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 65 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

Council Committee Approves Study of City Regulations to Allow More Cannabis Dispensaries+A2:A31

Local Civil Rights Advocates Raise Alarm Over Burgeoning Number of Home Surveillance Cameras

Pasadena Now’s New Sunday Read

After An ‘Extraordinary’ Year, Pasadena Unified’s Financial Outlook is ‘Good,’ Says School Board President

Pasadena Man Jailed in Connection With Double-Fatal Shooting at Villa Parke

Suspect in Shooting of Pasadena Child Also Accused of Killing Man, Dog in Monrovia

Report: Current Cannabis Situation Not in City’s Best Interest

AmericaFest Returning to the Rose Bowl on July 4th

68% of Pasadena Population Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Community Reacts as City Council Approves Pasadena’s First ‘Parklet’

Thumbs Up: City Council OK’s Nearly $3 Million For Repairs, Improvements at Villa-Parke Community Center

Arroyo Parkway Project That Would Demolish 6 Buildings, Remove 23 Trees Goes Before Design Commission

Locals Rally On One Year Anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder

$3 Million Makeover for Villa-Parke Community Center Goes Before Council Monday Night

Pasadena’s Redistricting Task Force Could Get a Consultant

Government:

Assemblymember Holden’s Legislation Aiming to Reduce Exposure to Lead in Drinking Water Passes Assembly Floor

Newly Formed Redistricting Task Force Gets a Consultant

Judge to Hear Status of Agreement Between LA County and Human Rights Alliance to House Homeless

Beefed Up Security Services for Jackie Robinson Center as Part of Council’s Consent Calendar Vote

After Delay, Council Ready to Open Public Hearing On City’s $898 Million Budget Plan

City Council Returns to Full Consent Calendar

Council to Consider Extending Deadlines For Cannabis Business Applications

Playhouse Village Property And Business Improvement District Could Be Renewed for Another 6 Years, at $1.4 Million Cost

Education:

Pasadena Unified Asks Public to Submit Questions for Tonight’s State of the Schools Address

Pasadena City College Closes Rosemead Satellite, Assures Locals Pasadena Northwest Campus Will Resume

Pasadena Area Community College District Board Member Sandra Chen Lau Elected to Serve on L.A, County School Trustees Association

ArtCenter Grads Launch Careers with Innovative Wearables

Community News:

Board of Zoning Appeals Denies Store Owner Permit That Would Have Allowed More Alcohol Sales

City to Use Grant Funds for Two Pedestrian Safety Projects

LA Metro Board Approves Free Transit For Students, Low Income Riders

3 New COVID-19 Infections, 1 Late-Reported Death Documented in Pasadena on Thursday

Pasadena Research Firm Links COVID-19 Infection to Increased Heart Attacks in Patients With Genetic High Cholesterol, Heart Disease

Head in the Clouds Music Festival Announcement Heralds Return of Live Music to Rose Bowl

In Spite of a Hot Summer Ahead, Officials Predict Pasadena Less Likely to Be Hit By Blackouts Than Last Year

Pasadena Sees Single COVID-19 Infection for 4th Straight Day

Locals Split on South Arroyo Parkway Project

Project to Fill Old Santa Fe Railroad Right-of-Way Between Two Streets Envisioned as “Haven for Students and Young Adults”

Proposed New Building in Pasadena’s Medical Corridor Comes Before Design Commission

City of Pasadena Announces Memorial Day Closures

Pasadena Housing Activist Michelle White Will Moderate ACLU Forum on the Coming ‘Eviction Tsunami’

Case Filed by District Attorneys Union Against County’s DA Put on Hold Pending Appeal

City Housing Element Update Scheduled for Review By Planning Commission

Planning Commission to Conduct Review of ArtCenter Development Agreement

Pasadena Observes National Gun Violence Awareness Day

Pasarroyo Office Campus Secures Verification for Air, Water Quality

City Vaccine Clinic for Young People Aged 12 to 15 Set For Tuesday

City’s Transportation Department Backs $41 Million Plan For First Transit to Run City’s Buses, Dial-A-Ride

Committee to Hear PWP’s Urban Water Management Plan as State Continues Tightening Water Use Rules

Congregants Rally, Allege “Racial Bullying” of Korean American Pastors

Business Top Story:

Pasadena Engineering and Consulting Firm Acquires Washington, D.C., Firm

Pasadena COVID-19 Test Manufacturer to Open Manufacturing Plant in Wales

Council Extends Deadlines For Cannabis Business Applications

Pasadena’s General Finance Bought by United Rentals

Public Safety:

Cough Syrup Targeted in Armed Robbery at Pasadena Walgreens

Woman Killed in Solo-Car Crash Near Rose Bowl

Radio Stolen From Pasadena Fire Truck

Second Federal Court Hearing Set For Thursday in Efforts to Shelter L.A. County Homeless

2 Suspects Arrested in Shooting of Child in Pasadena

The Morning Commute: Avoid Old Pasadena, Collision Sends Car Hurtling Into Cheesecake Factory Restaurant

Pasadena Man Convicted of Federal Charges for String of Las Vegas Robberies

Non-Profits News:

Tournament of Roses Foundation Announces Recipients of 2021 Grants Totaling $230,000

‘Operation Cookie’ Remains Victim of Pandemic, But Looking For Alternatives

People:

City Mourns Passing of Artist and Curator Jay Belloli

Local Professor Elected to the American Philosophical Society

Former Pasadena Commissioner Tamika Farr Named Pathways LA’s Chief Executive Officer