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 46 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.
Top Stories:
Pasadena School Board Considers Eliminating Committee-based Structure
New Pasadena-based Super Political Action Committee Will Take Aim at Business Taxes
Differing Interpretations of Police Shooting Video Demonstrate Pitfalls of Transparency
Pasadena’s City Manager Announces Rewards in Cold Case Murders
Council Could “Stay the Course,” Vote to Continue $2 Billion, 400-Year Long Undergrounding Program
Local Clergy Urge City Council to Vote for Continuing Minimum Wage Increases on Pasadena’s Faster Track
City Offers $5,000 Reward in All Unsolved Pasadena Murder Cases
Underground Utility Program Will Grind Forward on Centuries-Long, $10 Million Per Mile Trajectory
Residents, Leaders Speak at City Hall in Support of Minimum Wage Path
As Federal Funds for Training Firefighters Shrink, Pasadena’s Fire Dept. Proposes Solution
Top Stories of the Week 1 Year Ago
 
Government:
City Council Authorizes Fire Department’s Request to Join New Training Entity
County Seeks State Support to Access Federal Funding for Mental Health Treatment
Arts, Housing, Vending Fees on South Pasadena City Council Agenda
Chamber Says Survey Reveals Members Have Cut Payroll, Raised Prices to Cope with Minimum Wage Hikes
Pasadena School Counselors Celebrate During National School Counseling Week
 
Education:
Sequoyah School and Pasadena: Celebrating Six Decades Together
Assistance League Donates School Supplies to Blair Middle School
Blair Opens Renovated High School Building with a Celebration
School District Asks Public to Take Part in Survey
Special School Board Meeting to Consider Pasadena-China Student Exchange
Richmond Wolf Elected as New Caltech Trustee
 
Community News:
Actor, Comedian Steve Levy Dies in Pasadena
The Rotary Club of Pasadena Says Have a Heart this Valentine’s Day
Free Public Tours of Tournament House Begin for 2019
The Huntington Acquires Trove of Papers by F. Marion Crawford, Popular 19th-Century American Novelist
Fox’s Altadena for Dinner: Real Good Cookin’
Rose Bowl Will Hold ‘Party of the Century,’ Kick-starting the Countdown Towards Its 100th Birthday in 2022
Pasadena Host Lions Club to Host the 82nd Annual Student Speaker Contest
Join Celebrity Guests, Entertainers and Dignitaries at the 37th Annual Black History Parade and Festival
Pets of the Week at the Pasadena Humane Society
The Huntington Library Hosts Pasadena’s Princesses of Fashion for Industry Runway Show
Leadership Pasadena Hears from City Leaders
A Noise Within Launches New Cultural Initiative to Partner with Underrepresented Communities
Bean Sprouts Cafe Moves Into Kidspace with Healthy, Funny Fare
Police Department Seeks Community NonProfit as Grant Partner
Weather-Related Safety Concerns Shut Down “End Epilepsy” Walk at Rose Bowl
 
Public Safety:
Pasadena Police Launch New “Community Brief”
Do You Recognize This Burglary Suspect?
South Police Dept. Introduces Sign-Language Video Technology
 
Faces:
David Pyott Elected as New Caltech Trustee
Caltech Professor to Be Honored With 3 Other “Immigrant Scientists”
 
Benefits:
Soulful Gospel and Jazz Brunch Benefit Will Help Local Youth
Barnhart Presents Denim & Diamonds 60th Anniversary Gala
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Hosts Annual Golf Tournament at Brookside Golf Club on April 5th
 
Giving Back:
Roundtrip Rose Bowl Ride to Fight Multiple Sclerosis