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 40 most newsworthy, informative, and readable.
Top Stories:
Pasadena Homes For Sale in January Jump 43.5 Percent Over Year Ago
Neighborhood Bear Sightings Plummet, But Coyotes Remain Urban Threat
Councilmember Victor Gordo: ‘I Will Not be Intimidated’ by Recall Petition
City Council Approves Path to $15 Minimum Wage in 2020
Council Could Vote Tonight for Faster Track Minimum Wage Hikes
City Adjusts Number of Cannabis Business Applicants Downward, Says Fees Only Cover Portion of Costs
JPL Bids Goodbye to Rover “Opportunity”
Pasadena Marijuana Dispensary Owner, Employees, Landlord Face Arraignment on Criminal Charges in Superior Court Today
Pasadena Community Leaders Recognized as Civil Rights Pioneers by the California State Legislature
Top Stories of the Week 1 Year Ago
 
Government:
Pasadena Congresswoman Chu Introduces Tax Code Valentine to LBGT Community
Local Assemblymember Introduces Water Conservation Tax Relief Legislation
City Hall, Many City Services Closed For Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 18
Draft Urban Wildlife Management Plan Community Presentation, Round Two, Set for Wednesday
District Attorney Jackie Lacey Lauds New Unit for Immigration Fraud Convictions
 
Education:
Parents Can Learn About Over 40 Local Preschools in Upcoming Pasadena Fair
 
Community News:
More Rain On the Way: Bad Weather Shelter Opens, Saturday’s Black History Parade Now Faces Chance of Showers
Pet Pruners and Groomers Return to Pasadena Convention Center

Intergeneration Panel to Discuss Black Pasadena’s Progress Since Desegregation
Alexandra Chan Roars At Lions Club Speakers Contest
4,100 Fourth-Grade Students Attend The Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts Youth Concert
Caltech and The Huntington Launch Research Institute for History of Science and Technology
Gutsy Pasadena Talk Show The Conversation.Live Makes Leap from Facebook to Cable for Second Season
Pets of the Week at the Pasadena Humane Society
The Huntington to Add 320-Year-Old Magistrate’s House to the Japanese Garden
Pasadena Non-Nonprofit Sees Transportation Job Growth in Green Fuels
Turkey Tussle Tradition Will See Change Next Season
 
Business Top Story:
Pasadena’s First Hyatt Hotel Will Finally Celebrate Grand Opening
Sanctuary: A Down-Home HIIT
Ramen Institution Coming to South Lake Avenue
Pasadena-Based Wescom Partners with Voice Banking Tech Leader
Microchip Maker Gigajot Expands Pasadena HQ
 
Public Safety:
Rain to Continue, Flood Watch in Effect, Caution Counseled
Pleadings for 3 Marijuana Dispensary Defendants Continued Until March 22
 
Faces: 
Las Encinas CEO Tapped for Florida Hospital Top Post
Nobel Prize-Winning Frances Arnold Now Earns 2019 Bower Award for Achievement in Science
Caltech’s “Einstein of Oceanography,” Walter Munk Dead at 101
Winter Comes for Local Architectural Historian, Writer “Bungalow Bob”
Caltech Professor Receives Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award from Swiss Innovative Research Body