Week in Review: Top Pasadena Stories of The Week

The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 48 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Story:

Marv’s Place Gets Homeless Families Off The Streets of Pasadena and Into Permanent Housing

Judge Orders Pasadena Unified to Produce Documents in Ruelas, Madison Teacher case

2017 Campaign Season for City Elections Kicks Off

City Council Laments, Reacts to Recent Gang Shootings

Violence Flares Over Weekend, Pasadena Police React Decisively

NASA Scientist to Reveal Latest News About JPL’s “Final Frontier” Discoveries

Rose Bowl 2017 Draws Mega Music Acts U2, Justin Bieber and More as Yet Unrevealed

Coming Soon: New Surcharges at Restaurants in Pasadena?

 

Government:

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Recaps Successful Role at 2017 Tournament of Roses Parade, Rose Bowl Game

City’s Arts and Culture Commission to Meet, Discuss Moving Sculpture

Assemblymember Chris Holden “Most Disappointed” As Governor Brown Cuts Promised Funding to the Pasadena Playhouse

County Votes to Expand “Mental Evaluation Teams” and Establish Mental Health “Triage Help Desk”

Rep. Chu Joins Tri-Caucus Leadership to Oppose Nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General

Senator Portantino Reacts to Governor’s Budget Proposal

City Announces Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Closures, Reminders

Police Sieze Nine Firearms and Arrest Multiple Armed Suspects in the Weekend’s Spate of Shootings

Local Activists Honored for Achievements by Progressive Discussion Group

City Council Back In Session Monday, Convenes First Meeting of 2017

Special “Field Visit” Meeting of Design Commission Set for Tuesday

By the Numbers: What We Learned About the 2017 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game

 

Education:

Pasadena City College Ranks No. 1 in California for Number of Associate Degrees Awarded

Pasadena Unified Now Accepting Applications for French Dual Immersion Program

La Salle High School Invites Pasadena-Area Athletes, Parents to Seminar on College Recruiting, Finding Scholarships

Washington Middle School Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, January 18, Will Precede Mayor’s “State of the City” Address

Two Pasadena City College Dental Assisting Faculty Named to National Boards

Pasadena Unified Board of Education Candidate Forum Moderated by the League of Women Voters Announced

Pasadena Unified Open Enrollment-School Choice Process Begins January 12

 

Community News:

Pasadena Rotary Club Seeking 2017 Community Grants Application

New Caltech Instrument, One of the Best of Its Kind in the World, Poised to Image the Cosmic Web

Pasadena Gaming Executive Speaks About the Power of the Entrepreneurial Spirit and How to Climb The Ladder of Success

Construction of Temporary Bridges Along Arroyo Seco Road Has Begun

Pasadena-Altadena Links Holiday Affair Raises $20,000 for Scholarships

Chinese New Year will be Celebrated at Pasadena Senior Center

Local Law Enforcement Offers Burglary Prevention Tips in Wake of Jump in Break-Ins

Pasadena Women’s Rally at the Rotunda Will Celebrate Human Rights, Encourage Civic Engagement

JPL Astrophysicist Investigates the Case of the ‘Missing Link’ Neutron Star

 

Business Top Story:

City Staff Will Tell Economic Development and Technology Committee That Pasadena Retail Sales are Flat

Pasadena’s Community Bank Invests $700,000 to Benefit Distressed Communities

Maestro Opened Its Doors Over Weekend

 

Public Safety:

Woman Loses Purses in Strong-Arm Robbery

Son and Elderly Father, Suspect All Injured in Violent Hot Prowl Break-In

Pasadena’s Dr. Drew Felt Badly for Both the Victim and the Torturers in Facebook Live Incident

In Wake of Shootings, Increased Police Patrols Sunday Nab Alleged Gang Members, Handguns, Loaded AK-47

Traffic Stop Shuts Down Pasadena Neighborhood as Armed Parolee Flees Police on Saturday

 

Faces:

Christopher Hedley, MD, Elected Chief of the Medical Staff at Huntington Hospital

Remembering Caltech Crystallographer Richard Marsh, 94

William Christopher’s Cause of Death Revealed

Caltech Professor Wins Electrical Engineers Society’s Top Award