Week in Review: Top Pasadena Stories of The Week

The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 124 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 35 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

Top Story

BCS Coach Fights for National Championship and Son’s Life

Pasadena Humane Society Opens $20-Million Animal Care Center Today

Life Expectancy in Northwest Pasadena Likely Lower than Rest of City

News Feature Stories

Emergency Officials Brief the Public on Parade Day Safety

Facts to Know Before the BCS National Championship Game

Florida State Rallies to Claim Final BCS at Rose Bowl

Armed, Dangerous Suspects Arrested After Manhunt

Pasadena Unified Launches New Tactic to Fight Bullying

Young Champion Boxers from Seven States Compete in Pasadena Friday

Government

Pasadena Public Library Celebrates 130 Years of Reading

Assemblymember Chris Holden Announces the Capital Fellows Program

Rep. Chu Applauds the Launch of California’s TRUST Act

Education

Pasadena City College Goes Smoke-Free

Student Activist Destiny Iwuoma to Keynote Dr. King Event

PUSD Highlights Partnership with Logical Ally: Realtors

Nationally-Renowned Gifted Expert to Advise Local Parents and Educators

Community News

2014 Royal Court Visit with Future Royals

Pageantry, Wackiness at Ultimate BCS Championship Tailgate Party

Expert Tells Pasadena Audience What Vets, Cops and Their Families Need to Know About PTSD

Giving  Back

NBA Star Ryan Hollins Set to Speak at Pasadena Mentoring Partners Breakfast

Mentoring & Partnership for Youth Development’s Season of Service

Neighborhood News

Crowell Public Library Presents Tea-One Tasting

Saved by the (Church) Bell: HRock is at Home at the Ambassador

“Dr. Strangelove” 50th Anniversary Screening at Allendale Branch Library in Pasadena

Business Top Story

Pasadena Firm Gets Federal Go Ahead to Court Foreign Investors for California Construction

Pasadena Lawyer Named Member of Fresno Foundation Board

Public  Safety

Pasadena Court Cases to Watch in January

Altadena Sheriff’s Station to Hold Program for “Youths at Risk”

Faces

Saturday: Student Activist Destiny Iwuoma to Keynote Dr. King Event

Author Looks Back to a Time When Bombings in America Were Rampant

Pasadena Lawyer Named Member of Fresno Foundation Board

Nationally-Renowned Gifted Expert to Advise Local Parents and Educators

Gatherings

Jackie Robinson Center Hosts Month-Long Celebration of Black History

Baby and Kidz Expo at Pasadena on Saturday

Pasadena Recovery Center: What You Should Know About Successful Intervention