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GAP’s Old Pasadena Location Closes

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 | 6:04 am

The GAP store at 61 West Colorado Blvd. in One Colorado in Pasadena closed Sunday as part of a previously announced plan to shut down 230 stores in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. GAP first opened a store in Pasadena in the early 1970s and had operated here sinc... More »

Protesters Demonstrate at Pasadena ‘Wage Theft’ Work Sites

Sunday, January 26, 2020 | 5:42 am

More than a hundred workers from labor organizations as far away as Texas, Oregon, and New York, demonstrated at two Pasadena work sites Saturday to protest separate cases of reported wage theft. The actions were organized by Pasadena-based National Day Labore... More »

Major Pasadena Construction Company Appoints New Vice President

Friday, January 24, 2020 | 5:55 am

Pasadena-based general contracting firm C.W. Driver Companies has appointed Jennifer Vasquez to be its new vice president of business development and corporate communications. Vasquez has been with the 100-year-old firm for 15 years, and was Director of Market... More »

Pasadena’s Pier 1 Imports Store Will Close

Saturday, January 18, 2020 | 5:45 am

Pier 1 Imports will close its store at 422 South Lake Avenue as part of its survival plan to shutter roughly half its stores in a bid to stay afloat amid years of falling sales, according to media reports. Pier 1 didn’t immediately return a request for comment... More »

Coleman Named Pasadena Now Managing Editor

Monday, January 13, 2020 | 6:19 am

Pasadena Weekly Deputy Editor André Coleman will join Pasadena Now on Jan. 16. Coleman will serve as the Managing Editor and oversee daily assignments and the editorial direction of Pasadena Now. Coleman has won several awards for news writing and investigativ... More »

Pasadena’s Dog Bakery Expands With Southland Locations

Sunday, January 5, 2020 | 6:37 am

The Dog Bakery, which first opened in Pasadena 13 years ago, has opened a new store at Long Beach’s Belmont Shore community, located at 4818 E 2nd Street last week, said a report in the Long Beach Post. The store is The Dog Bakery’s sixth location in the Los A... More »