Crime & Safety

Car Crashes Into Pasadena Cheesecake Factory

Two days after someone tossed a homemade explosive into the restaurant, a driver plowed into wall at the Cheesecake Factory in Pasadena.

PASADENA, CA — A vehicle crashed Saturday into the east wall of The Cheesecake Factory in Pasadena where a homemade pyrotechnic device was tossed Thursday night, police said.

It happened about 3:55 p.m. at the restaurant at 2 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena police Lt. Mark Goodman said.

The vehicle's driver complained of pain, Goodman said. There were no injuries inside the restaurant.

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Whether drugs or alcohol were involved would be part of the investigation, he said.

The extent of structural damage was not available.

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A homemade explosive device was tossed into the same restaurant Thursday, causing an explosion that did not injure anyone, police said.

The two incidents were not related, Goodman said.

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