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WPRA News Spring 2016

5 Apr 2016

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Transforming the 710 ditch; making our neighborhoods safer

SR-710 tunnel project DEIR is a dry hole for water data

CPP presses forward in grassroots effort to redesign the 710 ditch

City Ventures nears completion at Ambassador Gardens

Briefs: Q&A’s about the PWP’s Glenarm Repowering Project – 710 Tunnel makes national list of highway boondoggles – City Council approves non-potable water project – Mayor focuses on economics in State of the City address

La Loma Bridge work continues

Hahamongna co-op nursery thrives

WPRA pleased and disappointed by potential Arroyo Seco music festival’s final EIR

An overview of the proposed Arroyo Seco festival

The Italian Sunken Garden of Hulett C. Merritt

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

WPRA News Winter 2016

4 Jan 2016

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LA Metro/Caltran’s 710 tunnel plan will take your breath away. Literally.

PUSD saves San Rafael Elementary

Briefs: City Manager resign sand heads to UCLA – City appoints new department directors – Fire Department receives international accreditation

La Loma bridge retrofit, rehabilitation progresses

New law reduces minimum parking requirements for affordable housing

West Pasadena in 1886

City prepares second draft of new urban forest management plan

Neighbors group gathers to mitigate Rose Bowl event challenges

Architectural historian, Robert Winter, donates Batchelder tiles to Pasadena Museum of History

John Van de Kamp fires up the way-back machine

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

WPRA News Summer 2015

1 Jul 2015

In this issue

Historic votes and new voices opposing tunnels point to new transportation models

2015 elections usher in a new era at City Hall

La Loma Bridge will soon close for retrofit

Appeals court rejects Rose Bowl/NFL EIR suit

Briefs: Pedestrian improvements at Colorado and Fair Oaks – Drought, water-restrictions will impact public lands and trees – City adopts Level 2water shortage plan

City seeks “mansionization” answers and standards

Critical canyon water, Hahamongna sediment and Arroyo restoration projects move forward

The tide has turned for San Rafael Elementary

Arroyo Seco Arts & Music Festival at the Rose Bowl

The history of mustaches, cigars and pulpits: Robert Burdette in Pasadena

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

WPRA News Fall 2014

3 Oct 2014

In this issue

Pasadena’s urban forest threatened by tiny beetle

The Connecting Pasadena Plan

Community deliberates new capital improvement funds and a music festival

Ambassador Gardens’ construction proceeds

Maranatha’s 20-year Master Plan nearing final stage

Briefs: City establishes SR-710 alternatives working group – Japanese garden forms board, non-profit organization – Art Center buys building at Gateway to Pasadena

Preparing for historic drought takes years of planning and water banking

Working group and the City continue to seek ways to make Avenue 64 safer

First WPRA president, Richard Jencks, dies at 93

La Casita reopens after massive upgrade and renovation

Glen Rosa: “One of the choicest planes in Pasadena”

President	Geoffrey Baum
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Robert Holmes
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Summer 2014

2 Jul 2014

In this issue

7-11 Committee to PUSD: “Work harder to keep San Rafael Elementary School open”

Briefs: Metro delays SR-710 tunnel DEIR – Council considers SR-710 alternatives – City’s proposal to host music festival at the Rose Bowl Stadium

Opinion: Is Pasadena losing its ‘sense of place’?

Desiderio project to transform base into community

Citizen’s group develops responsible plan for sediment removal

City celebrates San Rafael Library patio renovation

Conger’s Hill: A commanding view for our first physician

President	Geoffrey Baum
Vice President	Sarah Gavit
Secretary	Robert Holmes
Treasurer	Blaine Cavena

WPRA News Spring 2014

27 Mar 2014

In this issue

Opinion: Raising the alarm about Metro’s proposed 710 Freeway twin tunnels

Briefs: Ambassador Gardens meets inclusionary housing obligation on and off site – General Plan moves forward – PWP joins state and local leaders in calling for more water conservation in 2014

Mayor Bogaard’s State of the City report

Opinion: A plan for a restored Arroyo Seco

Once plentiful, Pasadena’s water supply is now scarce resource

County gives new life to 88-year-old Arroyo sewer lines

$525,000 La Casita renovation gets underway

Gardening at Garfield School

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

WPRA News Fall 2013

1 Oct 2013

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An opinion piece about mansionization

WPRA concludes archery, if safe, has place in Arroyo

New committee considers San Rafael School’s future

Avenue 64 coalition seeks safer road

Preserving our stately oaks for posterity

Lincoln proceeds with 100 West Walnut project

Green Hotel Project will change this historic site

City to streamline, improve planning, development review

A complete review of the 66-year journey: Ambassador College becomes Ambassador West

Brookside Golf Club: Emerald jewel of the Central Arroyo

The Rosenbaum home: Pasadena’s fifth

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

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