The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce said a survey of its membership reveals that employers have cut workers’ hours, overtime, bonuses, and benefits – and sometimes eliminated them, to cope with the City’s mandated minimum wage requirements The survey was conducte... More »
A week before the City Council is due to officially receive the results of two commissioned studies on the effects of Pasadena’s 2016 Minimum Wage Ordinance, more than a dozen speakers urged the Council Monday to keep the ordinance on its path to a $15 citywid... More »
City Manager Steve Mermell announced at the Pasadena City Council Public Safety Committee meeting on Monday a series of rewards will be offered for information which yields arrests and convictions in seven unsolved Pasadena murders, going back as far as 2008. ... More »
After more than two years of community consultation, Pasadena’s City Council is poised to decide tonight the fate of a massive program to relocate power and communication lines underground, a program that the City started in 1968 to beautify Pasadena by restor... More »
National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), is being celebrated from Feb. 4–8, 2019, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems and how s... More »
The Pasadena Fire Department wants to change the way it funds training for its personnel in the wake of reduced federal money for the critical function. The City Council on Monday will discuss a Fire Dept. proposal to join a new Joint Powers Authority setup wh... More »
Rep. Judy Chu (D) understands what “power of the purse” means. Pasadena’s congressional representative has introduced a bill, H.R. 810, that would prohibit the use of federal funds for the implementation of Executive Order 13780, also known as the “Muslim ban.... More »
Pasadena possesses literary, historical, and architectural treasures that Washington D.C.-based C-SPAN wants to share with America. “Since 2011, C-SPAN set a goal to get outside Washington D.C. and focus on cities,” said Debbie Lamb, the network’s coordinating... More »
Pasadena-area State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D-La Canada Flintridge) continued his ongoing offensive against gun-related accidents and violence with the introduction of a bill making the improper firearm storage in a house with a minor, or prohibited per... More »
Easing a long-time headache for local realtors, the Pasadena City Council Monday approved a staff recommendation to modify the City’s longtime Occupancy Inspection Program (OIP) by creating a new presale self-certification program and new fees. The self-certif... More »
Assemblymember Chris Holden reacted Tuesday morning to Pacific Gas & Electric’s decision last night to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by saying he will work to protect the interests of fire victims while meeting ratepayer’s needs for safe and affordable electr... More »
If Pasadena’s latest sales tax revenue report numbers were tea leaves for reading the City’s financial future, another cup might require brewing to clarify the picture. Sales tax revenues now hold added importance to the City and the School District as both wi... More »
