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Beginning on July 7, the PUSD and PEN will launch an online survey for parents whose children are currently enrolled or were enrolled in one of the District’s twenty-three academies and schools. This survey aims for parents to share their experiences and insight across five categories: academic programs, athletics and extracurricular activities, safety and security, communication and responsiveness, and faculty.

This information provides a greater awareness to the Pasadena community. The critical events detailed below are merely a snapshot of the calls received to the Police Communications Center every day. Your police department strives to better serve the Pasadena community. Interim Police Chief Jason Clawson continues to adhere to the principles of the “Pasadena Way” as he leads the Police Department into its new chapter.

Home Instead offices have over 100 home care aide positions available. 

We are hiring for all shifts and skill levels.  We offer a competitive compensation package for an entry level position including healthcare, 401K and paid vacation. 

The Team at Home Instead Pasadena/Monrovia really cares about the well-being of our Care Professionals. 

Cases: California is in the midst of its third-largest Covid surge of the pandemic, with roughly 19,000 new cases being reported here each day, according to The New York Times’s tracker. The true number of people falling sick is undoubtedly even higher, since most at-home tests aren’t included in official case counts.

From Brennan Dixson for the Pasadena Star-News: Dr. Ying-Ying Goh, Pasadena’s public health director and health officer, is set to take a one-year leave from her position after being selected as one of six participants in the 2022-23 class of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy fellows at the National Academy of Medicine.

The Pasadena Chamber networking breakfast is a valuable opportunity for our members and other business people to get together to promote your business, expand your contacts, find and visit with friends and find potential customers. Join us at Brookside Golf Club on Thursday, July 14th, at 7:30am.

Please join us in JULY.

Please join us in JULY to promote your business and make new contacts. Chamber Luncheon Alliance is July 6th. 

The Luncheon Alliance is on the first Wednesday of each month at 11:30am.

This month we will meet on July 6th, at 11:30am. Dr. Seth moderates the meeting. Join us to network, promote your business and reconnect with Chamber friends.

Infection Rates: Pasadena reported 107 new cases of COFID-19 on Friday, June 30th and no new fatalities. 

Just days after reporting a slowdown in the pace of COVID-19-positive residents being hospitalized, the county’s public health director announced on Thursday, a sharp upturn in admissions, increasing the likelihood of a return to an indoor mask-wearing mandate by late July. 

The Pasadena City Council has announced the selection of former Justice Miguel Márquez to serve as the City's next City Manager. Márquez will be formally introduced to the community during the City Council meeting on Monday, July 11, 2022.

From the Pasadena Star-News this question from Jim Alexander: What does this do to the Rose Bowl? Technically, the contract between the Big Ten and Pac-12 (in non-playoff seasons) is unchanged, and now we have the possibility of, say, a USC-Oregon Rose Bowl game. But what if Oregon and Washington, the next most desirable teams in the conference, subsequently defect, too? Maybe the Rose Bowl turns into a best available opponents matchup.

Cases: One day after Los Angeles County reported a slow-down in the pace of COVID-19-positive patients being admitted to local hospitals, the number of those patients soared over the 700 mark on Friday, reaching its highest point in nearly four months.