WPRA comments on the Arroyo Advisory Group recommendations and adds suggestions and of its own
Pasadena trees and open spaces
Pertaining to Pasadena’s tree canopy, the Arroyo Seco and the community parks
WPRA News Winter 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 |
To Kathryn Barger, WPRA wants less aggressive sediment removal behind Devil’s Gate Dam
To Kathryn Barger, LA County Supervisor for 5th District – WPRA supports a slower, less aggressive alternative to sediment removal behind the Devil’s Gate Dam
WPRA News Fall 2017
In this issue
Reclaim the stubland, re-establish lost social, economic, transportation benefits
Opinion: Caltrans tenants, our neighbors, deserve protection and consideration
City sales, use tax revenue rising slightly
The Playhouse District Association forms Specific Plan advisory committee
Arroyo Advisory Group outreach is underway
Paseo undergoes transformation and gets new owner, name
City Council appoints task force to envision Civic Center future
The Los Angeles County Flood Control District refuses to reduce scale or timing of “Big Dig”
Public Works recommends replacing purple leaf plum street trees
Stand up for San Rafael Elementary’s renovation
South Orange Grove Avenue: “Millionaires’ Row”
| President | Kenyon Harbison |
| Vice President | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Justin Chapman |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Summer 2017
In this issue
Is it time to celebrate the end of the SR-710 freeway tunnel?
La Loma bridge reopens and takes a new name – John Van de Kamp Bridge
Council suspends controversial YWCA/Kimpton project and sends it back to task force, staff
WPRA survey finds support for City’s approach to regulating short-term rentals
City struggles to accommodate State’s housing mandates
City updates Hillside zoning code to address mansionization
Aquatic Center devises plan to address long-term growing demand
New Arroyo Advisory Group shares its vision for ‘One Arroyo’ at WPRA’s 55th annual meeting
What ‘One Arroyo’ means to us
The epic and ugly battle over what to do about the 710 Freeway – a history of the project
First Arroyo Seco Weekend said to be “mellow”
It takes a city to stage a Tournament of Roses parade and Rose Bowl Game
Crime in west Pasadena: Attempted burglaries in 1887
| President | Kenyon Harbison |
| Vice President | Avram Gold |
| Secretary | Justin Chapman |
| Treasurer | Blaine Cavena |
WPRA News Winter 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
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 expresses concerns about donor recognition using signage for Rose Bowl and Area H
To the Mayor and the City Manager addressing concerns about donor recognition using signage for Rose Bowl Drive and renaming Area H
WPRA News Spring 2016
In this issue
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
In this issue
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 |
