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:

Stealing the Show: Youthful Speaker Impresses NAACP Audience

Clear Differences: State Senate Candidates Antonovich and Portantino Face Each Other in Candidate Forum

Residents Speak Out to City Council on JR Thomas’ Death

Pasadena’s History App Blends New and Old, Wins Award

Community Bids Farewell to JR Thomas, Man Who Died in Police Custody on September 30

Union Street Bike Track Is on Track

Embezzlement Fallout: City Extends Fraud Risk Assessment Contract

Union Station Homeless Services Is Busier Than Ever as it Evolves With Homelessness in Pasadena – And Beyond

Police: Neither Officer Named in Family’s Filing Against City Was at the Reginald Thomas Death Scene; Attorney Stands by Claim

 

Government:

Ballots in the Mail and on the Way to Pasadena Residents

Robinson Park Rec Center to be Renovated Soon; Staff to Relocate

 

Education:

Pasadena/Altadena Coalition of Transformative Leaders and Day One to Host Educational Summit

Learn About Veteran and Military Educational Benefits at Pacific Oaks College

Pasadena Educational Foundation Launches Teen Battle of the Bands Competition

Pasadena Educational Tech Company Raises $4 Million for Software to Teach Kids How to Code

Eliot Arts Magnet Academy, State Senator Carol Liu Unveil New and Improved Resource Center for Foster Youth

 

Community News:

At JPL, Amazing Spacecraft ‘Nuclear Batteries’ Get a Boost from New Materials

Cancer Support Community Pasadena Announces New Executive Director

Learn to Coexist with Wildlife at Pasadena Humane Society’s Free Seminar This Weekend

2017 One City, One Story Selection to be Revealed as Library’s Kick-Off to ArtNight

TEDxPasadenaWomen 2016 Conference Focuses on the Concept of Time, Paralympic Snowboarder Nicole Roundy Headlines

10,000 Will Walk for a World With Type 1 Diabetes at JDRF One Walk Event at the Rose Bowl

Flintridge Center Raising Funds to Help Community Members Start Careers

Upbeat Inaugural National Coming Out Day at the Pasadena Library Draws Crowd

Come Savor the Finer Things: Masters of Taste Announces 2017 Date and Special Early Bird Ticket Discount

Innovate Pasadena Celebrates City’s Rich History of Creativity, Ingenuity at Third Annual Connect Week, October 16-23

First Video-Centric Health Care Site by Patients for Patients Launched by Pasadena Entrepreneur

Iconic Stats, Which Saddened Pasadenans When It said It Was Closing, Is Back from the Brink and Has Relaunched

Think Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Free Flu Shot Clinic at Pasadena Senior Center

Kidspace Children’s Museum Hosts Kids Favorite 22nd Annual Pumpkin Festival This weekend

Experience Art, Music and More at Pasadena’s Signature Art Event

15 Years of LGBTQ Pride in the SGV, SGV Pride Presents “XV on the 15th”

Southern California Children’s Museum Presents American Girl Fashion Show

Cancer Support Community Pasadena Holds Sixth Annual “Ladies Night Out”

Pride Week Sees Inaugural National Coming Out Day Event at Pasadena’s Central Library

 

Business Top Story:

Parsons Honored for Structural Engineering Excellence

Pasadena Company Earns $29 Million Contract from U.S. Agency for International Development

Pasadena Tech Company Scores Celebrity Investor, Spokesman

Chamber, City Present Pasadena Business and Economic Summit at University Club

 

Public Safety:

Responding to Reports of a “Woman on Fire,” Rescue Units Find Burned Woman at Busy Shopping Center

Pasadena Police Announce Special Traffic Enforcement Patrols This Friday

Bear Attack Monday Reinforces Need for Community to Understand “Living with Urban Wildlife”

Pasadena Police Chief Reports 9 Firearms Seized in a 2-Day Period as He Recaps Recent “Critical Incidents”

Drive-By Shooting Injures One, Narrowly Misses Two Other Victims on Sunday Night

Pasadena Police Release Names of Officers Involved in Death Investigation of Reginald Thomas

 

Faces:

10 New Latino TV Writers Join Pasadena’s National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Television Writers Program

William Bolton, Respected Local Insurance Executive, Dies at 77

 

Benefits:

Yes, Virginia Fund Hosts Luncheon to Support Children at the Holidays