Colorado Street Bridge

Pertaining to the historic bridge, its history and restoration

WPRA News Winter 2019

9 Jan 2019

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Officials declare victory over the proposed 710 tunnel project

As 710 tunnel is put to rest, historic homes need protection

MET continues to upgrade water resources and the system

Voters support ballot measures to help fund city and Pasadena Unified School District

New building on Castle Green/Hotel Green block redesigned

City seeks designs for suicide prevention barriers on the Colorado Street bridge

Plans call for replacing the “Darth Vader” building

Pasadena says good-bye to Fuller Seminary and looks to future

County begins destructive four-year sediment removal project

Big Dig mitigation plan is defective on all counts

Check soil moisture, mulch, adjust watering schedule for shorter and cooler winter days

A personal point of view: Going ‘public school’ in Pasadena

Promoting Pasadena as a paradise in the past

President	Dan Beal
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Spring 2018

27 Mar 2018

In this issue

PUSD struggles as revenues decline and expenses rise and unique services expand

Mayor sounds fiscal alarm

State mandates usurp City’s control over development

State launches flights of bills intended to fix housing shortage

City Council reacts negatively to Green Hotel project…again

City, school board approve ballot measures for city election changes

City approves new accessory dwelling unit regulations

Task force searches for ways to discourage bridge suicides

City OKs ballot measure for new sales tax

Marijuana regulation measure to be on June 5 municipal ballot

Civic Center Task Force moving toward recommendations

WPRA supports all but one proposed mobility improvement

San Rafael Elementary celebrates 100 years

West Pasadena in 1893: healthful prosperity

President	Kenyon Harbison
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Winter 2018

4 Jan 2018

In this issue

WPRA urges Council to Cite Caltrans for code violations and call out Caltrans’ unethical tactics

City wrestles with financial challenges

Briefs: Street Bridge task force addresses suicide uptick – Fire station assessment is mixed – Report proves cost of a well-maintained urban tree canopy is quite a bargain – City Council passes resolution to align elections with State cycle

Colorado Street Bridge task force gathers community suggestions and input

Green Hotel project preview at City Council in January

City approves amended ADU rules to conform to State law

Council settles on how to regulate the profit from short-term rentals

“One Arroyo Day” highlights advisory group’s efforts on behalf of Pasadena’s great city park

Community task force begins study of Civic Center’s future

Supervisors reduce scope, negative impacts of Big Dig

At long last the City begins to clear flammable brush from Lower Arroyo to reduce risk of fire

Arlington Garden rebrands and passes leadership to next-gen “constant gardeners”

Police report crime stats for Gold Line

The essentially domestic life at Mrs. Dexter’s tourist home

President	Kenyon Harbison
Vice President	Avram Gold
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Fall 2002

7 Oct 2002

In this issue

Citizens seek a “Natural” Arroyo Seco – the Arroyo Seco Master Plan

Planning Commission approves Pasadena’s 2000 – 2005 housing element and recommends changes in future planning process

Worldwide Church of God moves forward with Ambassador College development – an update

A brief history of Pasadena Heritage: Keeping the promise of preservation for 25 years

City staff revises Pasadena environmental policy guidelines

Annandale Canyon Estates Project update

Spotlight on La Casita del Arroyo

South Orange Grove could be “Re-Striped” as part of Pasadena’s General Plan – an update

Recap of the WPRA San Rafael Survey regarding natural wildlife

LVAA propose advisory committee to work with the City and ROCB on Rose Bowl NFL plan

An explanation of the Vista del Arroyo Bungalow project

Getting to know and understand the Metro Gold Line (originally the Blue Line)

President	Vince Farhat
1st Vice President	Charles “Kicker” McKenney
2nd Vice President	James Hawks
Secretary	Joan Hearst
Treasurer	Dorothy Linsey

WPRA News Fall 1993

16 Oct 1993

In this issue

WPRA initiates the Southwest Pasadena traffic study

Colorado Bridge ready for another 80 years

Federal Highways and the National Trust for Historic Preservation are in conflict as to whether the 710 should be built at all

Parking meters installed in Old Pasadena

City asks residents’ input in planning for World Cup soccer in the Rose Bowl

The Janss Project, or “Holly Street Village Apartments,” is nearing completion

Update on the Blue Line potential negative impacts

Hahamongna Watershed Park dedicated – $1.86 million earmarked for restoration of the badly-silted old dam

Arroyo naturalization Update

President	Pete Ewing
Vice President	Shahen Hairapetian
Secretary	Mary Prickett
Treasurer	Carolyn Nabor

Co-Presidents	Donna Secundy & Annette Serrurier
1st Vice President	Randy Wilson
2nd Vice President	Robert Takata
Secretary	Diane Philibosian
Treasurer	George McWilliams

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