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 44 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

Tournament Considering Rose Parade Options

Pasadena COVID-19 Case Count Rises Above 400

Pasadena Unified’s Annual ‘State of the Schools’ Speech Delivered in Private, Emailed to Community; Details Vast Challenges to District

Los Angeles Now Offering Free Testing to All County Residents

Pasadena Marks Grim Record as Six Reported Dead From Coronavirus in a Single Day

Pasadena Fire Department Kicks Off Brush Inspections as Temperatures Rise

City to Investigate Allegations Against Two Cannabis Dispensaries

As Today’s Denim Day Raises Sexual Assault Awareness, Police Fear Lockdown Has Stifled Calls for Help

County Supervisors Today Will Review Calls for Stronger Protections for Nursing Home Residents, Staff

L.A. County Releases $35.5 Billion Budget, Warns of Cuts to Come

Government:

Planning Commissioner, Locals Oppose Cannabis Discussion During Outbreak

Land Surplus Act Could Delay YWCA Project

L.A. County Board Continues to Limit Public Participation

Education:

ArtCenter College of Design Online Graduation Scheduled for Saturday

First of $15.2 Million in Federal CARES Act Funding Arrives at PCC

ArtCenter Students Doing Their Part, Create Face Shields for Huntington Hospital Medical Personnel

Pasadena’s Los Angeles College of Music Makes Billboard’s 2020 List of Top Music Schools

Community News:

Tournament President Drops By Rose Bowl Testing Site to Deliver Lunch and Roses to Front Line Health Care Workers

Virtual Annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast to be Held Next Week

Day Laborers Hold Coronavirus-Safe Protest at City Hall, Decry “Exclusion”

Changes at Harvest, Integral Dispensaries Could Lead to More Scrutiny

Arroyo Seco Foundation Submits Settlement Offer to County in Sediment Removal Lawsuit

County Announces 56 New COVID-19 Deaths

Pasadena Health Officials Report Two More COVID-19 Deaths, Publish Interactive Tracking Dashboard

Sediment Removal Project Returning to Court for Hearing on June 25

Traffic Calming’ Signs Urge Pasadena Drivers To Slow Down for Pedestrians During Safer-At-Home Order

County Officials Said Monday There Have Been 29 Additional COVID-19 Deaths

Pasadena Center to Continue Meal Program

Devil’s Gate Sediment Removal Project to Resume this Week

Business Top Story:

Some Local Grocery Stores Begin Limiting Meat Purchases Over Concerns About Shortages

Marijuana Retailer Won’t Say if Sale Includes Pasadena Operation

Original Tommy’s Honors First Responders With Chili Burgers, Fries and Gratitude

County Reaches Out to Landlord on Behalf of Webster’s Pharmacy

Webster’s Pharmacy Owners Receive Second Eviction Notice

Wescom Credit Union Donates $10,000 Worth of GrubHub Gift Cards to Huntington Memorial Hospital Workers on Front Lines of COVID-19

Apple Could Owe Caltech $837 Million

Public Safety:

Pasadena, San Marino Teenagers Arrested For Allegedly Stealing From Car

Pasadena Father Arrested for Attempted Murder of His Young Son

People:

Pair of Caltech Professors Elected to Royal Society of Great Britain

Ian Whitcomb, July 10, 1941 – April 19, 2020

Pasadena-based Carbon Health’s Dr. Caesar Djavaherian Talks About Reopening California

Caltech Professor Looks at How People Are Forming New Habits in the Era of the Coronavirus