Week in Review: Top Pasadena Stories of Last Week

The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 127 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 35 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

News Feature Stories

710 Freeway Debate Game Changer? Powerful Coalition Launches New Approach, New Plan

Shriners Break Ground on a New $77 Million Children’s Medical Center in Pasadena

Historic Communities of the 710 in Southern California Named a National Treasure

Pasadena to Host Its First Car-Free, Open-Streets CicLAvia on Sunday

Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena Announces Passing of Former CEO Rachel Estrada

Government

Interior Live Oak Planting at City Hall Rescheduled

City’s Citizen Service Center Hours Expanded

Pasadena Police Officers Association Endorses Phlunte’ Riddle for State Senate

Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Event Set for June 6 at the Rose Bowl

With Less Than a Week Remaining, Six Have Filed Papers to Fill Vacant District 7 Pasadena Council Seat

Rep. Chu Statement Disappointed by Fifth Circuit Court Decision on Immigration Actions

Senator Holly Mitchell Endorses Phlunte’ Riddle for State Senate

Holden Education Bills Advance to Assembly Floor

Altadena Town Council Candidate Forum Draws Seven Candidates Thursday

Education

St. Francis High School Graduates 160 in Class of 2015

Jim Osterling Announces Campaign for Pasadena Community College Board

Pasadena Unified’s Dina G. Perez Honored as L.A. County’s Preschool Teacher of the Year

Pasadena Unified Receives $3 Million Grant from the California Career Pathways Trust

170 Lancers Graduate at La Salle’s 56th Commencement

Pasadena Unified Announces New Principal, Administrative Assignments

Community News

Pasadena Hair Studio Celebrates 10 Years with a Party, Prizes

Music, Art and Cirque du Soleil Will Highlight This Weekend’s CicLAvia – Pasadena

Altadena NAACP Presents The “Battle of the Dena’s” Games on Sunday, May 31

Ribet Academy’s Summer X-Fit Camp

Huntington Library Partners with Pasadena Youth Organization to Teach Kids Water Issues, Conservation

Giving Back

Visually Impaired Pasadena Unified Students Learn to Play Golf

Pasadena’s Laurel Foundation Awarded a Paddle Nation Grant To Get Americans to Explore Their Waterways

Hillsides ‘Drums Up’ Teamwork at New South Pasadena Family Resource Center

Business Top Story

Pasadena-based Incorgnito Publishing Press Launches Catalog at Book Expo America in New York

University Club Workshop Shows Pasadena Business Owners How To Gain A Competitive Advantage

South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Hires New President and CEO

Public Safety

PCC Student Arrested After Seen Running Through Campus with Semi-Automatic Handgun

Man Keeps SWAT at Bay Almost 9 Hours Before Police Fire Tear Gas, Make Arrest

Police Ask Public’s Help Finding Missing 79-Year-Old Woman

Faces

Hillsides Names New Division Director for Campus-Based Services