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 42 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

NASA Leadership Visits JPL, Discusses Climate Change and Mars

Council Returns on Monday With Leaf Blowers and Campaign Financing On the Agenda

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Pasadena Republican Club’s Case Against City, Western Justice Center

City Committee Members Discuss Police Investigation Policies on Officer-Involved Shootings

Doo Dah Parade Canceled, Organizers Cite Health Guidelines

School Choice Initiative Receives OK to Collect Signatures To Qualify For November 2022 Ballot

Committee Wants City’s Transition to Electric Buses Accelerated

Outgoing Pasadena Police Chief John Perez Presides Over His Final ‘Chief’s Breakfast’

96.1% of Eligible Pasdenans Have Received at Least 1 COVID-19 Vaccination

Mayor, Councilmembers Help Unveil Eddie Van Halen Memorial

Pasadena Marks National Coming Out Day With Celebration of Freedom and Diversity

42 COVID-19 Infections Detected in Pasadena Since Saturday

Van Halen Memorial to be Unveiled in Pasadena Monday

City Committee to Hear Presentation About Police Dept. Policies On Officer-Involved Shooting Investigations

Pasadena City Hall, Pasadena Unified Schools Open Monday, But Many State and Federal Agencies Are Closed

Government:

No Council Meeting This Week; Leaf Blowers, Campaign Finance Ordinance and Predevelopment Plan on Deck For Next Meeting

Education:

New International Boarding School in Pasadena Holds First Open House for Interested Local Parents, Students and Community

Community News:

City Urged to Take Actions to Reduce Locally Generated Greenhouse Gas Emissions

COVID-19 Cases Trending Down Among Those Experiencing Homelessness in L.A. County

Union Station Dinner in the Park Item of the Week for October 11

Local Law Office Awards $3,000 Grants to 11 Local Activist Organizations

Rivas Endorsed by Mayor Gordo in Council District 5 Election

Committee Hears Pasadena Water and Power Plans to Beautify Pad-Mounted Transformers Throughout the City

League of Women Voters Presents ‘10 Action Points and 10 Processes That Cities Can Take to Reduce GHG Emissions’

Southern California Kaiser Permanente Union Members Vote to Authorize Strike

COVID Hospitalizations Continue Dropping in Los Angeles County

Updated Redistricting Mapping Tools With Adjusted Census Data Available on City’s Redistricting Webpage

Committee to Discuss Proposed Updates to PWP’s Electric Service Requirement

Public Safety:

Fire Danger Concern Soars as Mercury Heads to 91 Friday, Chaney Trail Is Closed

Four Arrested for Attempted Residential Break-In

DA’s Union Alleges Gascón Appoints Unqualified Outside Candidates

Lifelong Pasadena Resident Killed in Motorcycle Crash Remembered

Man Struck by Car in Pasadena Last Week Succumbs to Injuries

Gunman Sought in Pasadena Robbery Attempt

Pasadena Water Tender, Firefighters Head North to Fight Explosive Alisal Fire

87-Year-Old Man Who Went Missing in Pasadena Found Safe

103-Year-Old Man Who Went Missing in Pasadena Found Safe

Worker Swarmed by Bees in Pasadena

Bear Tranquilized Along North Los Robles Avenue in Pasadena, Returned to Wilderness

Pasadena Police Receive $462,900 in State Grants for Traffic Enforcement, Study

People:

William Shatner, a Former Rose Parade Grand Marshal, Completes Trip to Space With Blue Origin Crew

Lifelong Pasadena Resident, 93, Shares Her Story For Launch of Mayor’s New ‘Meet Your Neighbor!’ Series