Week in Review: Top Pasadena Stories of Last Week

The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 49 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Story:

Thursday’s Skinny Dipping Bears Belie Increasing Chances for Collateral Damage

Pasadena Unified’s New District Athletic Director Hits Out Against ‘Private School Cherry Picking’

New Hotels, New Recreation Centers, New Ideas, Highlight Councilmember Kennedy’s Community Meeting

Pasadena Unified’s Test Scores Cause Achievement Gap Angst

Positive and Provocative Messages for Black Community Emerge at Saturday’s “Speak Out Pasadena”

John Muir Football Team Takes Their Game Across State Lines in First Away Trip of Its Kind

Pasadena Democratic Party In Full Swing at South Lake Avenue Headquarters, Fields 1,000 Volunteers City-Wide

Meet the New Pasadena Humane Society President, Nationally Recognized Animal Welfare Advocate Julie Bank

North Hill Avenue Traffic Concerns: Accidents Waiting to Happen?

In Quiet Week With Cancelled City Council and Committees, Code Enforcement Commission Meets with Full Agenda

 

Government:

Former Pasadena Councilmember, Current Assemblymember Chris Holden Elected to Chair the California Legislative Black Caucus

Labor Day 2016 Closures Mean Some City Departments Will Be Closed Monday

City Councilmember Andy Wilson Announces He Will Run to Hold District 7 Seat in 2017 Elections

Pasadena Area Congresswoman Chu, Other Members of Congress Applaud DHS Review of Private Detention Centers

Assemblymember Holden’s Bills to Protect Wildlife, Increase Affordable Housing Options Clear

 

Education:

Pasadena City College Dental Accreditation Now Accepting Comments

Cal State Los Angeles Chemistry Professor, Local Resident Recognized as Minority Access National Role Model

Pasadena Educational Foundation Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grant to Develop “Open Stage”

 

Community News:

Popular Pasadena Ice Cream Parlor Closed by Health Inspectors

South Pasadena Public Library Children’s Fall Programming

Moviegoers Can Now Buy Tickets to ArcLight Pasadena Online Through Fandango

Fleming’s Steakhouse Says It Will Open Pasadena Restaurant in October

Relatively Cool But Sunny Labor Day Weekend Weather Predicted for Pasadena

Clean Air Car Show & Green Living Expo Returns to Garfield Park

Union Bank, American Heart Association Announce Float Dedicated to Lifesaving CPR in the 128th Rose Parade

Local Culture Meets Craft this November in Pasadena at Jackalope Arts Fair

‘Fighting’ at Pasadena City Hall: Villa Parke Boxing Event Takes Over Centennial Square

Pets of the Week at the Pasadena Humane Society

“RoseJam” Not Over, 210 Freeway Closures Continue Through Thursday

Popular E-Waste Recycling, Document Shredding Event Returns This Saturday

Los Angeles Metro to Extend Trial Period of North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Line

 

Business Top Story:

Pasadena Company Software Links Facial Recognition with Medical Records Software

Pasadena Office Building Sold for $30 Million

Pasadena’s East West Bank Donates $50,000 to Firefighters Association in Wake of Blue Cut Fire

Pasadena-Based Ethnic Business Receives Inc. Magazine Honor

Pasadena Service Federal Credit Union Celebrates 80 Years of Service Tuesday

Environmental Lawyer Now Runs Pasadena Car Dealer Group

Pasadena Company Promotes Blogging as a Way to Popularize Your Brand

 

Public Safety:

Two Vehicles Torched in Northwest Pasadena Tuesday Night

Map Your Neighborhood Disaster Preparedness Training to be Held at Altadena Country Club

 

Benefits::

Hathaway Sycamores Will Celebrate Children at the Autry Museum

Zest Gala will Benefit Pasadena Senior Center and Honor Steve McNall

Faces:

Planetary Society’s Chief “Science Guy” Bill Nye Slated to Star in New TV Show

At a Pasadena Coffeehouse, Meet the Woman From Rwanda Who is Transforming the Coffee Industry, One Cup at a Time

Former Pasadena Fire Chief Honored

Ben Green Introduced in His New Role as Cancer Support Community of Pasadena Executive Director

 

Giving Back:

Former Child in Foster Care Gives to Children of Hillsides Where She Once Lived

Pasadena-based Charitable Trust Makes $500,000 Grant to Westmont College

AbilityFirst Dedicates Fully Accessible Pasadena Center Park Space