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 59 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.
Top Stories:
‘State of the City is Good’ Says Mayor Tornek
Expect Demonstrators at Mayor Tornek’s State of the City Speech Tonight
Preparations Gear Up in Pasadena for Next Week’s Homeless Count
Pasadena Sees First Police Shooting Under New Chief, Evolving Use of Force Procedures
2019 ‘State of the City’ Speech to Concentrate on Spending
Hahn & Hahn Partner Laura Farber to Lead the Tournament of Roses in 2020
Pedestrian Safety, New Development to Dominate Downtown Pasadena Neighborhood Group Meeting Set for Thursday
City Commission Digs Into Pasadena’s Economic, Employment Numbers Today
Special School Board Meeting Fails to Produce Measure J Spending Priorities
Top Stories of the Week 1 Year Ago
 
Government:
Pasadena’s First Declared 2020 Mayoral Candidate to Headline at Weekend’s Blexit Rally
New Laws Taking Effect this Month
New E-Scooter Pilot Program Approved for East Pasadena, Altadena
Los Angeles County Supervisors Call for the Department of Mental Health to Provide School-based Services Countywide
New Cohousing Movement Sweeping Senior Community Across U.S. Topic of Local Discussion
City Commission Will Consider New Loudspeaker System in Brookside Park
Pasadena-Area Assemblyman Pledges Protection for Ratepayers, Fire Victims as PG&E Files for Bankruptcy
Council to Vote on Ordinance Which Will Usher in 5G Communications Throughout City
Council Expected to Approve Plans to Help Pasadena’s Homeless with $1.08 Million in Measure H Funds
 
Education:
Caltech’s New CARE Team Zeroes on Students’ Mental Health
Neighborhood Nursery School Seeks Expanded School Hours
PCC Board to Take Up New Chief’s Contract
Shadowing the Future of Student Employment
Marshall Fundamental School Announces Five Posse Scholar Awards
 
Community News:
Seasoned Restaurant/Food Radio Host Peter Dills to Put Unique Spin on Restaurant Show with Focus on Breakfasts, Brunches
Local Reporter’s Book Tells a Fiery Tale
Applications Open for Leadership Pasadena Community Leadership Course for Veterans
National Tour of Menopause “The Musical”
Descanso Gardens Comes to Life at Night with its New ‘NightGarden’
Pets of the Week at the Pasadena Humane Society
Volunteers Still Needed for “Every Person Has A Name,”A 25-Hour Holocaust Remembrance at City Hall
Hillsides Annual Gala Tickets on Sale Now
Enrique Martínez Celaya’s Large Outdoor Sculptures Go on View This Month
Cheeseburger Week Challenge Results Released: Pasadena’s Favorites Revealed
Books From the Private Library Of Hugh M. Hefner Offered at Pasadena Sale Next Month
The Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau to Celebrate “National Plan For Vacation Day” on January 29th by Encouraging Locals to Use Their Unused Vacation Days in 2019
Next BoldPas, “A Day of Art & Play in Old Pasadena,” Will Be June 8
Desperately Seeking Vaquera
SoCalGas Issues “Dial It Down” Alert Through Friday Night
Free February Events at Pasadena Senior Center
Tournament of Roses Foundation Announces It is Now Accepting Grant Applications
Cheeseburger Week Wrap-Up: Foothill – Nee Twoheys – Serves a Mean Cheeseburger
Cheeseburger Week Wrap-Up: A Big Experience at the White Horse Lounge
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Three Visits To Pasadena Left An Indelible Mark
 
Business Top Story:
Pasadena’s Green Dot Joins Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 as PG&E Bankruptcy Repercussions Felt
Pasadena-based Alexandria Real Estate Pays $100 Million For Stanford University Office Building
Pasadena-based AECOM Wins $1.4 million Contract to Design Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sears Hastings Ranch Lives to Sell Another Day
Lotus Clinical Research Adds Peggy Schrammel as Senior Vice President
 
Public Safety:
Storage Unit Rental Security Tips From the Pasadena Police Department
Pasadena Police Stop Residential Burglary Spree
City Says Emailed Survey From “City of Pasadena” Is Fraudulent
Numerous Foothill I-210 Freeway Closures Continue This Week for Pavement Rehabilitation
Woman Charged with Murder of 75-Year-Old Pasadena Woman
Party’s Over as ‘Dine-and-Dash Dater’ Surrenders to Serve Jail Sentence
Alleged Cell Phone Thief Sought
Pasadena Police Officer Makes Career About Helping Local Youth
 
Faces: 
Huntington Hospital Names New Chief Financial Officer
 
Benefits:
La Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation Presents its 28th Annual, “Under the Big Top”