The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 57 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.
Top Stories:
Pasadena Prevails in Lawsuit that Challenged Voter-Approved Transfer of Electric Rate Revenues
Mayor Gordo Delivers State of the City Address: ‘A Time Like No Other’
Full Text of Mayor Gordo’s State of the City Speech
Local Residents Show Support for Housing on Church Property
Mayor Gordo to Deliver State of the City Speech Tonight
Deadline For Community Police Oversight Commission Applications Announced
LA County Meets Threshold To Allow Resumption Of Youth Sports
Barrier Enhancement Mock Ups Being Installed on Colorado Street Bridge
City Councilmembers Question General Plan
Council Approves Raises for Some Employees Via Consent Calendar
Street Dining to be Likely Extended at Least Through 2021
City Council to Receive Overview and Implementation Update of General Plan on Monday
Government:
City Council Adopts Mansionization Amendments
County Parks and Recreation Funding Restored
Mayor Gordo Moving Forward With Plans for Housing Task Force
Controversial Car Wash Project Scheduled to Come Before Design Commission Tuesday
Raises for Some Employees Will Be Considered on Council Consent Calendar
Committee Will Hear 12% of City Bids Worth $22 Million Annually Are Awarded to Pasadena Businesses
Planning Commission to Consider Approving Villa Esperanza’s Compliance with Master Plan
Readings of Two Ordinances Amending Zoning Code Scheduled for Monday
Education:
Pacific Oaks College Teams With California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce to Offer 25% Scholarships
School Board to Discuss Timeline on Reopening
Community News:
Presiding Judge Authorizes New Emergency Continuances for LA Criminal Trials
Planning Commission Calls for Review of Senior Living Facility’s Nonconforming Use Status
PWP Offering Money-Saving Water & Energy Direct Install Program (WeDIP) to Qualified Customers
More Than 70% of Pasadena Seniors Vaccinated Against COVID-19
Pasadena’s Lucky Boy Burgers Sues Postmates
County Extends Moratorium on Evictions through June 30
Journalists at Star-News, 10 Other Southern California Daily Newspapers Announce Plans to Unionize
Federal Judge Allows Embattled Attorney to Live in Pasadena Mansion While Trustee Moves to Sell It
City Hall Flags Fly at Half Staff for 500,000 Who Lost Their Lives to COVID-19
L.A. County Surpasses 20,000 COVID-19 Deaths
Altadena Grocery Store Workers Will Soon Get $5 ‘Hero Pay’
New 24-Hour Pet Hospital Opens in Pasadena
81% of Registered Pasadena Voters Cast Ballots in November Election
Supervisor Barger Will Propose Repurposing Unused Commercial Property into Affordable Housing
New COVID-19 Infections in Pasadena Still Decreasing
South Pasadena Reaches Settlement With Mother of ‘ER’ Actress Fatally Shot By Police In 2018
Video Participation in Family Court Hearings Available March 1
Coronavirus Cases Drop Steadily at Huntington Hospital
L.A. County Reports 93 Additional Deaths, 1,465 New Cases of COVID-19
Business Top Story:
Green Dot Names VP to Oversee New Banking Service
Public Safety:
Post-Wildfire Landslides Becoming More Frequent in Southern California
Man and Woman Robbed at Gunpoint While Walking in Pasadena
Pasadena Fire Department Emergency Reserve Answers the Call of Duty
Reward Reestablished in Fatal Shooting of Altadena Boy
City Backs Repeal of Racist Housing Law
Man Clad in Body Armor Smashes Car Through Gate of Pasadena Auto Body Shop
People:
Pasadena Firefighter Fights to Support Mental Health of Colleagues