Statement from the City of Pasadena: Pasadena Public Health Department has determined that jurisdictional COVID-19 confirmed case rates have declined for about 10 days, and local hospitalization metrics have not continued to increase during that time.

Cases: Pasadena Public Health reported 76 new cases of COVID and one fatality in Pasadena.

Pasadena City Council Member John J. Kennedy passed away Thursday after an illness.

Mr. Kennedy was well known in the community. He was raised here and attended Pasadena schools before going on to higher education, including receiving a law degree from Howard University.

In his career he worked in the public and private sectors. He was elected to represent District 3 on the Pasadena City Council in 2013. He was recently re-elected.

Please join us in AUGUST to meet fellow Pasadena Chamber members, find collaborators and customers, promote your business and meet fellow Chamber members and friends.

The Connection Breakfast is on the second Thursday of August at 7:30am at Brookside at 1133 Rosemont Avenue. This month we meet on August 11th at 7:30 am. Dr. Dennis Buckley moderates the event.

Cost for the breakfast will be $35 for Pasadena Chamber members and $40 for non-members.

Raphael Henderson sworn in as Chair of the Board, new Board members Mike Antenesse of Foothill Unity Center, Lynelle Bryant of Masbuild, Inc. and John Burt of Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching installed 

Langham Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, and Pasadena Community Foundation recognized as Corporate Citizens of the Year for 2022; Darryl Dunn recognized with Director’s Award, Scholarships given to three students
 

Masks May Return Indoors: L.A. County on verge of indoor mask mandate (from the LA Times): Hyper-contagious BA.5 subvariant fuels rise in COVID cases and hospitalizations. By Luke Money and Rong-Gong Lin II

Beginning on July 7, the PUSD and PEN will launch an online survey for parents whose children are currently enrolled or were enrolled in one of the District’s twenty-three academies and schools. This survey aims for parents to share their experiences and insight across five categories: academic programs, athletics and extracurricular activities, safety and security, communication and responsiveness, and faculty.

This information provides a greater awareness to the Pasadena community. The critical events detailed below are merely a snapshot of the calls received to the Police Communications Center every day. Your police department strives to better serve the Pasadena community. Interim Police Chief Jason Clawson continues to adhere to the principles of the “Pasadena Way” as he leads the Police Department into its new chapter.

Home Instead offices have over 100 home care aide positions available. 

We are hiring for all shifts and skill levels.  We offer a competitive compensation package for an entry level position including healthcare, 401K and paid vacation. 

The Team at Home Instead Pasadena/Monrovia really cares about the well-being of our Care Professionals. 

In addition to a compensation and benefits plan, the team provides our Care Professionals:

Cases: California is in the midst of its third-largest Covid surge of the pandemic, with roughly 19,000 new cases being reported here each day, according to The New York Times’s tracker. The true number of people falling sick is undoubtedly even higher, since most at-home tests aren’t included in official case counts.

From Brennan Dixson for the Pasadena Star-News: Dr. Ying-Ying Goh, Pasadena’s public health director and health officer, is set to take a one-year leave from her position after being selected as one of six participants in the 2022-23 class of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy fellows at the National Academy of Medicine.