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WPRA Newsletter Winter 2021

7 Jan 2021

In this issue

WPRA streams 2020 annual meeting to elect, reflect, protect

Are you prepared for the next natural disaster?

President’s column: Pandemic or not, WPRA continues to be engaged on your behalf

Gordo rallies community to meet collective challenges

Q&A with John Perez, Chief, Pasadena Police Department

City staff preparing final mansionization code

Pasadena Heritage: Accommodating a new reality

City appeals RHNA allocation

Council revises ordinance to further preserve heritage

Pasadena Senior Center turns 60

History: 1895: The streets of west Pasadena

President	Dan Beal
Vice President, Administration	Evan Davis
Vice President, Communications	Avram Gold
Secretary	Kenyon Harbison
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA Newsletter Summer 2020

17 Jun 2020

In this issue

Former Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard assesses our city’s dealing with COVID-19 and economic challenges

President’s message – WPRA collaborates with LVAA and MHNA and shows hope for the future

Cheryl Moody is the police department’s first female Deputy Chief

Claire Bogaard among Adam Schiff’s 2020 Women of the Year

Q&A with Bryan Frieders, Pasadena’s interim fire chief

Associations close ranks for greater city transparency, timeliness – joint letter to Planning Department & Commission

Report from Pasadena Heritage – a virtual Colorado Street Bridge celebration

Arborist Rebecca Latta gives advice about Pasadena tree maintenance

Projected further development of Brookside Golf Course with an added arcade

Big Dig suit settlement imminent

WPRA’s first president helps city set Arroyo Seco natural policy through ‘visionary proposal’

Colorado Bridge suicide mitigation mockups near completion

City to host virtual open houses for all eight specific plans

A letter from Huntington Hospital – from Dr. Lori Morgan, President and CEO A city of masks in 1919

WPRA News Summer 2018

5 Jul 2018

In this issue

Housing, planning experts react to state threat to local control

710 tunnel is only “mostly dead”

Marijuana ballot measures pass. Now what?

District 6 town hall focuses on traffic and crime

First draft anti-mansionization guidelines revealed

City on brink of solving mansionization challenge

Swirl over Desiderio restroom continues, but is unfunded for FY 2019

City strengthens tree protection ordinances

Arroyo Seco tributary finally getting its long over-due attention

City acts to meet state climate goal

How zoning changed on South Orange Grove Avenue

President	Dan Beal
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 Winter 2017

5 Jan 2017

In this issue

LA County Flood Control District and environmentalists face off over “Big Dig” at Devil’s Gate

Rose Bowl Stadium lists major 2017 events

City considers regulating short-term rentals

La Loma Bridge road deck poured

ArtCenter views south campus as expression of art

Cycle track’s on track; Playhouse alliance forms

City proceeds with Rose Bows Loop enhancement, but wrestles with naming-signage rules

Pasadena Department of Transportation Fact sheet about the SR710 tunnel project

Cultivating our neighborhood arboreal canopies

A magical evening in Arlington Garden

Home burglaries up, theft and car burglaries down; Police don cameras

Early Pasadena: an astonishing garden of flowers

President	Kenyon Harbison
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Fall 2016

13 Oct 2016

In this issue

How should we recognize donors in the Arroyo?

Diets and parklets and bulb-outs, oh my!

La Loma Bridge update

City Council approves YWCA/Kimpton Hotel project

The YWCA – Citizens deserve more transparency when City develops public property

Making the case for a strong mansionization ordinance

Our trees are worth the investment to keep them

We can bring back native fish to the Arroyo Seco

San Rafael Elementary issues and outlook

Crime rates down, but theft and burglary rising

The G.T. Marsh Tea Garden: A Glimpse of Flowery Japan

President	Kenyon Harbison
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Summer 2016

7 Jul 2016

In this issue

Mayor warns of SR-710 tunnel threat to region

Progress in the fight against the SR-710 tunnel: Measure M taxes will not fund SR-710 freeway tunnel – PUSD joins opponents to SR-710 freeway tunnel – City Council defers ballot measure to repeal Measure A. – WPRA receives ‘consulting party’ status

La Loma Bridge update

$182.7 million Rose Bowl renovation – project enters final phase

YWCA/Kimpton Hotel Final EIR released; Planning Commission to consider

Briefs: Update on General Plan implementation – Kim Kenne elected president of PUSD Board of Education – Refinancing of PCC bonds will reduce taxes for property owners – City prepares ordinance to restrict use of styrofoam containers

City, Habitat break ground for new Desiderio development and park

San Rafael Elementary issues and outlook

Pasadena receives $100K grant, publishes water quality report

Citywide crime down 15%, but theft, burglary up

Pasadena Transit connects riders with high-tech convenience

Arroyo Seco and Devil’s Gate for early picnics in west Pasadena

President	Kenyon Harbison
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Winter 2015

5 Jan 2015

In this issue

WPRA launches effort to protect our neighborhoods from SR-710 North tunnel option

Five cities form new coalition to consider regional traffic plan

Briefs: Working Group seeks preferred 710 Alternative – City has new fire chief Bertral Washington – Tips on how to deter home burglaries

City studies “mansionization”

Arroyo Seco Foundation and the Pasadena Audubon Society sue over the County’s “Big Dig” sediment plan

Stand up and pitch in for Arroyo Seco restoration

Questions remain as tree infestation inventory continues

PUSD Boar declares San Rafael Elementary “Surplus Property”

News nuggets from Rose Bowl community meetings

The Hurlbut home: The first Orange Grove mansion

President	Geoffrey Baum
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Justin Chapman
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Winter 2014

3 Jan 2014

In this issue

PUSD to close last public school in West Pasadena

Opinion: WPRA believes West Pasadena needs and deserves a public school

Citizens, City await court ruling on NFL-EIR suit

Five cities join forces for 710 EIR review

SR-710 project back on accelerated funding list

Ambassador Gardens takes shape

Briefs: Governor signs bill to sell state-owned houses on SR-710 – La Loma Bridge progress report

Arroyo Seco Foundation urges slow and sustainable sediment removal for Devil’s Gate Dam

Pasadena burglaries at three-year high

Complete Streets programs arising to improve road safety

A tale of two trees in the center of Orange Grove Boulevard

President	Bill Urban
Vice President	Catherine Stringer
Secretary	Robert Holmes
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Spring 2013

26 Mar 2013

In this issue

Opinion: The more folks know, the more they oppose the 710 tunnels

City breaks ground on Fire Station 39 retrofit, rehab

Opinion: What happened to the NFL?

NFL at the Rose Bowl

Briefs: Arroyo Seco Foundation comments on Urban Land Institute’s Central Arroyo proposal – Pasadena’s first “bicycle boulevard” opens – City takes possession of Desiderio – Pasadena plastic bag ban yields positive results – Dispose of unwanted firearms through Pasadena Police – Police report 2011 “use of force” stats

Ambassador West goes into high gear

General Plan update

Recreation and Parks Commission briefing: Hahamongna and soccer fields – City trees – Public Works project in the Arroyo – Changes to recreation programs

The Pasadena Cycleway

President	Bill Urban
Vice President	Catherine Stringer
Secretary	Robert Holmes
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

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