The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) announced that major hotel chains have endorsed “Safe Stay,” AHLA’s enhanced industry-wide cleaning guidelines designed to protect workers and guests at hotels. “As we reopen hotel doors and welcome back the tra... More »
After more than 100 years in business, Hertz filed for bankruptcy Friday night, the latest victim of the sudden economic downturn sparked by the Coronavirus pandemic. “The impact of Covid-19 on travel demand was sudden and dramatic, causing an abrupt decline i... More »
The City Council’s Economic Development and Technology Committee kicked around the idea of closing Colorado Blvd. in Old Pasadena, either partially or completely, to allow businesses with limited indoor space take advantage of sidewalks and the area reserved f... More »
Stater Bros. Markets is extending a $2 per hour wage incentive for the company’s hourly employees, including those at the Pasadena location at 1390 Allen Ave. The company says the extension through June 14 includes all workers in stores, distribution, transpor... More »
Two new reports find that Southern California faces a dire economic outlook over the next two years, with high unemployment rates expected to linger through 2021 and many more jobs at risk than unemployment data may suggest, it was reported Friday. Consultants... More »
Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc., a multi-channel wealth management solutions holding company, has acquired Pasadena based Western International Securities, Inc., an independent broker-dealer serving over 400 independent financial advisors. Atria said it successfu... More »
CIT and its Pasadena-based banking subsidiary CIT Bank have invested $37.3 million in the Jordan Downs Apartments Project, a 92-unit multifamily complex to support low-to-moderate income families in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, a company statement sa... More »
A former general sales manager at a Pasadena Audi dealership is suing his ex-employer, alleging he suffered a backlash and was fired in April after complaining that management failed to take steps to protect employees and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic... More »
Looks like you can teach an old law firm new tricks. Pasadena’s Hahn & Hahn, which started in 1899, has added its first bankruptcy and financial restructuring group. “It’s a new, enlightened approach,” Managing Partner Christianne Kerns said. “I became managin... More »
The Pasadena-based company behind Flippy, the burger-cooking robot, is adding a hand scanner to its autonomous kitchen assistant to try to help improve hygiene in restaurants. Miso Robotics says it will include PathSpot hand scanning technology in restaurants ... More »
All of the portfolio companies under Wavemaker Partners and Wavemaker Three Sixty Health, a healthcare venture capital fund headquartered in Pasadena, have been impacted in different ways by the COVID-19 pandemic, Wavemaker founder Eric Manlunas said Monday. ... More »
Securitas is aiming to hire 1,200 new security officers in Pasadena and other cities in Southern California — part of a push to bring on 10,000 more employees nationwide, the company said. Securitas VP of Human Resources for the Pacific Region, Kimberly Carson... More »
