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 32 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

Tempers Flare at Public Meeting About Hiring New City Manager

Rent Control Supporters to Turn in Over 14,000 Signatures for Initiative Monday

PUSD Superintendent McDonald’s Contract Extended Until 2026

City Department to Recommend Code Changes Allowing Affordable Housing on Churches, Colleges’ Vacant Lots

City Event to Focus on Cannabis Business Regulations

Average LA County Gas Price Rises For 30th Consecutive Day, Premium in Pasadena Above $6.00

Rate Hike Is Official: Higher Water Bills Start Going Out Next Week

Landlords Describe Weight of Inflation, Rent Moratoriums on Their Income

Temporary Forest Supervisor of Angeles National Forest Named

In Format Change, Pasadena City Council Will Hear Public Comments At the End, Not Beginning, of Each Meeting

Video Shows Pasadena Police Sergeant Fleeing From CHP

City Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Expand Free Public Wi-Fi Service in City Parks

Pasadena Minimum Wage to Increase to $16.11

Pasadena Public Health Dept. Tracking New, Fast-Spreading COVID Variant BA.2

District Attorney Replies to City’s Letter on Officer-Involved Incidents

Government:

Vice-Mayor Wilson Endorses Jason Lyon for City Council District 7

City Council Approves Holding of Two Concerts at Rose Bowl in June

Education:

Dr. Steve Gibson Announces Candidacy for Pasadena City College Board of Trustees

American Institute of Mathematics Moves to Caltech

Community News:

BA.2 Sub-Variant of COVID Increasing in LA County

LA County Urges TB Testing on World Tuberculosis Day

Design Commission Defers Voting on New MorningStar Building’s Design Concept

SoCal Water District Officials Urge Native Plant Landscaping To Conserve Water

Pasadena to Join County and State in Lifting COVID Vaccine/Testing Mandate at Indoor Events

SoCal Grocery Workers Begin Balloting in Strike-Authorization Vote

Pasadena Appeals Court Affirms Stormy Daniels Attorney’s Fees to Trump

Public Safety:

20-Year-Old Pasadena UCLA Student Killed in Horrific Freeway Crash

Business News:

Greenbridge Investment Partners Leases the Entire 4th Floor of the Historic Pasadena Star-News Building

Pasadena Service Federal Credit Union Launches Social Equity Program for Cannabis Businesses

People:

Altadena Resident Presented President’s Volunteer Service Award

Non-Profits News:

Pasadena Tournament of Roses Forum With High Achievers Will Help Young People to Pursue Their Passions and Dreams

California District 41 Assemblymember Chris Holden Visits Options for Youth Pasadena