Week in Review: Top Pasadena Stories of the Week

The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 143 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 27 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

 

News Feature Stories

Family, Church, Anti-Gang Experts March on Anniversary of Altadena Man’s Murder

Beloved Mayor Feted by Grateful City, Flash Mob Begs “Won’t You Stay A Little Bit Longer?”

Activists Demand “Do Over” for Internal Affairs Investigation of Officers Who Killed Unarmed Man

Tyron Hampton Wins District 1 Councilmember Seat, Officially

City Hall Readies for Changing of the Guard at Monday’s Swearing In Ceremony

AIDS Service Center Closes

 

Government

Holden’s Legislation to Improve Public School Education Pass Key Education Committee

Holden’s New Rules for “Buy Here, Pay Here” Car Lots and Their “Kill Devices” Pass Assembly

 

Education

John Muir High School Student Wins Prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship

Pasadena City College’s 90th Commencement Set for Friday, May 8

Art Filled the Gallery, Music Filled the Air at Eliot Arts Magnet Grand Reopening Thursday

 

Community News

YWCA Pasadena to Host 4th Annual Women’s Leadership & Networking Day

Mayor Tornek will Lead 42nd Annual Pasadena Mayor’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast

Pasadena Public Library Announce 2015 One City, One Story Contest Winners

Concorso Ferrari Thrilled, Fascinated Enthusiasts with Over 140 Supercars

Next “It’s All Free at Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day” Announced

West Pasadena Residents’ Association Annual Meeting Will Focus on Pasadena’s Character, Future

 

Giving Back

Pasadena Rotary Club Sponsors 10 High School Students for a Weekend at Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Camp

AbilityFirst Reveals its Future Plans at Reception for Community Leaders

 

Business Top Story

Two Men and a Truck, a Leading National Moving Services, Opens New Corporate Hub in Pasadena

Tetra Tech to Acquire Cornerstone Environmental Group

 

Public Safety

Pasadena Police Officer of the Year: Cristian Alexander Allen

Fire Department Douses Blazing Trees as Worried Officials Eye Drought’s Fire Risks

Two Armed Men Attempt to Kidnap Women in Old Pasadena By Identifying Themselves as Police

Pasadena Police Chief Recaps Last Week’s Critical Incidents

 

Faces

Patrisse Cullors, #BlackLivesMatter Co-Founder, Will Speak in Pasadena Sunday

 

Gatherings

Ricky Biel and Shopoff Kill It at The Chop House