Gas Prices + Pasadena Police Technology + Rose Bowl Half Marathon

Howdy, folks. This is Andy Nguyen, your local Patch editor, with the latest edition of the Pasadena Digest. Our top headlines include: Los Angeles County seeing record gas prices, the Pasadena City Council considering a new controversial piece of policing technology and the dark history of Dodger Stadium.

First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 74 Low: 53.

Here are the top stories in Pasadena today:

1. LA County gas price reaches new 2021 high (Spectrum News 1)
2. Report: Pasadena Tenants Have Received Almost $12 Million in Government Rent Relief During the Pandemic (Pasadena Now)
3. Gun violence in Pasadena has city considering controversial policing tech (The San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
4. Pasadena to begin searching Monday for new city manager (The Pasadena Star-News)
5. Why shrug off the racist history of Dodger Stadium? (Los Angeles Times)
6. Pasadena Unified: Substitute Teacher Rate Increase and More (coloradoboulevard.net)

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Today in Pasadena:

• Library Board of Trustees Meeting - Crowell Public Library of San Marino (7:00 AM)
• San Marino Historical Society: The Kathy Fiscus Tragedy (7:00 PM)

Pasadena Patch Notebook

• Pasadena Humane: "Adoption photos are kind of like driver's license photos - you only get one shot, and it might not turn out quite how you hoped. Oh, we weren't talking about this photo, though - this kitten NAILED it! " (Instagram)
• Pasadena Humane: "10-year-old Chip has been hanging out in his foster home and being an absolute MODEL for Tennis Ball Weekly! Not a real magazine, actually, but if it were... Anyway, Chip is getting along great with his foster family's dogs and cats, a..." (Instagram)
• Pasadena Public Library: "Today begins #bannedbooksweek when we celebrate the freedom to read and bring awareness to books that have been challenged or banned in our communities. Kick off the celebration by reading a banned book! Here are a few suggested #banned..." (Instagram)
• City of Pasadena - Public Agency: "Visit bit.ly/Vaccinate-Pasadena for a list of nearby vaccination locations." (Facebook)

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— Andy Nguyen

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