Ask yourself 5 questions before buy-now-pay-later holiday purchases-By Jackie Veling

Shoppers gearing up for the 2023 holiday season won’t have to look hard for a convenient way to pay for all those presents.

“ Buy now, pay later ,” a type of payment plan that divides the total cost of your purchase into smaller installments, is offered at most major retailers, including Walmart, Target and Amazon. It’s expected to fuel $17 billion in online holiday spending this year — up almost 17% from 2022 — according to forecast data from Adobe Analytics.

By Soumya Karlamangla, California Today, Writer

What an El Niño winter could mean for California. Plus, Interstate 10 in Los Angeles fully reopens today.

More than 150 inches of snow was reported in areas in California from snowstorms last winter.Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Odds are that this winter’s going to be a wet one.

To shine a spotlight on small and independent local businesses heading into the holiday shopping season, the city of Pasadena and Visit Pasadena have partnered to launch the “Authentically Yours, Pasadena” campaign, which begins on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 25.

The campaign will create welcome stations at 25 small businesses across the city to help inspire both community members and visitors to shop small and dine local. The station will be stocked with canvas shopping tote bags that will be gifted to shoppers on a first-come, first-served basis.

Giving Tuesday is a day to be charitable. 

You can support our non-profit members today easily and simply.

Here is a link to our non-profit members. Find one (or more) that you like and donate. 

You can also make a tax-deductible donation to the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Foundation at www.pasadenayouthworks.org. 

Simple. Thank you. 

DCBA is pleased to announce a new program designed to help qualified landlords who have been impacted by COVID-19 related economic hardships. The Los Angeles County Rent Relief Program will provide over $46 million in direct financial assistance to qualified landlords to help mitigate the negative economic impacts of the pandemic that have left many tenants behind on rent.