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 40 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

Pasadena Vigil Marks Anniversary of January 6 Assault on U.S. Capitol

Suspect in Pasadena Double Murder Case Due Back in Court on Friday

Pasadena COVID Cases Climb At Unprecedented Rate, Huntington Hospital Pauses New Elective Surgeries

Retiring Police Chief Perez Honored with Emotional Sendoff

Roll Out of Gunfire Detection Tool ShotSpotter Expected Soon

City Orders Employers to Provide Workers, Volunteers With Surgical Masks or Higher-Level Respirators

District 5 County Supervisor Barger Tests Positive For COVID-19

PUSD Students Return to School as Virus Surges, While PCC Goes Back Online

COVID-Positive Patients at Huntington Hospital Double in Last Two Weeks

Moody, Clawson to Serve as Interim Police Chiefs

Pasadena Reports Record 1,000 New COVID-19 Cases in 3 Days

Pasadena Unified Covid Testing Snarls Traffic for Hours, Angers Parents and Local Residents

Police Chief John Perez Has No Regrets

LA County Reports Nearly 45,000 New COVID Cases Over the Weekend

What Pasadenans Need to Know About California’s New Composting Law

Government:

City Hearing Officer OKs Use Permit for Sales Office of Electric Vehicle Maker Lucid Motors in Pasadena

City Hearing Officer Approves Conditional Use Permit for East Walnut Street Adult Day-Care Facility

City Approves Tandem Parking for New North Altadena Drive Medical Office Building

City’s Hearing Officer Set To Review Plans for New Adult Daycare Facility

Congressman Schiff Announces Re-Election Campaign

Senator Portantino Introduces Enrollment-Based Funding Bill for K-12 Schools

Assemblymember Chris Holden Appointed Chair of the Assembly Committee on Appropriations

Pasadena City Manager Pushes Back Against “Inaccurate” Reports About Indoor Mask Exemptions

Education:

City Issues Newly-Revised Health Protocols for Reopening Pasadena Schools

Community News:

South Pasadena Gas Station Sells Powerball Ticket Worth $1.3 Million

The U.S. Air Force Kicks Off 75th Anniversary in Pasadena

“Vigil for Democracy” Marking Capitol Building Assault Set for Thursday at Pasadena City Hall

Altadena Library District Announces Temporary Closure; Curbside Services Return January 6

Application by Award-Winning Electric Car Maker Lucid Motors for Pasadena Sales Office Goes Before Hearing Officer

Business News:

Pasadena-Based Goldstar Ticketing Platform is Sold to TodayTix Group

Investment Firm Leases 26,000 Square Foot Top Floor of The Pasadena Towers

Pasadena Law Firms Merge Further Growing the Largest Legal Firm in Pasadena

Shops on Hill Sold For $18 Million

Public Safety:

Huntington Park Man Gets 21 Years in Trader Joe’s Heists

COVID Spike Spurs LA’s Presiding Judge to Authorize Delay in Criminal Trials

Lawsuit Dismissed Over Naked Baby on Cover of Iconic Nirvana Album Photographed in Pasadena Pool

Fewest Arrests At Rose Parade and Rose Bowl in Game in Recent Memory

Man Who Admits to 15 Robberies, Attempted Robberies Targeting Trader Joe’s Stores in Pasadena, Other SoCal Cities Faces Sentencing

People:

South Pasadena Couple Donates $50 Million for New California Nature Preserve

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Professor Jim Strauss