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 65 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Stories:

Angry Parents Greet New PUSD Board Administration

City Leaders React After Governor Concedes Affordable Housing Claims Based on Outdated Research

Council Wants Affordable Housing as Part of YWCA Project

Majority of Council Open to Release of Some Information in Cannabis Investigation

Protesters Demonstrate at Pasadena ‘Wage Theft’ Work Sites

Huntington Hospital Infectious Disease Doctor Tells You What You Need to Know About the Novel Coronavirus

Caltech Wins Big in Court, Awarded $1.1 Billion

Landlord Won’t Charge Displaced Tenants Rent Next Month, Opens Possibility of Refunds for Lock-Out Period

Council Overturns Planning Commission Ruling, Approves Permit for Cannabis Shop

Climate of Change: Local Students to Call Out Council at Tonight’s Meeting

39 Days After Single Unit Fire, Dozens of Tenants Still Locked Out of Apartment Building

Top Stories of the Week 1 Year Ago

 

Government:

Locals Respond to Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule to Proceed

Policing Takes Center Stage at Candidates Forum

Teachers Union Announces Endorsements

City Readying for Census

Los Angeles County District Attorney Candidate Featured in Pasadena Forum

Going for the Gold: Holden Introduces Legislation that Would Extend Gold Line to Ontario Airport

Williams Picks Up Key Endorsements

Lincoln Avenue Mixed-Use Project Design Plan Approved

Marianne Willamson Coming to the Rose to Help Pay Off Campaign Debt

Madison, Bell, Godley Discuss Opportunities for 50 Acres that Caltrans Could Eventually Turn Over to Pasadena

Mayor Asks Students to Work to Make Local Climate Plan Stronger

City Will Receive Grant to Educate, Inform Underserved Populations About the Census

Worker Protest Aimed to ‘Raise Public Profile’ of Ongoing Wage Theft Dispute

Design Commission to Hear Details of 3-Story Lincoln Avenue Project

 

Education:

Pasadena City College Ranked #1 in the State for Transfers to UC and CSU Systems

St. Rita School Celebrates Winners at Speech and Debate Tournament

 

Community News:

Saturday Will be Warmest Day of the New Year So Far, With Clear and Sunny Skies Over Pasadena

On Jackie Robinson’s 101st Birthday, Councilman Kennedy Looks at Pasadena

Stone Fire Grill: Real Cheeseburgers, Real Taste

Cheeseburger Week: Dog Haus Accomplishes the ‘Impossible’

Tuskegee Airman Lt. Oliver Goodall Finally Gets His Honors – At His Home in Altadena

The Rose Bowl Stadium Launches Centennial Logo Contest in Preparation for 2022 Birthday

Tournament of Roses Foundation Is Now Accepting Grant Applications

Explore Descanso Gardens After Hours with “Cultivate”

Cheeseburger Week Continues: A Boat Full of Cheeseburgers, Vegetarian-Style

Pasadena Black History Parade and Festival’s Red Black and Green Gala Lets the Good Times Roll

Tickets for Justin Bieber’s May Rose Bowl Concert to Go on Sale Valentine’s Day

South Pasadena Arts Crawl – It’s the Winter Celebration of the Arts in South Pasadena

The Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau Celebrates National Plan for Vacation Day by Encouraging Locals to Use Their Unused Vacation Days in 2020

Black History Month Program Will Feature Soul Food and Live Entertainment at Pasadena Senior Center

Le Grande Orange Offers Unique Take on Cheeseburger Week

City Official Objects to Meeting Rules for Displaced Tenants

Pasadena Rotary Club’s 2020 Community Grants Committee is Now Accepting Health Programs Grant Applications

Recording in Progress

$4 Million Historic Zane Grey Estate in Altadena Up for Sale

Coronavirus Reaches Los Angeles County

Cheeseburger Season Begins in Pasadena

Reporter’s Notebook: More From Last Week’s West Side Candidates’ Forum

 

Business Top Story:

Outlook Newspapers Buys San Marino Tribune, South Pasadena Review

Pasadena Payment Processor Files for Bankruptcy After $26 Million Loss in Payroll Fraud Scheme

GAP’s Old Pasadena Location Closes

 

Public Safety:

Police Caution, Advise Public As Number of Vehicle Burglaries Increases

Hospital Official: Local Coronavirus Rumors Untrue

Convicted Killer Escaped From Oregon Psychiatric Facility Arrested in Pasadena

South Pasadena PD Detectives Arrest Robbery Suspect

Winds Force County Chopper to Abort Mountain Rescue Wednesday Morning

Woman Accused of Murdering Pasadena Foster Mother Due Back in Court Thursday

 

Benefits:

Hillsides Hosts Sponsor Reception for Annual Gala, The Roaring 2020s

Foothill Family Annual Gala on March 7 Aims to Be the “A Royal Affair”

Faces:

Robert Gorski, Who Led the Cause to Make Pasadena More Accessible to the Disabled, Has Died

Pasadena Attorney D. Jason Lyon Named to Annual List of Region’s Top Diverse Attorneys

Caltech’s Roc Cutri Wins 2020 American Astronomical Society Prize

Giving Back:

Area Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Raises Funds to Send Medical Supplies to Wuhan, China