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Join us for our virtual networking Connection Breakfast Thursday, June 10th at 8am. 

The Connection Breakfast on June 10th will have a surprise sponsor. (In the future, if you are interested in having seven to ten minutes to promote you business please call Kelly at 626-795-3355 or email kelly@pasadena-chamber.org.)

Eligible small businesses, nonprofits, sole proprietors and independent contractors can still apply for a COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan.

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SOME WORDS OF WARNING ABOUT LOW-fare seats AND LAX PARKING

By Catharine Hamm for the LA Times.

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MEP Webinar On June 15th!

PASADENA POLICE - COMMUNITY BRIEF May 2021: 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.

How to Handle An Employee With a Job Offer from the Wall Street Journal

FAMILY & TECH by JULIE JARGON

After Hannah Semmes graduated from college last year and began her first full-time job at a healthcare consulting firm, the 22- year-old found herself overwhelmed with all of the new decisions she had to make.

She wasn’t sure which credit card to get, how to find an apartment in New York and whether to invest part of her new salary in a 401(k) or an IRA—or what the difference between them even was.

By Margot Roosevelt for the LA Times: IN CALIFORNIA and the nation, “we are about to have one of the best years of economic growth that we’ve had since World War II,” said Leo Feler, the UCLA Anderson Forecast’s senior economist. 

California’s strict public health measures during the pandemic protected its economy, setting the stage for an even faster recovery in the state than nationwide, UCLA economists reported.

Ready to apply to have your PPP loan forgiven? Experts advise small- business borrowers through the process.

THE PAYCHECK Protection Program was a lifeline for small businesses during the pandemic. By Samantha Masunaga for the LA Times.

The Paycheck Protection Program provided a lifeline for the small businesses that were able to get a loan and insulate themselves at least somewhat from the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic fallout.

Join us for our virtual networking Luncheon Alliance on Wednesday June 2nd at 11:30am.

Journey House is the presenting sponsor the June 2nd lunch (thanks to the generosity of Mixed Rootes Enterprises).

Network, promote your business, meet new people, make new connections, build our contact list-all from the safety of your own home or office (or wherever you may be) via ZOOM. 

The opportunity to apply for PPP Loans may end today, unless there are unspent funds for the program. ONLY ABOUT $3 billion was left of the $800 billion provided through the Paycheck Protection Program as of Friday. Applications will be taken until Monday. Above, President Biden signs a PPP extension in March.