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 66 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

Pasadena Unified Reaches Agreement with Educators to Reopen Middle and High Schools

Police Say No Hate Crimes Reported in Pasadena This Year

‘Open House’ Details Colorado Street Bridge Barrier Options

Governor Expands COVID Vaccine Access Starting April 1

Tournament of Roses Drops Part of Its Lawsuit Against the City

42% of Pasadenans Vaccinated Against COVID-19; Vaccine Inquiry Portal Opened to Residents Over 50

City Hosts Virtual Open House Today on Colorado Street Bridge Vertical Barrier Designs

COVID Numbers Drop To Orange Tier Level; Move Possible In Early April

Live Public Comments Coming Back to Council Next Week

City Council Set To Meet With County Supervisor Barger Next Wednesday

Hero’ Pay Fails Amid Split Council

City Council Adopts Resolution Denouncing Racist Attacks

Floyd Attorney Ben Crump Joins McClain Legal Team

‘Hero’ Pay Ordinance Will be Hot Topic at Monday’s Council Meeting

City Council Set to Adopt Resolution Denouncing Racist Attacks

City Reports No Deaths Or Additional COVID-19 Cases Sunday

Government:

Dual Enrollment Legislation Passes Assembly Higher Education Committee

Planning Commission Says Proposed Projects Are Consistent With General Plan

Disposable Food Service Ware On-Request Ordinance Goes to City Council

City Council Approves Contract for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at Victory, Robinson Parks

Planning Commission to Consider $30 Million in Central Library Improvements and Other Major CIP Projects

Increase to Contract For Public Education Campaign Aimed at Ending Homeless Stereotypes on Council’s Consent Calendar

Colorado-Hill Hotel Project Coming Back to Design Commission

Municipal Committee to Review Update on City’s Climate Action Plan

Council to Vote on Approving Public Housing Agency’s Annual Plan

Education:

Local Baha’is Team With School District to Fundraise for Student Headsets

County and State Officials Adopt CDC Recommendation for 3-Foot Student Spacing in Schools; Unclear if PUSD Will Follow Suit

Community News:

Pasadena Has 13 New Infections As County Plans Vaccinations for All Over 50

Hampton Will Have Stakeholders Help Vet Police Oversight Candidates During Virtual Meeting Next Week

County Board Approves $10 Million, Looks to Local Landlords Lease Full Buildings for Homeless

America’s Got Talent’ Returns to the Pasadena Civic Auditorium

Community Organizations to Host Rally in Altadena Against Asian American Pacific Islander Hate

With All Types In Short Supply, Red Cross Launches Local Blood Drives

3 Additional COVID-19 Deaths Recorded in Pasadena as County Meets Benchmarks for ‘Orange’ Tier

City Seeks Applications for ROSE Summer Internship Program

Citing Two Pasadena Cases, State’s Inspector General Raises Concerns About Ability to Handle Nursing Home Crises, Complaints

4 New COVID-19 Cases Detected in Pasadena Monday

Average Southland Gas Prices Stable After Long Streaks of Increases

Councilmember Kennedy Issues Statement Condemning Anti-Asian American, Anti-Pacific Islander Violence

Municipal Services to Consider Giving Customers the Option of Rejecting Plastic Utensils With Take-Out and Pickup Orders

Contract Would Bring Electric Vehicle Charging Stations to Victory, Robinson Parks

County Planning for Dramatic Increase in COVID-19 Vaccinations

County Reports 423 Cases of COVID-19

Pasadena Media and Innovate Pasadena Win WAVE Cable Television Award for Show on NASA Engineer

Business Top Story:

Ralphs, Food 4 Less Donate 28 Million Meals Through Zero Hunger/Zero Waste Achievements

Kaiser Permanente Commits $5.4M in Grants To Help Address Xenophobia

Pasadena COVID-19 Relief Grants Help Keep Small Business Afloat

Manufacturer of Bike-Pulled Delivery Containers Announces $5 Million in Funding, New CEO

Public Safety:

Suspect in Armed Robbery of Food from Pasadena Roscoe’s Following Argument Over Mask Denies Charges

Local Legal Leaders Laud California Supreme Court’s Ruling on Bail in Criminal Cases

Pasadena Man Arrested, Accused of Murder in Connection With Violent Crash

Arraignment Thursday for Man Charged With Fatally Stabbing Mother, Uncle

L.A. County Sheriff’s Department to Resume Parking Enforcement April 1

Sheriff Seeks to Quash Subpoena for Interview About Gangs in Department

Victims of Deadly Altadena Stabbings Identified as PCC Staff Member, Brother

Crane For Movie Shoot Falls On Pasadena Home, No One Injured Inside

Councilmember Rivas to Conduct Interviews for Police Oversight on Saturday

County Supervisors Approve Special Prosecutor to Assist with Police Misconduct Cases

Suspect Jailed After Man and Woman Stabbed to Death in Altadena

Council Increases Contract Amount For Education Campaign Aimed at Ending Homeless Stereotypes; Approves Raises for Some Management Employees

Council Approves Public Housing Agency’s Annual Plan

County Board of Supervisors Set to Vote on Gascon’s Request for Police Misconduct Cases Special Prosecutor

People:

State Senate Confirms Riddle For Juvenile Parole Board Post

Non-Profits News:

Innovate Pasadena Seeks to Bolster Pandemic Recovery for Small Businesses

Pasadena Nonprofits Gear Up for Return to In-Person Events, Fundraisers

Pasadena Community Foundation Funds Second Vaccine Clinic At Harambee Ministries

Pasadena Food Hug Program Comes to an End