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 Story:
Seven Awarded for Efforts to Protect the Arroyo Seco, the “Most Celebrated Canyon in Los Angeles”
New Study: Two Pasadena School Locations Among State’s Most Dangerous Elementary School Zones
Last Year’s ‘Unprecedented’ Rose Parade, Rose Bowl Security Measures Are the New Norm
A Renters Movement is Mounting in Pasadena
Buying Caltrans-Owned Homes Along the Former 710 Corridor Extension Isn’t Easy
Caltrans Finally Selling SR-710 Corridor Homes
Sales Tax Collections Throughout Pasadena, Thought to Indicate Retail Sector Health, Fall Slightly
Government:
Pasadena Congresswoman Praises Dismantling of Discriminatory NSEERS Registration System
Los Angeles County Reminds Residents to Recycle Christmas Trees
Assemblymember Chris Holden Announces Availability of Assembly Fellowship Program Applications
State Senator Portantino Proposes Segment of CA-134 Freeway be Named After President Obama
San Marino Says Santa (and You, Too) Can Park Overnight Without Getting a Ticket, Temporarily
Pasadena Dedicates Plaque at Former Apartment of President Obama
Good Cheer, Good Advice at Sunday Community Meeting
Pasadena Student Water Conservation Artwork Wins Six-County Contest
Robinson Park Rec Center Closing for Upgrades, Programming Will Continue at Other Locations
Education:
Pasadena Unified School District Considering French Dual Language Immersion Program
Pasadena Unified Board of Education Meets Thursday Evening
Students Show Their Smarts at the Southwestern Academy Science Fair
Principal for a Day Revisits Jefferson Elementary School
Community News:
Pasadena Volunteers Are the Lifeline For the Homeless This Holiday Season
Rough Weather for Last Minute Shoppers Should Lead into Sunny Christmas Day
Huntington Memorial Hospital Plans to Implement 15-Year Seismic Upgrade Project
Caltech Biologist Disputes Conclusions of Recent Papers on Biological Magnetism
Caltech Engineers Say the Future is Flat (For Lenses)
South Pasadena 2016 Rose Parade Float Stars in Movie
Hit-And-Run Puppy Seeks Christmas Miracle
2017 Tournament of Roses Royal Court Helps Pasadena Kick Off 33rd Annual Visitor Hotline
Pasadena Hot Meal Program Celebrates Milestone Tonight, Having Fed Over 110,000 In Need
Real California Milk Selects Multigenerational Dairy Farm Families for 2017 Rose Parade Float
Shriners Look to Pasadena for Two Exciting Developments
Free January Events at Pasadena Senior Center
Women 40 and Older Invited to Join Pasadena Senior Center 3×3 Basketball Winter League
Pets of the Week at the Pasadena Humane Society
City Announces Christmas 2016, New Year’s 2017 Closures and Reminders for Pasadena
Keithley Plumbing Receives 2016 Best Businesses of Pasadena Award
Business Top Story:
Community Bank Receives Senior Unsecured Debt Rating of BBB+ from Kroll Bond Rating Agency
Honda Pasadena Rolls Out Deliveries of New Third-Generation 2017 Clarity Fuel Cell
Pasadena’s Green Dot Shortens Terms of Office for Board of Directors
Public Safety:
Suspect Pleads Guilty to 181 Years in Prison for Pasadena Triple Murder Shooting in 2014
Looking Ahead, City Released Rose Parade, Bowl Game Safety Information
14-Year-Old Boy Stabs 72-Year-Old Man Multiple Times in Revenge, Victim Expected to Survive
Car Strikes Man, Woman and Baby Pedestrians, All Are Ok
Police Ask Public’s Help to Catch This Christmas Package Thief
Pasadena Man Accused in Arcadia Hit-and-Run Pleads Not Guilty
Faces:
Meet Pasadena’s ‘Spacecraft Dressmaker’
Giving Back:
Actor Robert Patrick and Fellow Motorcycle Riders Bring Cheer to Hillsides Children with Toy Run
Salvation Army Donations Drop Almost 10% This Year