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 62 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

 

Top Stories:

City Council Hears Plan for 550 Unit “New Community” in East Pasadena

Mayor Tornek Reinvigorates 710 Tunnel Fight at West Pasadena Residents Association Meeting

Mayor Takes New Drive to Repeal Pro-710 Measure Before Supportive Residents Association Tonight

Mayor Tornek Announces Immediate Action Must be Taken to Defend Against 710 Tunnel “Ambush”

Massive Search for Missing Plane Locates Wreckage, Body in Mountains Above Pasadena

Beyonces’s Rose Bowl Concert Flawless, Even Traffic Seemed Choreographed

For Pasadena’s Youngest Boxers, Months of Training on the Line at Saturday’s Villa-Parke Boxing Show

June 1 Jury Trial Set for Pasadena Black Lives Matter Organizer Jasmine Richards

Councilwoman Says Measure A Must Be Repealed or Overturned in Order to Campaign Against 710 Freeway Tunnel “Disaster”

Pasadena Unified Schools Announces Compliance with Recently-Issued Federal Transgender Bathroom Guidelines

Federal Judges Inspire John Muir High School Students to Dream Big

 

Government:

City Adds New Solar Power Source, Can Power up to 9,400 Pasadena Homes

Memorial Day Closures, Reminders for May 30, 2016

Sierra Madre Excess Water Use Penalties to Increase

Pasadena Parking Manager Appeals to Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Members for Support

Pasadena Congresswoman Decries Synthetic Drugs, Calls for New Congressional Approach

California NOW Endorses Anthony Portantino for State Senate

Assemblymember Chris Holden Honors Holocaust Survivor Sam Langholz on Assembly Floor

Finding a Nursing Home For a Loved One

Council Expected to Spend $1.8 Million on Bicycle-In-Traffic Detection System

City Council Will Hear Details of Proposed Large East Pasadena Development

 

Education:

John Muir Seniors Get Real World Experience Through Sustainable Internship Program

Pasadena City College Claims Area Survey Shows Support for Bond Measure of Up to $888 Million

Five of Pasadena Unified’s Top Teachers Honored for Excellence by the Pasadena Rotary Club

‘Black Minds Matter’ Report Discussed Today at PCC Forum

Pasadena Unified Announces Selection of Two New Principals, New Equity and Access Coordinator

John Muir High School Celebrates its 2016 Engineering Medallion Recipients

Blair High School Wins Fefferman Award for Excellence in Math and Science Education

Pasadena Unified Inaugurates New McKinley Gymnasium, Covered in Joint Use Deal with City

Pasadena, Altadena Links Award $20,500 in Scholarships to Local High School Seniors

Pasadena Unified Will Dedicate New Gymnasium to Former Principal

 

Community News:

YWCA Opens Registration for Innovative Girls “Empowerment” Summer Camp

Pasadena Humane Society Mounts Campaign to Prevent Dog Bite Tragedies

Spring Awakening Festival Brings Native American Culture and Lore to Eaton Canyon This Weekend

City: If You were Selected for 2016 U.S. Census Survey and Did Not Complete it, Expect Knock on Door

Foothill Family Receives Work-Life 2016 Seal of Distinction Award

Local Moving Company Sponsors “Movers for Moms” Drive to Help Mothers in Shelters

Crowell Library Presents “Road Scholar: Adventures in Lifelong Learning”

Pilot in Mountain Airplane Crash North of Pasadena Identified by Authorities

ArtCenter Celebrates the Life of Beloved Faculty Member and Former Chair of Product Design, Martin “Marty” Smith

Get to Know the Pasadena Fire Dept. Explorers Over a Pancake Breakfast

Pasadena’s Patron Saints Foundation Gives $30,000 Grant to Huntington Medical Research Institutes to Help Construct Biomedical Research Building

Newcomers and Friends of San Gabriel Valley Invites Local Residents to June Event

Pasadena Tourism Board Wants to Keep “Room Tax” at 2007 Tax Rate

Three Artistic Pasadena High School Students Create Winning Airport Posters

 

Business Top Story:

Pasadena Company Plays Key Role in Plan to Move Massive Shuttle Fuel Tank to Science Center on Saturday

Pasadena’s Jacobs Donates $50,000 to Canadian Red Cross Alberta Fires Appeal

Pasadena Hot Dog Chain Scores Big in the Windy City

New Restaurant Set to Open in Old Pasadena’s ‘Indiana Colony’

 

Public Safety:

Pasadena Shooting May Have Begun With South Pasadena Robbery Attempt, Police Now Believe

Pasadena Police Join New “Coast to Coast” Seat Belt Enforcement Effort to Increase Click It or Ticket Participation, Save Lives

Parolee Arrested After Road Rage Dispute and Hit-and-Run

Pasadena Police Say Bolt Down Safes to Secure Firearms and Valuables

Suspect Punches Man, Then Flees after Seeing Machete

Ahead of Today’s Trial, Attorney for Pasadena Black Lives Matter Organizer Jasmine Richards Calls DA, Police a “Lynch Mob”

Convicted Sex Offender Accused of Kidnapping Two Pasadena Women to be Arraigned Friday

Accused Double Murderer to be Arraigned Thursday

Man Allegedly Stabs Shopkeeper Asking Him Not to Smoke Marijuana in Shop Parking Lot

Black Lives Matter Pasadena Organizer Faces Multiple Charges, Court Date This Week

 

Benefits:

Join Union Station Homeless Services in Saying “Bon Voyage” to CEO Marv Gross

 

Faces”

Pasadenan, “The Wire” Actor Wendell Pierce Backs Out of Rutgers event

Celebrity Chef Eric Ripert Scheduled for Author Night Chat with Johnathan Gold at South Pasadena Library