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You can meet and network with Pasadena Chamber members at our Connection Breakfast on Thursday, June 9, 2016, at 7am at the Courtyard by Marriott in Old Pasadena. Thorson Buick & GMC of Pasadena sponsors. Thorson GM Merlin Froyd promises an entertaining and insightful event. Cost is $25 for Chamber members and $30 for others. Reserve before the Monday deadline or pay an additional $5 per person.

The Breeders’ Cup World Championships are returning to sunny California and Santa Anita Park on November 4 and 5. We’re excited to offer you an exclusive ticket pre-sale window that begins NOW and ends on Sunday, June 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

To purchase your tickets, click here and use promo code THEBEST or call (877) 849-4287 now!

The Langham Huntington Pasadena is pleased to offer Optimum, a special corporate rate program with benefits tailored to small to medium-sized businesses, available at all participating Langham Hotels worldwide. It is a complimentary program and enrollment is easy! 

Enroll your company today, please visit the website below, where you will also find additional details about the program and its many benefits.

Today, May 30th, is Memorial Day. Please take a moment to remember those who gave their lives so that we can enjoy the freedom living in the United States brings.

One of the great remembrances ever written:

In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

From June 27^th - August 5^th, 2016, the YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley will host its Girls' Empowerment Summer Camp. This innovative program encourages girls to seek new experiences, builds self-esteem, explore new ideas, and develop fresh skills.

Interactive Budget Tool from METRO

You can help set transportation prioriteis for Los Angeles County.

Have your say on Metro’s financial planning!

This interactive tool includes a short survey to guide our future budgets, where you can set your transportation priorities, allocate the dollars, and provide feedback on Metro’s budget. Let’s get started!

CLICK HERE TO:

Pasadena Tech Jobs “Get Hired” Happy Hour! - June 9, 4:30pm-7:30pm

Innovate Pasadena is reinventing the typical job fair with a job mixer! Pasadena Tech Jobs will connect talented job seekers like you with recruiters from Pasadena-based startups and companies like Ayzenberg, OpenX, Wallaby Financial, Spokeo, Kaiser Permanente, Supplyframe, Guidance Software and more!

Free beer, wine, beverages and light appetizers! Free for job seekers.

Enjoy the Chamber's discount to see Pasadena's own Sandra Tsing Loh in her hit play, The Madwoman in the Volvo.  

Laugh your heart out as Sandra shares her wild ride though mid-life crisis. 

Please see the attached flyer for the next, in an ongoing series of, affordable housing workshops presented by the City of Pasadena. 

The topic will be on Identifying Local Affordable Housing Funds.  Everyone in attendance will be encouraged to brainstorm ideas. 

A panel of experts will add their ideas and identify which ones have the most potential for Pasadena.  It should be a fund sessions.  The City invites your ideas.

The Overtime Rule

In 2014, President Obama directed the Secretary of Labor to update the overtime regulations to reflect the original intent of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and to simplify and modernize the rules so they’re easier for workers and businesses to understand and