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 47 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

2022 Tournament of Roses Royal Court Applications Open This Month, Allowing 2021 Hopefuls to Reapply

Portantino’s Bill Restricting Access to Semi-Automatic Weapons Takes Effect

Florida Condo Collapse Raises Local Concerns About Damage From a Major Earthquake

School Board Approves Budget Hours From Deadline

AmericaFest at The Rose Bowl to Pay Tribute to First Responders

PWP Plans To Start Collecting Late Fees Thursday

City Supports County’s Recommendation to Wear Masks In Indoor Public Spaces as Delta Variant Threat Looms

County, City Paid $4 Million in Rent Assistance to Pasadena Tenants

Pasadena Police Investigate Dodger Pitcher Trevor Bauer In Alleged Assault

County Officials Urge Masking Indoors in Public Places Due to Delta Variant, Regardless of Vaccination

Holden Legislation to Provide Funds for Pasadena Central and Altadena Libraries, Playhouse, Gold Line-to-Airport Extension Study

Designs for Robinson Park Pool Renovation Scheduled to be Completed This Year

Some Pasadena Workers are Set to Get an Increase in Their Paychecks Starting This Week

City Will Aggressively Enforce Fireworks Ordinance

Pasadena School Board Set to Finalize District Budget on Wednesday

Government:

Holden’s ‘George Floyd Law’ Clears Senate Public Safety Committee

Chu, Holden, Portantino to Join Local Democrats for Independence Day Celebration and Fundraiser in Pasadena

Assembly Bill Could Cover Back Rent for Tenants Impacted by COVID-19

Education:

ArtCenter College of Design Students Clinch 18 Trophies at Core 77 Design Awards

High School Grads Have Big Plans For Their Share of SoCalGas Scholarship Fund

Community News:

COVID-19 Infections, Delta Variant Continue Trending Upward in L.A. County

Gasoline Prices In Pasadena Climb Even More As State Gas Tax Takes Effect

Watch Live: Huntington’s Corpse Flower, ‘Stankosaurus Rex,’ Reaches Record Size Ahead of Expected Bloom

Pasadena Parks After Dark Programs Announced

City of Pasadena Announces Independence Day Closures and Reminders

Huntington to Lend Its Iconic “Blue Boy” to the National Gallery, London

77.8% of Pasadenans Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Environmentalists Host Art Classes for Kids Focusing on Plastic Crisis, Recycling in Pasadena

Red Cross Seeking Blood Donors For July 4th Holiday

Another Corpse Flower Ready to Bloom at Huntington Library

For First Time in Decades, LA Area Didn’t Have Worst Traffic In US During 2020

Looking for a Buyer, Hotel Constance to Reopen With July Fourth Party

Armory Center for the Arts Launches New Reading Series Focusing on Racial Justice

Pasadena Water and Power to Resume Collecting Late Fees on July 1

Official: COVID-19 Now ‘A Pandemic of Unvaccinated People’

County Reports 239 COVID-19 Infections and 3 Deaths On Sunday; Delta Variant Spreads

Business Top Story:

Tri Counties Bank Expands Into Pasadena

Cannabis Dispensary CEO Says Company is Looking to Hire Pasadena Residents

Public Safety:

Parents Sue Rose Bowl Operating Co. Over Son’s Parking Lot Death

Suspect Sketch Released in Deadly Shooting Near Villa Parke in Pasadena

CHP Warns of Maximum Traffic Enforcement During July Fourth Weekend

Pasadena Man Arrested Following Brief Motorcycle Chase

Pasadena Fire Department Names 2 New Deputy Chiefs

Judge Orders Sheriff’s Department To Turn Over Records

Non-Profit News:

City, Habitat for Humanity, Build First ADU as Affordable Housing

AbilityFirst, Door of Hope Receive Grants from Bank of America to Fund Workforce Development, Job Retraining

People:

Renewable Energy Professional John Doyle launches 2024 Campaign for City Council’s District 4 Seat