Hate the Rose Parade? You are not alone
Grand Park will be the site of a New Year’s Eve celebration that c…
The city also used automated license plate readers to gather information in advance of the parade, according to Police Chief Phillip Sanchez, who said his biggest concern was the “lone-wolf, non-state actor”.
Advertising account executive Rich Picon sails through a jungle filled with animals on a zip line on the Dole Rose Parade float at Fiesta Parade Floats in Irwindale, Calif. Dec. 31, 2015.
The theme of this year’s event will be “Find Your Adventure”, and is a theme that was born out of a partnership between the Pasadena Tournament of Roses and the U.S. National Park Service. The 2016 Rose Parade will honor the centennial celebration of our nation’s national parks. Burns, a director and producer, was instrumental in documentaries about history.
Arrests so far at the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl are up slightly over the seven people detained past year, when a group of protestors were accused of attempting to interfere with the Rose Parade.
Ken Burns is this year’s Grand Marshall. “I’ve never been to the Parade in person, so this will be a new adventure for me”.
A millionaire real estate developer from Tuscaloosa is the man behind the Donald Trump-bashing skywriting messages that appeared over the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day.
In Pasadena, people gathering early for the Rose Parade brought books, camp stoves and portable DVD players to keep themselves occupied as they prepared to wait through the day and night for the parade to begin.
(AP Photo/Nick Ut). A sign that will advise parade spectators is seen on South Orange Grove on the route of the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015.
Evans said Horne struck the woman near Colorado and Sierra Madre boulevards, then kept driving.
The event will also include numerous marching bands and attractions that will ensure the event is ideal for all the family.
Their numbers were expected to swell to more than 700,000 by the start of the annual parade that served as the kick-off of the 102nd Rose Bowl football game between Iowa and Stanford. That football game will be available to watch on TV on ESPN from 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT).