Investment scams on social media By Cora Lewis

Social media is full of scammers promising guaranteed returns on investment, and consumers lost billions of dollars to them last year.

Troy Gochenour of Columbus, Ohio, was conned out of $25,800, including $15,800 in borrowed money, in a crypto-mining scam that began with a WhatsApp message from a beautiful stranger.

“I had just moved home to restart my life ... and I was lonely,” said Gochenour, 50. “So I started online dating. Then I got a WhatsApp message that began, ‘Sorry to bother you.’ ”

COVID: From the LA Times: COVID is ‘heating up all around.’ Are masks needed? By Rong-Gong Lin II. The uptick in coronavirus transmission this summer has not brought major alarm from health experts. But it is raising questions about whether the risks are high enough to go back to safety measures that many have abandoned.

But swearing off masks for good — even when sitting on a plane next to someone who is coughing or sneezing — would unnecessarily put people at higher risk for illness.

California Senate Bill 1383 requires all commercial enterprises to compost organic waste. Compliance is simple and easy.

Find out the details:

The Pasadena Chamber invited our member Athens Services and the City of Pasadena Solid Waste Division to provide information via a ZOOM presentation on the new California requirements for organic composting by commercial enterprises.

From PasadenaNOW: Although questions continue on the Big Ten’s expansion on the impact on the traditional Rose Bowl Game matchup, the inquiries are moot.

The Pac 12 vs. Big Ten Jan. 1 matchup format ended when the Rose Bowl agreed to be part of the College Football Playoff (CFP) expansion.

Under that deal, last year’s Pac 12 vs. Big Ten matchup between Utah and Penn State in the “Grandaddy of Them All” ended the partnership.

August 10, 2023

Dear Chamber Member,

The Pasadena Police Foundation is hosting its annual breakfast with Pasadena's Police Chief of Police, Gene Harris at 7:00 a.m. registration 8:00 a.m. Program, and ends at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday October 19, 2023 at NOOR Restaurant located at 300 E Colorado Blvd #200, Pasadena, CA 91101 in the Sofia Ballroom.

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Apartment Owners and Managers:

Priority #1 multifamily Properties in pasadena have until December 5th to obtain their seismic retrofit BUILDING permit

The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association has learned that Priority #1 Multifamily Soft-story properties in Pasadena have until December 5, 2023 to obtain their seismic retrofit building permits.