The Editors of Pasadena Now go through over 100 articles published this week on our site and cull the top 70 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.
Top Stories:
Pac-12 Clears the Way For UCLA to Play Football at the Rose Bowl
Preservationist Calls Decision by Urban Forestry Committee ‘Big Mistake’
Pasadena School Board Endorses Passage of Proposition 15
Autopsy Report Details Injuries to Anthony McClain in Police Shooting
Money Matters Dominate PUSD Candidates Forum
Man Accused of Truck Attack on Protesters in Pasadena Arrested in Federal Weapons Case
Developers Lay Out Plans For Historic YWCA Building
Strategic Planned Burns Hold Bobcat Fire at Bay, Stall Advances on Mt. Wilson
Council Moves Ball Forward On Police Oversight Model
Full-Scale Mock-Ups of Colorado Street Bridge Anti-Suicide Barriers to Be Installed in November
Bobcat Fire Grows to 100,000 Acres, Flames Flare Again Close to Mt. Wilson Prompting Aerial Assault
City Council Set to Consider Next Steps in Police Oversight Plan
School Board Candidates To Participate in Local Forum
Government:
Councilmember McAustin: Pass ERA to Honor Justice Ginsburg
City Committee Weighs Second EV Charging Station in Partnership with Tesla
5G Plans for Pasadena Go Before City Committee on Tuesday
Council’s Legislative Policy Committee to Consider County and Local Ballot Measures
Finance Committee to Hear Latest Updates on City’s COVID-19 Fiscal Strategy
Applications Open For Altadena Town Council Election
Mayoral Candidates Tornek and Gordo Agree to Disagree in Debate
YWCA, Water and Power Site Plans Come Before Planning Commission
Council’s Legislative Policy Committee to Consider County and Local Ballot Measures
Education:
Astronaut Bob Behnken Welcomes Caltech Students to Fall Term From Space
Charter Offering Free Internet Service For Distance Learning
School Board Candidate Lee Adds California School Employees Association to List of Endorsements
School Board President Patrick Cahalan Picks Up Two More Endorsements in Reelection Bid
Community News:
Bobcat Fire Evacuation Warnings Finally Lifted for Pasadena, Altadena; Mt. Wilson Safe
Los Angeles Metro Board Approves $6 Billion Budget with Reduced Service Plan
Car Design and Ride-Hailing Could Change Due to COVID-19
Nearly Half of Pasadena’s $1 Million in Emergency Rental Assistance Program Funds Distributed
Mayoral Candidates Set to Participate In Two Debates Next Week
22 Pine Trees Spared in Lower Arroyo Habitat Restoration Project
Activists Still Wary of Automated License Plate Readers Despite Council Stipulation
County Officials Report Continued Progress Against COVID-19
Huntington Acquires New Paintings, Screen Prints Highlighting 2 Centuries of British Artwork
Rose Bowl Institute’s 2020 Women’s Empowerment Symposium Now Available to View Online
Young People Honor Ginsburg’s Memory and Legacy
Officials Want More Time from FAA to Comment on Airport Terminal Project
Vice Mayor Hampton Endorses Gordo in Mayoral Race
Councilmember McAustin Endorses Tornek in Mayoral Race
Pasadena’s Pacific Asia Museum Announces Plan to Deconstruct Orientalism
LA County Moves Closer To Advancing In State’s COVID Reopening Map
Pasadenans Urged to Register on National Voter Registration Day
TPS Supporters Launch Nationwide ‘La Libertad’ Bus Campaign From Pasadena
Local Activists Honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Restraining Order Request Seeks to Block Shortening of Time For Census Count
Next Step For Slow Streets Neighborhood Protection Plan
County Reports 991 COVID-19 Cases While Pasadena Reports 11 Cases And No Deaths
Joint Arroyo Seco Project to Involve Pasadena and South Pasadena
Public Safety:
Police Arrest Second Suspect In Fatal Rose Bowl Incident
Pasadena Marriage and Family Therapist Convicted of Sexual Assaults on 7 Patients
Shooting Reported in Pasadena Residential Neighborhood
City Could Buy K-Rail Barriers, Investing In Continuing On-Street Dining
Police Release Sketch of 2nd Suspect in Deadly Pasadena Shooting
Shooting Reported in Pasadena Residential Neighborhood
Gunman Robs Pasadena Gas Station
New Automatic License-Plate Readers Approved for Police Use – With a Catch
Fire at Pasadena House Sparked by Resident Using Propane Heater to Kill Bed Bugs, Officials Say
Pasadena Man Faces Arraignment in Connection with Deadly Kidnapping
103 Tickets Written During Bike and Pedestrian Safety Crackdown
Suspicious Package Draws Bomb Squad Response at Fillmore Gold Line Station, Determined to Be Safe
People:
Former Caltech Dean of Students James J. Morgan, 1932–2020
One Year After He Led Pasadena Climate Strike, Student Activist Sees Little Environmental Progress