David Wilson

David Wilson is a reporter for the Pasadena Star-News covering recovery in the wake of the Eaton fire in Altadena and Pasadena. David graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a major in journalism and a minor in political science. He previously has worked for news outlets in Northern California and Las Vegas.

Pasadena High School ASB President Franco Rodriguez Santa Cruz cuts the ribbon during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Pasadena on May 29, 2026.

Pasadena High School celebrates major campus improvements

May 30, 2026 at 9:52 a.m.

PHOTOS: Pasadena High School has completed a major campus renovation. Here's what you need to know.

Opponents of school mergers protest at the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education meeting Thursday, May 28, 2026 (David Wilson/Pasadena Star-News)

Pasadena Unified school merger process halted amid lack of trust in process

May 29, 2026 at 4:25 p.m.

Pasadena Unified School District trustees publicly grappled with potential school mergers for the first time in months Thursday. The result was a halt to the process.

Pasadena City Council District 3 candidates Justin Jones and Erica Muñoz. (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer/Courtesy of Erica Muñoz)

Election 2026: Pasadena City Council District 3 full-term on the ballot for first time since revered councilman’s death

May 24, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

Justin Jones was appointed to represent Pasadena's District 3 after longtime Councilmember John Kennedy's death. Four years later and Jones is seeking a full-term election victory for the first time.

The Tdap vaccination is a combination vaccine that protects against three potentially life-threatening bacterial diseases: tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (whooping cough) and is a back-to-school institution for middle schoolers from the ages of 10 to 13. (File photo)

Pasadena school the latest site of a whooping cough outbreak

May 23, 2026 at 2:56 p.m.

Another whooping cough outbreak has been confirmed at a Pasadena school. Here's what you need to know.

The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education held a special closed session meeting Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Courtesy of KLRN Pasadena)

Pasadena School Board president says trustees ‘evaluating’ charges that they violated state ‘sunshine’ law

May 24, 2026 at 10:04 a.m.

Tina Fredericks and other trustees remain under fire after records showed a consolidaton plan already being presented to trustees before the process officially and publicly got off the ground.

The Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena on March 24, 2025. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Pasadena to host World Cup ‘fan zone’ watch party in Civic Auditorium plaza

May 21, 2026 at 8:16 p.m.

Here's where Pasadena World Cup fans can watch the United States men's national team's opening match for free.

Gustavo Lozano, a concrete superintendent, works a construction site where a foundation with 55’ caissons is being prepped for a home on Lachman Lane in Pacific Palisades in the aftermath of the Palisades fire on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Board of Supervisors establish ‘landmark’ LA County Disaster Recovery Authority

May 19, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.

The Board of Supervisors formally established a Los Angeles County Disaster Recovery Rebuild Authority. Here's what you need to know.

This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough, based on electron microscope imagery. (Meredith Newlove/CDC via AP)

Three cases of whooping cough confirmed at Pasadena’s Blair Middle School

May 19, 2026 at 10:02 a.m.

The Pasadena Public Health Department has confirmed three more cases of whooping cough at a Pasadena Unified School District site. Here's what you need to know.

Eric Simonson and Corinne Tripp watched an outdoor screening of their documentary “Going For Home” at Loma Alta Park in Altadena on May 16, 2026. (Photo by Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)

Photos: Altadena Little League documentary ‘Going for Home’ screens at Loma Alta Park

May 19, 2026 at 8:09 a.m.

The film, written and directed by Academy Award winner Eric Simonson, has been screening at film festivals ahead of Saturday's free community screening.

Tina Fredericks speaks during a PUSD Board of Education State of Schools event at Jackson Elementary School in Altadena on Apr. 22, 2026. (Photo by Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)

Pasadena Unified school board president’s ‘consolidation’ plan revealed in records

May 19, 2026 at 10:22 a.m.

A Pasadena Unified School District trustee created their own plan before any committee met to discuss the possibility.

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