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 55 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

Students Graduating from Caltech Friday Say a Future Elon Musk May Be in Their Ranks

Pasadena’s Chalk Festival is a Guinness-World-Record-Setting ‘Museum Without Walls’

New Rose Parade Team Considers “Different Levels of Entertainment,” Innovations for Future Parades

Altadena Library Director Kittay Given 90-day Contract Extension at Tense Hours-Long Meeting

Barger Cancels ‘Hand Over’ of Eaton Canyon Golf Course to Pasadena, Wins Praise from Nervous Hastings Ranch Neighborhood

County Will Retain Eaton Canyon Golf Course, Pasadena Handover Deal is Dead

Council Puts Off Decision on New Building Height Interim Ordinance

Meet the 2018 Pasadena Sports Now Softball All-Stars

Attorney: Former 710 Route Bargain Home Sales Not the Windfall Dream They Appear to Be

Top Stories of the Week 1 Year Ago

 

Government:

Pasadena’s Fire Stations Lead the Way in Replacing Thirsty Water Turf with Drought-Tolerant Landscapes

Senator Portantino Appointed Chair of the Committee on Appropriations

Assemblymember Chris Holden’s Bill to Inform Drivers of Their Rights During Police Stops Passes Senate Committee

California Attorney General Commits $37.5 Million to Combatting Tobacco Use In Minors; Pasadena Gets Grant Funds

Pasadena Updates Fireworks Ordinance, Reinforces That All Fireworks are Illegal in Pasadena

Progressives Discussion Group Meeting to Focus on Efforts to Flip California’s 39th Congressional District from Red to Blue

Design Commission Will Hear Plans for Chandler School Expansion

Pasadena Tenants Union Endorses Statewide Rent Control Initiative on November Ballot

New 5-Story Building Planned for South Lake Avenue

City Council Pores Over Proposed Budget, Appoints Commissioners, Confronts Development Issue in Monday Night’s Meeting

Council Considers New Interim Ordinance on Building Height Regulations

 

Education:

Caltech’s Famed (and Twice Hijacked) War Cannon to Thunder at Commencement Ceremony

Congressman and Civil Rights Movement Leader John Lewis is Caltech’s 2018 Commencement Speaker on Friday

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles Robert Barron Celebrates St. Monica Graduation

Local Grads Win Pasadena Police Officers Association Scholarships

Bosco Tech Class of 2018 Graduation

 

Community News:

Must-Sees for the Extraterrestrial Enthusiast at AlienCon 2018 Starting Today in Pasadena

Will Rose Bowl Stadium See Another World Cup? With FIFA’s Award of 2026 Men’s Games to North America, It’s Possible

Father’s Day Brunch, Dinner and Events Guide for the Pasadena Area

City to Mark Juneteenth with Celebration on Saturday

Rose Bowl’s ‘AmericaFest’ 4th of July Spectacular to Feature Largest Fireworks Show in Southern California

Longtime Pasadena Nonprofit Women at Work Shuts Down, Sets Legacy Party

Tournament of Roses Foundation Continues Commitment to the Community with $200,000 in Grant Awards

Old Pasadena Summer Cinema Returns in July, with 4 Venues and 17 Free Movies

Pets of the Week at the Pasadena Humane Society

Report: Rose Bowl Plans to Install New LED Lighting

Free July Events at Pasadena Senior Center

Hillsides Education Center Graduates 10 Seniors

 

Business Top Story:

Donut Bar is Coming to Pasadena

Innovate Pasadena Celebrates Fifth Anniversary With Mixer

 

Public Safety:

Civil Rights Attorney Alleges Two Pasadena Police Officers Lied About Violent Arrest, Should Be Fired

Would-Be Robber Threatens to Shoot Pasadena Bank Teller Before Fleeing, Empty-Handed

Woman First Reported Missing In Santa Monica Located Unharmed In Pasadena

Bandits Snatch Purse from Woman Crossing Fair Oaks Avenue In Wednesday Morning Street Robbery

Suspect in Horrific Hit-and-Run That Killed Pasadena Man is Arraigned, Pleads Not Guilty

Man Who Fell from Lake Avenue Overpass Sign onto 210 Freeway Sunday Identified, Death Ruled a Suicide

Police Department Announces Traffic Enforcement Program Will Roll Out This Friday

Pasadena Police 911 System Suffers Glitch, Goes Offline Friday Night

Man Struck by Multiple Vehicles Sunday Night On 210 Freeway At Lake After Falling From Overpass; All Lanes Now Reopened

Police: Homeless Woman Stabs Man With Scissors in Random Attack at Pasadena Bus Stop

 

Benefits:

Benefit Concert at Westridge School Will Support the Education of Refugee Children

 

Faces:

Pasadena Symphony’s Lora Unger Named Year’s Top CEO by International Professional Association

 

Giving Back:

Las Candelas Celebrates 65 Years of Helping Vulnerable Youth

Pasadena Playhouse Awarded California Arts Council Grant

Pasadena’s Kaiser Permanente Funds Swimming Lessons, Pool Safety for Kids with $408,000 Grant