Indoor Mask Mandate: A city official clarified Tuesday morning that Pasadena will not immediately lift its indoor mask mandate for unvaccinated people Tuesday as earlier reports had indicated.
City spokesperson Lisa Derderian said Pasadena will join Los Angeles County in continuing to impose the indoor mask requirement for the time being, despite the state lifting the requirement as of Tuesday.
by Jonathan Wolf - The White House released a new coronavirus strategy Wednesday that is aimed at ushering the U.S. into a new normal.
The idea behind the new strategy is to move the nation out of crisis mode and into a stage where the virus will no longer disrupt everyday life. The president spoke in broad strokes about the way forward during his State of the Union address last night.
Pasadena has issued an updated health order effective Saturday which will give fully vaccinated people the option to either wear or remove masks in many indoor settings in alignment with State Health Officer’s recent order.
District Attorney George Gascón released two public service announcements on Thursday warning people to beware of scams based on the increased demand for COVID-19 testing.
“The best way to protect consumers is with knowledge. My goal is to give consumers the information they need to avoid becoming victims,” Gascón said. “These crimes are particularly egregious because fake COVID-19 tests and testing sites put everyone’s health at risk.”
Principal Pops Conductor Michael Feinstein and the Pasadena POPS announce the expansion of the POPS Summer Concert series to six concerts beginning Summer 2022 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. The POPS is also proud to welcome Rusnak Auto Group as the Official Season Sponsor for the POPS Summer Concert Series.
Pasadena, LA County easing indoor mask rules-On Wednesday, February 23, the County of Los Angeles released a new health order that relaxes masking requirements for fully vaccinated people in certain settings.
by Jonathan Wolfe
This week Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that he was scrapping the remaining coronavirus restrictions in England, saying it was time to live with the virus.
While he did not declare the nation’s health crisis over, the move put his country ahead of most others in Europe regarding the speed with which it hopes to return to normal life.
For insight into the approach, I spoke with Claire Moses, a writer for The Morning in London.
What Russian invasion means for U.S., California economies
OIL PRICES on both sides of the Atlantic jumped toward or above $100 a barrel after Russia invaded Ukraine. But they then gave up some of the gains. By Jon Healey, Kenan Draughorne, Suhauna Hussain and Don Lee
SURGE APPEARS TO BE SUBSIDING: (from the Pasadena Star-News): The winter surge that filled emergency rooms and hospital beds with COVID-19 patients in late December through January and into early February is over.
The City of Pasadena’s Cultural Affairs Division has released guidelines for the fiscal year 2022-2023 Annual Grants Program, which provides financial grants through a competitive application process in support of Pasadena-based arts and cultural organizations and individual artists to enrich the City’s cultural life.
