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 34 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

Officials Announce Safety Rules for the Return of the Rose Parade

FBI, Pasadena Police Not Aware of Any Credible Threats to Southland Schools

Ninth Circuit Sides With Fuller Seminary in Expulsion of Students in Same Sex Marriages

Redondo Beach Mayor Calls on Pasadena to Join Lawsuit Against the State Over Housing Legislation

COVID Hospitalizations Continue Climb in LA County, Cases of Omicron Variant Double

Commission Approves Final Design to Convert Laemmle Theatre’s Playhouse 7 Into Multi-Tenant Building, With No Movie Theatre

Dolores Hickambottom, 1931-2021

City Committee Approves Recommendation to Ban Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blowers

Design Commission Tackles Details of Proposed Beaux Arts-Inspired Housing Project Facing City Hall

First Omicron Variant COVID-19 Case in Pasadena Resident Confirmed

Council Approves Resolution That Could Allow City Manager to Hire CalPERS Retiree as Interim Police Chief

Police Announce Multiple Arrests in Jamal Patterson Murder

Three Pasadena Department Heads to Rotate as Assistant City Manager

Fire Department Unveils First-Ever Wildfire Evacuation Plan for West Pasadena’s Arroyo Area San Rafael Hills

City Departments Ramp Up Plans for Upcoming Tournament of Roses Events

Government:

City Council Adopts SB9 Emergency Ordinance

Council Adds More Funds to City’s ADU Program

Council Successfully Conducts Second Reading on Election District Ordinance

Community News:

Commission Approves Final Design for New Mixed-Use Building to be Built at former Twin Palms Site in Old Pasadena

Burbank/Hollywood Airport, Operated in Part by Pasadena, Getting Nearly $8 Million From Infrastructure Bill

SoCal Agency That Supplies 60% of Pasadena’s Water Joins Pact to Dramatically Cut Colorado River Withdrawals

As Anticipated, Omicron COVID Cases Mount in LA County

Nearly 15,000 Anime and Cosplay Fans Takeover the Pasadena Convention Center

Pasadena Viral Video Hero Facing Rare Cancer to Ride the City of Hope Float in Rose Parade

With COVID Surging, State Mandates Indoor Mask-Wearing Through Holiday Season

Public Safety:

52 Cats and Kittens Rescued From Unsanitary Local Home By Pasadena Humane

Co-Founder of Pasadena Company to Plead Guilty in $8.4 Million Precious Metals Scheme

Smash ‘n Grab Thieves Hit Cellphone Store

Contract Amendment for Police Body Worn Cameras Is Approved by Council

Non Profit News:

Rose Queen and Royal Court Join Mayor Gordo On Holiday Bus Tour of Schools and Children’s Groups

Local Charity Receives $50,000 from Beverage Company

People:

LeAnn Rimes to Kick Off Rose Parade

Caltech Biology Professor Elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Pasadena Native Bryce Young Wins Heisman Trophy