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 41 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

PUSD Board Votes to Keep Schools Online Only At Start of Year

Tournament of Roses to Cut Staff, Budget

ArtCenter Students Protest “Racist” Campus Atmosphere

Rose Parade Canceled

Rose Parade Cancellation Will Take a Toll on Local, Regional Economy

City Moves Closer to Capping Fees Food Delivery Services May Charge Restaurants

Pasadena Issues Health Order Shutting Down Indoor Businesses and Activities – Including Protests

PUSD Superintendent to Recommend Starting School Year With Online Learning Only

Local Institutions Prevail as Trump Administration Backs Off Change to Foreign Student Visa Policy

Indoor Operations Halted Again at Pasadena’s Gyms, Hair and Nail Salons and Churches as COVID-19 Cases Mount

Pasadena’s Outdoor Dining a Qualified Success; Restaurants Still Face an Uncertain Future

Caltech Joins in Lawsuit Challenging Order to Revoke Foreign Student Visas

Police Chief Removes Flag With Logo Symbolizing Vigilante Justice

Tornek, Gordo Return to Campaigning in Mayoral Race

Police Oversight Could Come to Council by August 3

Government:

Local Assemblymember Pushes Bill Requiring Diversity on Corporate Boards

City Manager Concerned About CalPERS Investment Strategy

City to Consider Revoking Pasadena Bar’s Permit Over Alleged Violations

Another Cannabis Company Cleared In City Investigation

Controversial Project To Come Back Before Design Commission

Education:

Local Public School Teachers Overwhelmingly Against Reopening Classrooms

Community News:

Huntington Hospital to Join Cedars-Sinai Health System

Local Day Camp Closed After Two Test Positive for Coronavirus

Pasadena’s 43rd Doo Dah Parade Heads Online

Decision on Tournament of Roses’ Royal Court Could Be Weeks Away

35 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Pasadena as L.A. County Sees Largest-Ever Single-Day Increase in New Infections

Tournament Still To Decide Fate of Rose Queen Tryouts, Grand Marshal Selection

Rose Parade Has Evolved Over Decades, Responding to the Times

Pasadena Sees 36 New COVID-19 Cases and 1 New Death as Infections, Hospitalizations Reach Record Levels in L.A. County

Ridgecrest Earthquakes May Have Caused ‘Slight’ Increase in Chance of Quake on San Andreas Fault: Experts

Pasadena Religious Leaders React to Supreme Court Ruling on Contraception

Business Top Story:

Federal Loan Database Overstates PPP Loans Received by Pasadena Businessman by $4.7 Million

Public Safety:

Pasadena Man, Azusa Man Arrested in Connection with Kidnapping and Extortion Plot, Murder

Two Sought After Trying to Yank ATM From Bank With Truck, Chains in Pasadena

Man Accused of Lighting Series of Fires Along Colorado Boulevard 2 Weeks After Arrests for Alleged Arsons in Culver City

Pasadena Crime Up 8% This Year

Fireworks Suspected as Cause of Fire That Badly Damaged Pasadena Home

Las Vegas Men Accused of Attacking Teens, Robbing 1 of Them in Pasadena

Man Sentenced to Seven Years to Life in Pasadena Slashing

Man Caught on Camera Spitting at Female Protester in South Pasadena Arrested on Suspicion of Battery

People:

Caltech Professor Answers Key Questions About Coronavirus