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LA28 Wednesday launched a plan to ensure 75% of contracts related to the Olympic Games go to business located in the greater Los Angeles region, with 25% specifically going toward small businesses. Pasadena is designated as a Venue City for the Games, hosting ... More »
The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce is offering a nine-day guided tour of Japan for $3,699 per person, the second international trip the Chamber has organized through a partnership with member tour operator Indus Travels. The Classic Japanese Discovery Tour, sche... More »
The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce will host a free webinar Thursday on the fundamentals of building an effective marketing plan, the second installment in a new monthly series that brings together more than a dozen San Gabriel Valley chambers and Pasadena City ... More »
Los Angeles County officials Friday are moving ahead with the second funding cycle of a program aimed at helping small businesses and nonprofits acquire commercial properties and stabilize neighborhood business corridors. The county Department of Economic Oppo... More »
The Altadena Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association has been named the 2026 Business Nonprofit of the Year for Los Angeles County’s 5th Supervisorial District, a recognition from the county’s largest business federation following the Chamber’s expanded role... More »
More than 26,000 food businesses across Los Angeles County — the taco trucks, family-run restaurants, and independent cafés that anchor neighborhood commercial strips — are now eligible for free technology upgrades, compliance supplies, and access to new custo... More »
Big Tech spent $39 million to influence state politics last year, making 2025 a blockbuster year of spending for Meta, Google and other technology companies that want to push their agenda to California officials. As CalMatters’ Jeremia Kimelman explains, the u... More »
Green-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing for immigrants that advocates say will discourage job creation and harm the economy. The SBA limited access to its loans to U.S. c... More »
RealDefense, a cybersecurity company headquartered on South Los Robles Avenue in Pasadena, is demonstrating its security platform this week at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco, the cybersecurity industry’s largest annual conference. The Pasadena-based company, which... More »
As California gears up for high-stakes elections this year, including an open governor’s race, major companies focused on artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency invested more than $39 million to influence state politics in 2025, according to a CalMatters a... More »
The San Gabriel Valley’s economy is growing but barely moving forward, constrained by the highest levels of economic policy uncertainty on record and rising costs that are hitting small businesses harder than anyone else, according to a new forecast to be rele... More »
The union representing hospitality workers at four Pasadena hotels that housed federal immigration agents last summer has told more than 200 Southern California and Arizona employers that their workers can leave or refuse to report to work if ICE or Border Pat... More »
