The impact of COVID-19 continues to take a local toll. Vital programs and services at the Pasadena Senior Center that serve basic daily needs for older adults are being impacted. The center’s revenue stream and investment fund, which Gibbs and other key staff ... More »
The City of Pasadena continues to closely monitor coronavirus (COVID-19) developments. Based on the latest public health information and the urgent need to stop the spread of the virus, the City is closing several public facilities and making the following ser... More »
The Surgeon General of the United States and the American College of Surgeons have advised hospitals to cancel all elective surgeries in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. As a result, Huntington Hospital began an immediate review of scheduled elective ... More »
The City of Pasadena is creating an online directory of eateries that offer takeout and delivery services. Pasadena Now will publish and promote the directory, a version of which could be released and updated as early today. The City … wants to support our loc... More »
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to California small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Offering support and disaster... More »
Young & Healthy, a Pasadena nonprofit that serves and supports uninsured and underserved children and families in the Pasadena area, remains open to help low-income children get access to medical and dental care in the midst of the COVID-19 emergency. Mary Don... More »
Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena has decided to close all of its physical stores – which includes Vromans, Book Soup and Vroman’s Hastings Ranch – due to the COVID-19 national emergency and the need for social distancing. The temporary closure is planned for two... More »
The City Council, meeting in special session Tuesday morning — and with most of its members participating remotely — approved a series of items aimed at helping Pasadena survive the economic body blows it continues to absorb from the escalating COVID-19 crisis... More »
On Monday, Pasadena Now News Desk Editor David Cross interviewed Dr. Kimberly Shriner, an infectious disease doctor at Huntington Hospital. Shriner discussed several issues related to COVID-19. This is the first part of that discussion. On Social Distancin... More »
As the COVID-19 virus pandemic continues to ramp up, local day laborers have found it harder to find work. Yesterday there was not a single job that came in,” said local activist Pablo Alvarado, co-director of the National Day Laborers Organizing Network. ... More »
On Tuesday Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters and parents that schools probably will not reopen this school year. “I would plan and assume that it is unlikely that many of these schools, a few if any, will reopen before the summer break,” Newsom said. Before m... More »
Sanitizing is on everyone’s mind these days because of the coronavirus pandemic, but don’t flush those disinfecting wipes and paper towels down the toilet. That’s the message the State Water Board wants to get out Tuesday, warning that it’s important to discar... More »
