The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 49 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.
Top Story:
Stealing the Show: Youthful Speaker Impresses NAACP Audience
Residents Speak Out to City Council on JR Thomas’ Death
Pasadena’s History App Blends New and Old, Wins Award
Community Bids Farewell to JR Thomas, Man Who Died in Police Custody on September 30
Union Street Bike Track Is on Track
Embezzlement Fallout: City Extends Fraud Risk Assessment Contract
Government:
Ballots in the Mail and on the Way to Pasadena Residents
Robinson Park Rec Center to be Renovated Soon; Staff to Relocate
Education:
Pasadena/Altadena Coalition of Transformative Leaders and Day One to Host Educational Summit
Learn About Veteran and Military Educational Benefits at Pacific Oaks College
Pasadena Educational Foundation Launches Teen Battle of the Bands Competition
Pasadena Educational Tech Company Raises $4 Million for Software to Teach Kids How to Code
Community News:
At JPL, Amazing Spacecraft ‘Nuclear Batteries’ Get a Boost from New Materials
Cancer Support Community Pasadena Announces New Executive Director
Learn to Coexist with Wildlife at Pasadena Humane Society’s Free Seminar This Weekend
2017 One City, One Story Selection to be Revealed as Library’s Kick-Off to ArtNight
10,000 Will Walk for a World With Type 1 Diabetes at JDRF One Walk Event at the Rose Bowl
Flintridge Center Raising Funds to Help Community Members Start Careers
Upbeat Inaugural National Coming Out Day at the Pasadena Library Draws Crowd
First Video-Centric Health Care Site by Patients for Patients Launched by Pasadena Entrepreneur
Think Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Free Flu Shot Clinic at Pasadena Senior Center
Kidspace Children’s Museum Hosts Kids Favorite 22nd Annual Pumpkin Festival This weekend
Experience Art, Music and More at Pasadena’s Signature Art Event
15 Years of LGBTQ Pride in the SGV, SGV Pride Presents “XV on the 15th”
Southern California Children’s Museum Presents American Girl Fashion Show
Cancer Support Community Pasadena Holds Sixth Annual “Ladies Night Out”
Pride Week Sees Inaugural National Coming Out Day Event at Pasadena’s Central Library
Business Top Story:
Parsons Honored for Structural Engineering Excellence
Pasadena Company Earns $29 Million Contract from U.S. Agency for International Development
Pasadena Tech Company Scores Celebrity Investor, Spokesman
Chamber, City Present Pasadena Business and Economic Summit at University Club
Public Safety:
Responding to Reports of a “Woman on Fire,” Rescue Units Find Burned Woman at Busy Shopping Center
Pasadena Police Announce Special Traffic Enforcement Patrols This Friday
Bear Attack Monday Reinforces Need for Community to Understand “Living with Urban Wildlife”
Drive-By Shooting Injures One, Narrowly Misses Two Other Victims on Sunday Night
Pasadena Police Release Names of Officers Involved in Death Investigation of Reginald Thomas
Faces:
William Bolton, Respected Local Insurance Executive, Dies at 77
Benefits:
Yes, Virginia Fund Hosts Luncheon to Support Children at the Holidays