Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, Los Angeles County Friday reopened some beach parking lots and authorized retail businesses inside enclosed shopping malls to reopen with curbside pickup service only, while continuing to warn of the continued spread of the coron... More »
The dire economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic were laid bare Friday with the release of figures putting Los Angeles County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at 19.6% in April, well above the 6.7% rate in March. The 19.6% rate dwarfed the 4.5% une... More »
NAACP Pasadena Executive Board invites the Pasadena community to a virtual town hall focus on COVID-19 pandemic discussion public health, safety, and economic impact. Speakers for the town hall include Dr. Ying-Ying Goh from the Pasadena Public Health Departme... More »
Although travel may be down this Memorial Day weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic, California Highway Patrol officers throughout the state, including the Southland, will still be on the job, cracking down on drunken or otherwise unsafe drivers. Beginni... More »
More than 1,200 pastors, including some in Pasadena, have electronically signed a letter declaring they will reopen their churches on May 31, in defiance of the governor’s phased reopening plan, according to an attorney representing a church in Lodi suing the ... More »
Pasadena city officials reported two local deaths and six additional cases of the Coronavirus on Thursday, increasing the local fatalities to 79 and cases to 790. The numbers came one day after the state’s public health department turned down a variance reques... More »
Blood donors this month will receive a $5 gift card to Starbucks or In-N-Out, or a Blood Donor t-shirt, when they step up to donate at Huntington Hospital’s Blood Donor Center in Pasadena. Even during COVID-19, blood donation is still a safe practice, the hosp... More »
The County health department confirmed 46 new Coronavirus deaths and 1,204 new cases, taking the death toll above 2,000 cases. To date, the department has identified 42,037 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 2,016 deaths. ... More »
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and mandates for social isolation, the free 60th anniversary party for the Pasadena Senior Center will take place, although differently than originally proposed. A planned celebration at the center that would have pulled out all t... More »
The city of Pasadena says 100 homeless people are living in hotel and motel rooms as part of Project Roomkey, a program started by the state of California to secure accommodations for vulnerable people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ci... More »
LA County is looking to hire local workers for its “Big Dig” project in the Hahamongna. The Devil’s Gate Reservoir Restoration Project is a four-year effort to increase flood protection for communities downstream from Devil’s Gate Dam and restore habitat withi... More »
Nurses, doctors and other frontline workers at Shriners for Children Medical Center in Pasadena were treated to burgers and fries from Wahlburgers. It’s part of the Boston-based fast-food chain’s #WhateverYouNeed campaign, which provides warm meals to people b... More »
