of traffic.

According to an earlier log on the CHP Incident Management Page, a driver reported seeing what they described as a male in all dark clothing climb over a fence on the Lake Avenue overpass. The male was dangling over the freeway.

Subsequent logs reported multiple drivers striking the body in the No. 3 lane.