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 63 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

New Stay At Home Restrictions Take Effect in Pasadena Sunday As Regional COVID-19 Hospitalizations Climb, Available ICU Beds Dwindle

City Leaders React to Local ‘Epidemic of Violence’

2 Pasadena Men Killed in Shooting at Villa Parke Identified

City to Hold Public Meeting About Villa Parke Shooting

City Issues Temporary Limited Stay at Home Order To Control COVID-19 Surge

Customers Flock to Pasadena for Dining Ban Sanctuary

2 Men Killed, Another Critically Wounded in Pasadena Shooting

Local Church Files Reply With High Court

Zoning Board To Hear Appeal to Restore Nonconforming Use Status in Order to Open New Residential Care Facility

Governor Could Issue Sweeping Stay-At-Home Order, Forcing Pasadena Businesses to Close

Pasadena Officials Shut Down Car Meet, Motorcycle Show, Soccer Games Over Social Distancing Concerns

McAustin Leaving City Council After 13 Years

Rapid Increase in COVID-19 Hospitalizations Reported by Huntington Hospital

County’s New COVID-19 Orders Go Into Effect Today

Pasadena Rents ‘Freefall’ During Pandemic

Government:

Mayor-Elect Gordo to Be Sworn In By Former Councilmember, Current Superior Court Judge Bill Crowfoot

Public Safety Chair Kennedy Steps Down

City Committee to Hear About Program That Sends Unarmed EMTS, Counselors Not Police to Mental Health, Homeless Incidents

Staff Recommends Hearing Officer Reject Chick-fil-A CUP Application

City Amends Master License Agreement with Tournament of Roses

Hearing Officer Meeting: Parking Lots, Drive-Thrus and Condominiums

Education:

Pasadena Unified Abandons Plans for Possible January Return to In-Person Learning, Now Eyeing Spring

Judge Sides With Caltech and Others Over Proposed Immigration and Labor Rules for ‘Knowledge Economy’ Workers

Pasadena Unified Commemorates National Special Education Day

Community News:

Pasadena Sees Record Number of New COVID-19 Infections in a Single Day; 2 New Deaths

No Fans Will be Allowed at Rose Bowl Game

Supreme Court Vacates Lower Court’s Ruling Against Pasadena-Based Harvest Rock Church

Beverly Hills Council Votes Against County Restaurant Order and Inquires About Pasadena Model

COVID-19 Makes Unprecedented Surge in Pasadena

Huntington Hospital Increase in COVID-19 Patient Admissions Continues

Pasadena Part of CVS COVID-19 Treatment Pilot Program

Cities Interested In Contracting With Pasadena’s Health Department

Caltrans Faces More Criticism for Removing People From Vacant Homes

Pasadena Officials Preparing for Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines

Activists Issue Demands For Vacant Caltrans Houses

75% of Registered Voters in L.A. County Cast Ballots

U.S. Supreme Court Orders Governor to Respond to Local Church’s Emergency Petition

Pasadena Health Officials Report 40 New COVID-19 Infections

L.A. Metro Extends Public Comment Period On North Hollywood To Pasadena Route

The Bunny Museum in Altadena Receives More Than 1,000 Items From Wisconsin Family

City of Hope COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promise

City Continues Strong COVID-19 Enforcement

More Than 5,000 New Coronavirus Cases Reported By L.A. County

Doane and Pinney Houses to be Considered for Landmark Designation

Cities Consider Starting Their Own Health Departments

Huntington Medical Research Institute Teams Link Nicotine to More Severe Heart Attacks

Business Top Story:

The Encore Apartments Sold in Pasadena Playhouse District for $17.2 Million

Judge Declines To Lift Outdoor Dining Ban, But Wants Evidence From L.A. County

Local Merchants Left with Mixed Feelings after Disappointing Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Public Safety:

Suspect in Fatal Stabbing of Woman in Pasadena Arrested in New Mexico

Woman Whose Body Was Found at Hahamongna Park Was Stabbed

Security Guard Carjacked at Park in Pasadena

Drugs, Marijuana Seized Following Short Police Pursuit in Pasadena

Woman and Child Critically Injured in Pasadena Crash

2nd Victim in Violent 210 Freeway Crash in Pasadena Dies

Off-Duty Police Officer Spots Wanted Robbery Suspect in Pasadena

Teen Escapes Injury in Pasadena Shooting

Altadena Man Killed in Violent Crash Along 210 Freeway in Pasadena Identified

Coroner IDs Domestic Violence Suspect Stabbed to Death in South Pasadena

Non-Profits News:

Pasadena Nonprofits Gear Up for Giving Tuesday

People:

Local Family Mourns the Passing of Beloved Patriarch Joe A. Uchida

Former Pasadenan Rafer Johnson Dies At 86

Comedian Dies After Battle with COVID-19