Covid-19 Coronavirus Update-here is the latest information, help, assistance and more

Here is the most succinct and readily available analysis of the stimulus package

First, a little advice (from my own experience): If you have regularly scheduled email blasts, please check that you still want to send those and that the message is appropriate to the current situation, especially as it relates to business closures, safer at

Support your fellow Pasadena Chamber members. Below is information on restaurant members. Please get take-out, buy gift cards, do what you are able to help them stay open and in business. Likewise, many of your fellow Chamber members are reeling from closures, stay at home orders, lack (or complete loss) of business.

It is vitally important that we all heed the directives to stay home and/or maintain a safe distance from others.

At the Pasadena Chamber, our staff is working from home. If you are able, please do the same.

The Pasadena Chamber is still open. We are not taking any face-to-face meetings, hosting public events or ceremonies. We are also not able to accept walk-in visitors at our offices or meet members in our homes.

The Pasadena Public Health Department and the County of Los Angeles have revised their Safer at Home orders.

The Pasadena Public Health Department revised its Safer at Home order. Now excluded as essential businesses are personal grooming services. Hair and nail salons, barbers and others in that industry are ordered closed. Golf courses are also ordered closed throughout Los Angeles County.

Here is the revised list of essential businesses:

Huntington Hospital is in dire need of blood donations. The need for blood is ongoing, and we now experiencing a severe blood shortage. As the only trauma center in the entire San Gabriel Valley, we rely on your generosity in order to help us keep a full supply of blood. Your support is extremely valuable as it makes a huge difference in meeting the health needs of our community.

State of California lifts prohibition of off-site sales of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with food service

Drinks beer and wine to go allowed with take-out food orders.

Many of Pasadena's restaurants remain open for take-out service. many offer specials to help you eat well during the crisis. Many also now offer to-go alcoholic beverages.

You can find a complete list of Pasadena Chamber member restaurants here: www.pasadena-chamber.org/directory/restaurants-catering. Please patronize them or buy a gift card (or several gift cards) for later.

The U.S. and Canada have temporarily closed their borders to non-essential traffic.

Currently there remain two (2) reported cases of Coronavirus infection in Pasadena.

There remain two confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Pasadena. As testing becomes more available and results more quickly analyzed, that number could grow.

In the meantime, everyone who can is encouraged to work from home. Please practice social distancing as much as possible. Please be safe and be healthy.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a negative impact on local businesses. Many are anticipating a significant drop in income over the next few weeks and some are even considering closing temporarily. (Which could also impact their workers' income.)

If you feel at all ill, please stay home. If you can, encourage your employees to work remotely and continue patronizing their favorite businesses.