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:

Dodgers, Local Schools to Honor Jackie Robinson Today

Pasadena Police: Gun Seizures, Shootings Down But More Work Remains

New Grocery Workers’ Contract Overwhelmingly Ratified

Planning Commission Approves Zoning Code Amendments that Would Exempt Landmark Districts from SB 9 Application

Sheriff Gives Metro Ultimatum on Transit Policing, Will Reassign Deputies

Planning Commission to Consider Amending Zoning Code to Comply With SB 9 Urgency Ordinance

Candidate Interviews Set For City Manager Candidates

PUSD Announces Appointments of Two New District Administrators

City Council Votes to Lift Evictions Moratorium

Council Gets Information on Administrative Review in Timeline in McClain Shooting

PCC Academic Senate Passes Vote of No Confidence in Superintendent/President Endrijonas

City Told To Ask Permission From Tournament Before Using Association’s Intellectual Property to ‘Avoid Creating Further Disputes’

Government:

Building Electrification to Bring Cleaner Air, Reduce Construction Bills, Says Pasadena Group

City Council Committee OK’s Pasadena’s Inclusion in Transit Services Mutual Assistance Pact

Mayor Gordo Issues Proclamation Recognizing Armenian Genocide

Finance Committee Approves $2 Million Loan for a Housing Project for Homeless Youth, PCC Students

Education:

Statewide COVID Vaccine Mandate Which Would Affect All Pasadena Schoolchildren Delayed Until 2023

Caltech Named Best Research University for Undergrads in 2022

PCC Trustee Candidate Gibson Announces More Endorsements

Community News:

Metro Board Could Certify EIR for North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Route This Month

Study: Spread of COVID in LA County More Widespread Than Testing Shows

Up to 15 Venues Including Gamble House to Offer In-Person Programs for Spring ArtNight; Free Shuttle Buses to Return This Year

Democrats of Pasadena Foothills Announce Endorsements in Council, PCC Races

Rose Bowl Game Honored With New Historic Marker

Municipal Services Committee Approves $400,000 Contract for Awareness Campaign Promoting Water Savings

Pasadena Water and Power Launches New Customer Information System

Women’s Political Caucus Endorses 8 Candidates in Local Races

Local Vector Control Agency Monitors Plans to Release Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in Central California

Coalition to Rally at City Hall for Safer Streets

Leaf Blower Ordinance Moves Closer To Becoming City Law

Public Safety:

Concerned Over Safety of the Public, Police Call Off Pursuit of Armed Robber

Business News:

Roborista? Pasadena Robotics Company Creates High Tech Coffee Station