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The company that built the robotic arm exploring the surface of Mars will reportedly soon belong to Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab Corporation announced May 7 that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Motiv Space Systems, the Pasadena-based maker of roboti... More »
Fewer than two years after opening as the only community college in the nation to receive a federal Women’s Business Center grant, Pasadena City College’s Women’s Business Center is preparing to fill one of the city’s most storied rooms with the entrepreneurs ... More »
The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce is promoting a series of upcoming webinars for local businesses and residents, including an informational session on a $3,699 group tour of Japan, a briefing on potential tariff refunds for companies that paid duties in 2025, a... More »
The matcha comes from Kyoto. The parfaits are layered with mochi and red bean. And starting Friday, all of it will be served at 45 North Raymond Avenue. nana’s green tea, a Tokyo-born café brand founded in 2001, opens its first company-operated U.S. location i... More »
Pasadena-area residents looking for work can register now for a free virtual job fair scheduled for May 14, one of a handful of no-cost hiring events aimed at the city this spring as California’s unemployment rate continues to run above the national average. ... More »
Workers in Pasadena will earn a higher minimum wage than their counterparts in the City of Los Angeles or unincorporated Los Angeles County starting this summer. The city’s minimum wage rises to $18.57 per hour on July 1, up from $18.04 — an increase of 53 cen... More »
If you own a business in Pasadena and have never bid on a city contract, the city wants to change that — starting today. A free 90-minute virtual webinar this afternoon will walk local business owners through the mechanics of competing for city work: how to re... More »
The board of directors of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association is urging voters to reject Los Angeles County Measure ER, a proposed half-cent sales tax increase on the June ballot intended to fund healthcare services. The chamber’s board vote... More »
Small businesses already navigating the costs and chaos of tariffs must now also contend with the effects of the war in Iran. “It just feels like things keep getting piled on top,” said Nichole MacDonald, owner of a San Diego business that sells women’s bags.... More »
Nearly 75 female high school students will sit across from women who built businesses in beauty, food, e-commerce and floral design — and hear how they did it. The afternoon session is one of three events the City of Pasadena is hosting during its first local ... More »
For six weeks after the Eaton Fire, Webster’s Community Pharmacy went dark. The pharmacy, which its owners say has operated on Lake Avenue since 1926 — making it Altadena’s oldest continuously operating retail business — marked its 100th anniversary Saturday w... More »
More than a year after the Hastings Ranch Party City went dark for good, the once-popular party supply brand has returned to Pasadena — not on Foothill Boulevard, but inside the Staples at 3660 Colorado Blvd. Party City left Pasadena in early 2025 when the com... More »
