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 32 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

COVID Surge: LA County Residents Again Ordered To Wear Masks Indoors, City Could Follow

City Committee Recommends Loosening Cannabis Shop Restrictions

Child Tax Credit Money Begins Hitting Local Bank Accounts

First Delta Variant COVID-19 Cases in Pasadena Residents Confirmed

Gordo, Other Southland Mayors Urge Congress To Adopt Infrastructure Plan

City Committee Set to Consider Loosening Cannabis Regulations Thursday

Five Councilmembers Return to City Hall for Meeting

Pasadena Unemployment Dips for 2nd Straight Month

Pasadena Public Health Department Reports First COVID-19 Death in 98 Days

Elected Officials Have Option of Attending Meetings In Person as City Council Gets Back to Business

PWP, Preservationists Fail to Reach Agreement on Arroyo Seco Canyon Project

California ISO Issues Flex Alert for Monday Due to Wildfires, Heat

Government:

Holden’s Social Justice Bills Pass Senate Committees

Purchase of 17 Gasoline Powered Vehicles Held After Some Residents Say Go Electric

Council Votes to Call South Lake Project up For Review

Community News:

Local Dispensary Opposes Changes to Local Cannabis Guidelines

Pasadena Homeless Outreach Team Vaccinates Homeless

Old Pasadena Parking Meter Revenue Plunged But Is Climbing Back

Pasadena’s Weekly COVID-19 Infection Rate Highest Since March

Cities Forced to Consider Reuse of Empty Commercial Real Estate As More Employees Work From Home

Pandemic-Related Delays Lead Developers To Request Time Extension On 16-Unit East Villa Street Project

Design Commission Holds Preliminary Hearing On Proposed Mixed-Use Project at East Green and South Arroyo Parkway

Delta Variant Surge Continues in L.A. County

Business Top Story:

Pasadena Artificial Intelligence Company Announces Expansion, New Leadership

Pasadena Woman’s Prescription Reminder Invention Picked Up by Walmart

Public Safety:

Man Robbed While Waiting for Rideshare in Pasadena

Dodger Pitcher Trevor Bauer’s Leave Extended Amid Probe Of Alleged Assault At His Pasadena Home

Pasadena Fire Department Seeks to Hire Lateral Firefighters

California Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeals of Two Convicted of Embezzling from City of Pasadena

Pasadena’s Crime Rate Declines by 7% in First Half of Year

Ghost Gun,’ High-Capacity Magazines Seized Following Traffic Stop in Pasadena

Motorcyclist Hurt in Pasadena Hit-and-Run