The Pasadena Chamber hosts its annual Inaugural Gala at the Langham Huntington Hotel Pasadena on Friday evening, June 24th.
Join us as we celebrate the inauguration and tenure of Raphael Henderson as Chair of the Board of Directors.
Platinum Sponsor of the Gala is The Gas Company.
Cases: Despite strong levels of vaccination among older people, COVID-19 killed them at vastly higher rates during this winter’s omicron wave than it did last year, preying on long delays since their last shots and the variant’s ability to skirt immune defenses.
Amazon brings one-click shopping to fitting rooms
By Kevin Smith in the Pasadena Star-News
Tired of sifting through endless racks of clothing in search of the right size, color and fit?
The 30,000-square-foot Amazon Style debuted last week at The Americana at Brand mall in Glendale, bringing the e-commerce giant’s one-click shopping technology to a brick-a-mortar concept that might change shopping habits yet again.
Today is Memorial Day.
Already the Vietnam Veterans of Pasadena have held a remembrance in Memorial Park.
At 3:00 Stater Brothers at Allen and Washington will host a playing of taps, one of many across the region.
My father served in the Navy in World War II. My uncles served on the Marines and Army. My cousin served in the Army in Vietnam. Almost every one of us has a relative or friend who has served our country in our military.
Cases: Consider this California’s first coronavirus surge of the endemic era. Even with the rise in home tests that don’t make it into official statistics, the state is now reporting more confirmed cases per day than it did at the peak of the summer 2020 surge, and it is closing in on summer 2021 surge levels.
Pasadena Media and the Chamber presented a candidate forum on Thursday, May 19, 2022.
Many thanks to Board Chair Raphael Henderson of Wells Fargo who moderated expertly.
Thanks also to Chamber Board Member Charlotte Lacey of Pasadena Humane and the Junior League of Pasadena who organized the event for us.
You can see the informative event here:
From PasadenaNOW and conversations with City of Pasadena staff: Pasadena Minimum Wage to Increase to $16.11 BY ANDRÉ COLEMAN, MANAGING EDITOR
Local minimum wage earners will see a jump in pay of more than $1 an hour later this year.
Pasadena Now has learned the city’s minimum wage will increase to $16.11 in July.
The increase has left some concerned about the impact on small businesses.
Removals and rent increases are limited in L.A. and other parts of Southland. Rules vary from city to city.
By Jon Healey
Rental housing in Southern California has long been a landlord’s market, with the demand for homes greatly exceeding the supply. That’s true today to an extreme degree, with available units the scarcest they’ve been in recent memory, as The Times reports.
AD SALES END May 30TH. DO NOT MISS OUT
Each year the Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association of Pasadena holds and election for new Board members.
This year the following are proposed to join the Board of the Chamber:
Cases (From the New York Times): After residents enjoyed weeks of relaxed masking and the return of large in-person events such as music festivals, Los Angeles County on Thursday moved from a “low” community transmission level to a “medium” level as defined by federal public health authorities.
