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 40 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Story:

Pasadena’s Budget Shortfall: What’s the Answer?

State Agency Squabble Victimizes Caltrans Renters, says Attorney

Pasadena City College Announces Tuition-Free ‘PCC Promise’ Program for High School Graduates

Short of ‘Sanctuary’ Status, Pasadena Passes Resolution on City Immigration Policy

Panda Express Co-founders Give $30 Million to Caltech for Medical Engineering

L.A. Zoo Says Former Pasadena Humane Society Alligator Tina is Getting Along Famously With Her New Roommate, Reggie

 

Government:

Trio of Recently Enacted State Bills Provide Potential Instruments for Economic Development, City Officials Say

Sign Up Now to Drive One of the Electric Cars Showcased at the Rose Bowl

Pakistani-Born, Huntington Hospital-Affiliated Pulmonologist Announces Candidacy for Lieutenant Governor

Pasadena Congresswoman Chu Praises Vote to Advance Changes at the Copyright Office

Pasadena Rentals Prices Still Increasing, According to City Figures

Recent Rainfall Episodes Help Pasadena Ease Off Water Restrictions

State Senator Anthony Portantino Recognizes 10 Women of the Year

Pasadena Department of Transportation Wants to Keep Heading in the Right Direction, Needs Your Input

Pasadena Unified School Board Will Meet This Thursday

City’s Finance Committee Addresses Amendments to 2017 Capital Improvement Program Budget on Tuesday

Higher City Water Prices Coming Down the Pipe?

 

Education:

Pasadena Unified Parent Summit Announced for Saturday, April 8

Caltech Postdoctoral Students Plan March for Science to Counter “Mischaracterization of Science as a Partisan Issue”

 

Community News:

Visionaries to Create, Exchange Innovative Ideas at Pasadena Startups Conference

Caltech Researchers Are Inventing Tools for Detecting Life Elsewhere in the Universe

Free Women’s Career Workshop Announced by the Junior League of Pasadena

2nd Annual Masters of Taste: L.A.’s Top Tastemakers Savor the Finer Things On Field of The Iconic Pasadena Rose Bowl

Pasadena Armenian Community Organizations Present Community-wide Series: “Resistance | Rebuilding | Redefining”

JPL Mars Rover Leader Peter Theisinger to Receive National Trophy

Help Kids in Foster Care at Santa Anita Park This Weekend

Pets of the Week at the Pasadena Humane Society

Pasadena Playhouse Celebrates 80th Anniversary as California’s State Theater

Friends of the Sierra Madre Library Best Used Book Sale

 

Business Top Story:

Vallarta Markets Moving Ahead With Renovation Plans, Will Take Over Vons Site in Renaissance Plaza by November

Pasadena Engineering Firm Wins NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Contract

 

Public Safety:

Pasadena Police Arrest 3 in Possibly Major Identity Theft Case

23-Year-Old Pasadena Woman Robbed in Early Morning Hours

 

Faces:

Caltech Grad Student Wins Hertz Fellowship

 

Benefit:

Pasadena Unified Parent Leaders Honored at Pasadena Education Network’s 9th Annual Wine, Beer, & Spirits Tasting

Mario Lopez to Host Lucky Baldwin Poker Tournament Fundraiser at L.A. Arboretum

“St. Mo’Town,” St. Monica Academy’s Auction and Gala, Coming Up on April 29

 

Giving Back:

Masters of Taste 2017 Whets Appetites with Sneak Preview

Test Your Ping Pong Skills and Help Children in Foster Care on April 6