At its August meeting, the Board of Directors of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, without objection, voted to strongly oppose increasing the minimum wage in Pasadena. Citing two studies performed for the Chamber and a peer-review of that work, Board members, ... More »
Disney Stores, with headquarters in Pasadena, is set to unveil a new line of Star Wars toys and costumes this week in preparation for the release in December of the new movie, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Disney has dubbed September 4th as Force Friday, whe... More »
During a special meeting on Thursday about how to proceed with consideration of Pasadena city ordinance to raise the minimum wage, the City Council’s Economic Development and Technology committee a number of comments from residents who say they can barely scra... More »
In the wake of the Pasadena Chamber taking a strong position against a Pasadena minimum wage increase proposed by advocates to mirror the measures enacted by nearby Los Angeles, the city’s Economic Development and Technology Committee is expected to convene to... More »
More than 50 hotel workers and other activists marched and rallied on the steps of the former YWCA building near Pasadena City Hall on Monday evening to urge the Pasadena City Council to support a “labor peace agreement” to govern that site after it becomes a ... More »
A groundbreaking early Wednesday at Paseo Colorado marked the beginning of the first phase of a $70 million redevelopment of the shopping center at 300 E. Colorado Blvd. in downtown Pasadena Wednesday. The first evidence of the project the public will notice i... More »
Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: GUID), maker of EnCase®, software for digital investigations and endpoint data security, today announced it has funded a program at Caltech to support data security research using advanced anomaly science. Discoveries will be p... More »
Barrister Executive Suites, a pioneer in rental executive office space, has renewed its lease at the Corporate Center Pasadena and will continue to use the third floor with its 17,431 square feet of space which it has been occupying since 1995. The Class A off... More »
Parsons is pleased to announce that the East End Crossing of the Ohio River Bridges Project—in which Parsons served as the technical advisor for the implementation of a public-private partnership (P3)?has received the Global Road Achievement Award for project ... More »
Business professionals, community leaders and the public are invited to a minimum wage forum hosted by the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership and featuring a panel of minimum wage experts. The forum will be held August 13, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.... More »
CIT Group Inc. has completed its $3.4-billion acquisition of Pasadena-based OneWest Bank and its 70 retail branches in Southern California. OneWestwill continue operating under that name but now as a unit of CIT Bank. CIT Bank also will also be based at OneWes... More »
Parsons is pleased to announce that the Superstorm Sandy Repair and Rehabilitation project for the Montague Tunnels in New York City—designed by Parsons—recently earned an Engineering Excellence Honor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (A... More »
