Governor Gavin Newsom has announced his plan for schools ahead of the 2020–2021 school year, as the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a framework for when and how schools should reopen for in-person instruction. “Learning is non-negotiable,” said Governor Newsom on Friday. “The virus will be with us for a year or more,…
Los Angeles County will issue a new Health Officer Order Friday to adhere to the California Department of Public Health’s directive that schools in 32 counties on the state’s monitoring list, including Los Angeles County, cannot resume in-person learning next month. The state order allows superintendents to submit school district waiver requests to re-open elementary…
Rite Aid is expanding its COVID-19 testing capacity with the addition of 161 drive-through testing locations which opened Thursday in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Rite Aid’s COVID-19 testing sites will now span coast-to-coast, with the addition of locations in California, Oregon and Washington, and an increased number of…
Join Pasadena Heritage to celebrate one of Pasadena’s most iconic structures. The Colorado Street Bridge Party has long been a community favorite but this year, instead of a party on the bridge, locals are invited to a week-long virtual celebration of the bridge from Aug. 9-15. Classic cars will cruise the historic neighborhoods of Pasadena…
Wildfire season is off to a destructive start, leaving communities still struggling with COVID-19 to defend against two threats. Nearly 70% of Americans say they are concerned about weather-related disasters, but less than half have a disaster plan, and 44% say they’re not sure how to prepare for wildfires, according to a poll conducted July…
A digital exhibition in response to the pandemic and our collective reconsiderations of health, security, and social structures, Mine and Yours, has launched online. The show runs till Aug. 15, 2020. “Considerate work around ideas of ownership, appropriation, belonging, and community—a fascinating group of diverse points of view,” said curator Renae Barnard. As digital platforms become…
Pasadena-based organizations Flintridge Center, Reading Partners, and Union Station Homeless Services are finalists in the 2020 My LA2050 Grants Challenge, a call for ideas to make L.A. the best place to learn, create, play, connect, and live. The community-guided initiative is open to public vote until Sunday, July 19 with up to $100,000 as the top…
The County of Los Angeles is reopening the online application for restaurants interested in the Great Plates Delivered program. To access the online application, visit here. At this time, the program does not have enough eligible meal applicants to enable allocations to new restaurants other than if there is an unmet need due to client location…
