The coronavirus pandemic shattered the local travel and hospitality industry, but the Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau said Tuesday the economic power of tourism is igniting a comeback as pandemic restrictions loosen and California Tourism Month begins. T... More »
Goalswell, Inc., a Pasadena-based company that seeks to help high school and college students develop healthy financial habits, has closed $1.5 million in seed round funding led by Andrew Nikou, founder and CEO of private equity firm OpenGate Capital, based in... More »
A 57-year-old man has been charged with setting a four-alarm fire that caused extensive damage to the historic San Gabriel Mission on July 11, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced today. John David Corey is charged with two felony counts... More »
The artificial intelligence-powered software serving as the brain of a robotic kitchen assistant created by a Pasadena company is now being sold as a standalone product to assist human cooks, the company announced Tuesday. Miso Robotics, maker of the Flippy bu... More »
A law firm marked its 130th year in Pasadena by announcing the addition of a new partner and two new attorneys this week. Brittany Duke has joined the firm now called Barbaro, Chinen, Pitzer & Duke LLP as a partner, the estate planning, trust administration a... More »
Allegations that sheriff’s deputies harass families who openly protest deputy killings of their loved ones will be\addressed in a report set to be released today by a coalition of civil rights groups. Findings in the report by the National Lawyers Guild of Los... More »
Pasadena-based Copa Vida has just opened its latest location at the Kilroy Center Del Mar in San Diego, where it already has a significant presence, with cafes in the East Village, San Marcos, Sorrento Valley, and Carlsbad. Eater San Diego reports that the com... More »
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Pasadena was scheduled to hold a hearing Monday on a law passed in Idaho banning transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams. Last year, Idaho became the first state in the nation to pass legisl... More »
What is an Educational voucher? Tamerlin Godley, a founder of Public Funds, Public Schools defined vouchers as “Any mechanism that takes money out of the public schools for the benefit of private schools.” Educational vouchers or Educational Savings Accounts... More »
Police are investigating two separate shootings in Pasadena this weekend, officials said. No injuries were reported in connection with either shooting, Pasadena police Lt. Anthony Burgess said. The most recent took place about 1:20 a.m. Sunday in the 2800 bloc... More »
Officials Saturday released the name of a 67-year-old local man who lost consciousness while riding a bicycle in the Glendora area and was later pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. The bicyclist was identified as Stanley Swantek of Pasadena, according ... More »
When historic events converge, historic change cannot be far behind. As Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” First came a global pandemic. Next, an economic downturn, characterized by food and housing insec... More »
