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Applications for the 2023 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Royal Court presented by Citizens Business Bank are now available on the Tournament of Roses 

Tired people are not happy, healthy or safe. Here are some of the things that go wrong when you don’t get enough sleep.

Sleep and Illness

People who get less than seven hours of sleep a night are more likely to have chronic health problems like obesity, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, depression and premature death.

Please join us in AUGUST to promote your business and meet fellow Chamber members and friends.

The Luncheon Alliance is at Brookside Golf Club (near the Rose Bowl) on the first Wednesday of each month at 11:30am. This month we will meet on August 3rd, at 11:30am. Gerry Rothschild moderates the meeting. Join us to network, promote your business and reconnect with Chamber friends.

Cases: Pasadena reported 72 new cases on Thursday, July 28th and no new fatalities. LA County reported 6,135 new cases on Friday and 18 deaths as a result of COVID-19.

Statement from the City of Pasadena: Pasadena Public Health Department has determined that jurisdictional COVID-19 confirmed case rates have declined for about 10 days, and local hospitalization metrics have not continued to increase during that time.

Cases: Pasadena Public Health reported 76 new cases of COVID and one fatality in Pasadena.

Pasadena City Council Member John J. Kennedy passed away Thursday after an illness.

Mr. Kennedy was well known in the community. He was raised here and attended Pasadena schools before going on to higher education, including receiving a law degree from Howard University.

In his career he worked in the public and private sectors. He was elected to represent District 3 on the Pasadena City Council in 2013. He was recently re-elected.

Please join us in AUGUST to meet fellow Pasadena Chamber members, find collaborators and customers, promote your business and meet fellow Chamber members and friends.

The Connection Breakfast is on the second Thursday of August at 7:30am at Brookside at 1133 Rosemont Avenue. This month we meet on August 11th at 7:30 am. Dr. Dennis Buckley moderates the event.

Cost for the breakfast will be $35 for Pasadena Chamber members and $40 for non-members.

Raphael Henderson sworn in as Chair of the Board, new Board members Mike Antenesse of Foothill Unity Center, Lynelle Bryant of Masbuild, Inc. and John Burt of Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching installed 

Langham Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, and Pasadena Community Foundation recognized as Corporate Citizens of the Year for 2022; Darryl Dunn recognized with Director’s Award, Scholarships given to three students
 

The City of Pasadena adopted a Seismic Retrofit Ordinance in 2019 to make older, soft story apartment buildings and their occupants safer from earthquakes. These buildings are considered vulnerable to serious earthquake damage based on their age, type of construction, and materials.

Masks May Return Indoors: L.A. County on verge of indoor mask mandate (from the LA Times): Hyper-contagious BA.5 subvariant fuels rise in COVID cases and hospitalizations. By Luke Money and Rong-Gong Lin II