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 46 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Story:

Assemblymember Chris Holden Introduces Legislation Which Would Prohibit Building the 710 Freeway Extension Tunnel Under Pasadena

Plans for New Los Robles Avenue Luxury Project Call for Large-Scale Demolition

Quorum Quandary: Divided Council Tables Issue

Reaction to Assemblymember Holden’s Bill to Kill the 710 Extension Tunnel: Enthusiasm to Outrage

Pasadena-based Spokeo Joins 126 Tech Companies Filing Legal Brief vs. Trump Immigration Ban

Pasadena City College Makes the Grade, Earns Back Full Accreditation Status

Pasadena NAACP Decides to Drop Lawsuit In Response to Changes to Body Camera Policy

City Council Could Endorse Measure H, Strengthen Water Conservation, Clarify Parking Meter Regulations on Monday

 

Government:

L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger Voices Concerns, Listens to Altadena Residents at Chamber Breakfast

Senator Portantino Introduces Legislation Giving County Assessor, Caltrans Tools to Help Keep 710 Properties Affordable

City Announces Closures and Reminders for Upcoming Lincoln, Washington Birthdays 2017

City Council to Residents: Get Used to Saving Water

Bridge Reconstruction Will Shut Down Major Residential Intersection Through February 17

Pasadena Congresswoman Chu Named to House Ways and Means Committee

Council Backs Measure H for Tax to Fight Homelessness, on March Ballot

Commission to Hear About Renovations to 90-Year-Old Buildings, Construction of Major New Facilities at Las Encinas Hospital

Dilapidated “Cinema 21? Building Finally May Get a Decades Overdue Facelift

Pasadena’s Love of Pickleball Spikes, Interest Higher Than in Tennis at Some City Facilities

Leadership Pasadena Class Hears from City Leaders

Armenian Youth Federation to Hold Immigration Forum in Pasadena, Focused on Presidential Order

 

Education:

New President of the French Academy of Sciences is a Caltech Grad

This Week’s All-District Music Festival Reveals Vibrancy of Pasadena Unified’s Arts Programs

Caltech and The Huntington Library Partner, Bringing Together Multidisciplinary Researchers

Trump Administration’s Travel Restrictions Hit Close to Home for Pasadena City College Student

Social Justice Advocate Chosen as Pasadena City College’s 2017 Commencement Speaker

Author Kate Dicamillo Visits Blair, Meets First Place Winner of Scholastic Reader Contest

 

Community News:

100-Year-Old Former Pasadena Police Woman Gets the Birthday Surprise of the Century

2018 Rose Parade Marching Bands Revealed

A Noise Within Presents Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness!

Pasadena Rapid Bus to Hollywood Could Be Metro’s First Measure M Project

Descanso Gardens Presents Camellia & Tea Festival This Weekend

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger Joins the Altadena Chamber for a Power Breakfast on Thursday

Pets of the Week at the Pasadena Humane Society

 

Business Top Story:

New Job Fair Series May Help You Take Your Career To The Next Level

Pasadena Pretzel Innovator Expects Further Expansion in 2017

Pasadena Company to Demo Facial Recognition Software to Health Industry

 

Public Safety:

Dog Bites 2 Altadena Mountain Team Members as Injured Owner is Rescued

Police Arrest Serial Armed Robbery Suspect in Multiple Subway, Domino’s Pizza Heists

Woman Confronted by Male Robber in Paseo Colorado Bathroom

Old Pasadena Cheesecake Factory Restaurant Struck by Second Mishap in Two Days

 

Faces:

Collaborate PASadena Introduces New Director, Lisa Cavelier, To Lead Initiative

Pasadena Museum of History Welcomes Stephen Acker and Richard A. McDonald as Trustees

Veteran Broker John Berger Joins Lee & Associates Pasadena

 

Benefits:

Pasadena’s Cancer Support Community Announces 25th Annual Angel Gala

Villa Esperanza Guild Hosts Its 19th Annual Day of Thoroughbred Racing

Kidspace’s “Vegas Baby” Benefit Raised Funds and the Roof