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 34 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.

 

Top Story

In Unusual Move, Homeless Ordinance Proposal ‘Moves Forward’ to Council Without Committee Recommendation

Actor Edward James Olmos Visits, Inspires Young Filmmakers at Madison Elementary

 

Government

Tree Planting Highlights Arbor Day 2016 in Pasadena

Champion for Seniors Backs Phlunte’ Riddle for State Senate

Small Business Committee Unanimously Adopts Chu Amendment for Women’s Business Centers

State Supervisors Association Back Portantino

 

Education

Armory Center Summer Arts Classes for All Ages Opens Up for Registrations on March 23

New Horizon School: Interfaith Exchange

Hamilton, Marshall Principals Honored for Educational Leadership

Caltech Students and Postdocs Helped Make Sure LIGO Observatory Was Listening

Pasadena High School 11th Grade Student Wins 1st Place at LA County Science Fair

Pasadena Unified Seeking Applicants For Vacant Seats On Measure TT Citizens Oversight Committee

 

Community News

Pasadena Resident Raffi Hamparian to Sit as National Chairman of Armenian National Committee of America

Local Women’s Groups Sponsor ‘Iron Jawed Angels’ Screening Thursday

Cloudy, Moderate Weather Will Lead to a (Surprise!) Mostly Clear and Sunny Week

One City One Story Contest Winners

A Pile of Pallets Becomes a ‘Farm in the City’ as Pasadena Says Thank You for Its First Public Community Garden

Excitement is Building for 2016 California Senior Games Championships

Join the Fun During National Library Week at Sierra Madre Public Library

San Marino Motor Classic Returns to Lacy Park

Pasadena Genocide Recognition at Memorial Park

Huntington Medical Research Institutes Begins Construction on State-of-the-Art Laboratory in Pasadena

2016 HireLive Job and Career Fair To Be Held in Pasadena April 6

Altadena’s The Coffee Gallery Changes Owners, but the Gallery Backstage Stays On

Woodcraft Rangers Giving Youth the Tools to Build Leaders

Michael Wrona Named Santa Anita Track Announcer

 

Public Safety

Man Asks for Handout, Then Stabs Victim Who Refuses

Police K-9 Handlers Learn How to Treat Canine Casualties

 

Benefits

Pasadena Host Lions Club to Hold 6th Annual Pancake Breakfast

Masters of Taste of Taste – L.A.’s Top Master Tastemakers Savor The Finer Things on The Field of The Historic Rose Bowl

Hillsides Heads to the Races

 

Faces

Caltech Professor Rosakis Receives the Von Kármán Medal

Akila Gibbs will Receive Community Impact Award from Junior League of Pasadena

 

Giving Back 

The San Marino Guild of the Huntington Hospital Presents $27,000 Check to the Huntington Hospital for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit