1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (183+ words) The Pasadena City Council will decide Tuesday whether to open a two-year pilot allowing residents to run small restaurants from their own kitchens, at an estimated startup cost of $225,000. The proposal reaches the council through the Economic Development and Technology…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (395+ words) The Los Angeles Chocolate Salon & Festival returns to the Pasadena Center on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with entry covering all chocolate tastings, demonstrations and chef and author talks. Organizers bill the one-day show, produced by the International Chocolate Salon, as…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (262+ words) SEIU California executive director Tia Orr told investigators that Regan told her in December that the union needed to support the tax measure by Jan. 1 or “I’m coming for you,” the AP reported, citing the report. Orr later told members…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (373+ words) The Pasadena City Council has relaunched its nationwide search for a permanent city manager, engaging a different executive search firm and opening applications through Friday, Oct. 16, the city announced Friday, Sept. 11. The relaunch comes nearly five months after the council’s…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (378+ words) Pasadena Water and Power has received a 2026 Green Power Leadership Award from the nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions, recognizing the utility’s clean-energy purchasing as it pursues a 2030 carbon-free goal, the city said in a news release. The award, in the…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (686+ words) A resilient labor market is colliding with rising borrowing costs and mounting household financial strain, leaving California’s housing market in an uncertain holding pattern, according to a new report from the California Association of Realtors. Mortgage rates have pushed back…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (280+ words) Los Angeles County is investigating Farmers Insurance Company’s handling of insurance claims filed by policyholders affected by the January 2025 Eaton and Palisades Fires, officials announced Wednesday. The investigation focuses on potential violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law and “follows growing…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (286+ words) The foundation treats adults regardless of their ability to pay and runs residential, outpatient and sober living programs for men 18 and over. Its houses sit in the Garfield Heights neighborhood, with room for up to 33 men in residential treatment, 22 in…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (435+ words) A Altadena-based network of Eaton and Palisades fire survivors said Tuesday it has sued Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to keep the state’s case against State Farm from being settled before survivors are heard. Every Fire Survivor’s Network says its petition…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (133+ words) The float builder mentioned five candidates — the City of Santa Monica, OneLegacy Donate Life, Kindness is Free Powered by Boys & Girls Clubs of the West San Gabriel Valley and Eastside, The UPS Store, Visit Mississippi and Princess Cruises. The point…...