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 50 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.
Top Stories:
Police Think There May be More Possible Victims of Pasadena Therapist Accused of Sexual Assaults
City, Police Release Polished “Community Briefing” Video of Jan. 11 Officer Involved Shooting Incident
Council Approves New Presale Self-Certification for City’s Real Estate Occupancy Inspection Program
Future Sales Tax Revenues, Crucial to City’s Fortunes, Tough to Predict from Third Quarter ’18 Results
Advocacy Group Favoring Minimum Wage Increases Apologizes to Pasadenans for Email Survey “Blunder”
Sparkling New and Expanded Robinson Park Recreation Center Reopens Saturday
Senator Portantino Selects Rose Queen Louise Deser Siskel as Woman of the Year for Her “Trailblazing Leadership”
Pasadena Heritage’s Annual Meeting Convenes on Former Battleground
City Council Approves Working With Bridge Housing on Heritage Square South Project
ArtCenter Students Create Innovative Homeless Housing: Both a Bridge and a Sanctum
Top Stories of the Week 1 Year Ago
 
Government:
Senator Portantino Continues Firearms Safety Offensive
Public Input Meetings Set for City’s Draft Wildlife Management Plan
Pasadena-Area Assemblymember Chris Holden Reacts This Morning to PG&E’s Chapter 11 Filing
Future Sales Tax Revenues, Crucial to City’s Fortunes, Tough to Predict from Third Quarter ’18 Results
PWP to Begin Replacement of 1930s-Era Water Pipe Along Portions of Orange Grove Boulevard
PWP Receives Grant for Greywater Study
Heritage Square South, After Long Gestation, Could Move Forward After Council Vote Monday
 
Education:
Consecutive Win for School at JPL-Hosted Science Bowl
 
Community News:
Finally, A Cut Federal Workers Will Welcome
Opening Reception Saturday for First-Ever Interactive Children’s Exhibit from Popular Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Teens Invited to Participate in Pasadena’s 2019 State of the Youth Convening
Shumei America Announces 3rd Annual Green Life Food Festival
Rose Bowl Stadium Announced as Overall Finish Line for 2019 Amgen Tour of California Race
In Pasadena, “Suits” Producer Says Meghan Markle Likely Won’t Return to TV, Even for Cameo
Riboli Family of San Antonio Winery Accepts Wine Enthusiast’s “American Winery of the Year” Award at Wine Star Awards
The Playhouse Block Party Will Return to the Heart of Pasadena’s Cultural District
Pets of the Week at the Pasadena Humane Society
One Colorado Loves Valentine’s Day!
Jericho Road Pasadena to Host Four Workshops on Effective Board Membership
Women 40 and Older Invited to Join Pasadena Senior Center 3X3 Basketball League
Daytime Emmy Pre-Nominations Announced Ahead of May Event in Pasadena
Police Department Seeks Community NonProfit as Grant Partner
 
Business Top Story:
Walnut Street Mega-Project Launches Search for Local Workers, Businesses Contractors
 
Public Safety:
Public Asked for Help in Identifying Robbery Suspects
South Coast Air Quality Management District Issues Mandatory “No Burn” Prohibition for Pasadena Through Wednesday
Crooks Target Seniors with Blessing Scams
Man Offers to Pay Robber to Get His Laptop Back, is Slashed with Knife
Hearing Re-set for Defendant Charged With Carjacking, Assaulting Officer
 
Faces:
Actress Glad She’s Not Cast in Drug Lord’s Trial
Huntington Hospital Announces New and Returning Board Members
Hunt Ortmann Elevates Aaron Flores to Shareholder; Adds Sander Alvarez as Senior Counsel
Science and Research “STARs” to Be Honored at Joint Pasadena, Sierra Madre Rotary Soiree
Pasadena Senior Center Welcomes New Board President Paul Kinney
British Professor to Discuss Effects of BREXIT on Creative Industries, Design Diversity
Search for Product Design Chair at ArtCenter Yields In-House Selection
Here’s Your Chance to Get to Know the Pasadena Playhouse’s Dynamic Producing Artistic Director, Danny Feldman
Caltech Senior Named Churchill Scholar
 
Benefits:
Guests Par-Tee’d for Children’s Healthcare at the Young & Healthy Gala
 
Giving Back:
Five Acres Receives Generous $100,000 Grant from S. Mark Taper Foundation