Month: July 2018

New City Sales Tax Measure Approved for November Ballot.

The Pasadena City Council early Tuesday morning approved placing a .75 percent municipal sales tax measure on the November 2018 ballot. The motion passed unanimously. The tax, if approved by voters, would raise the City’s sales tax rate from 9.5 percent to 10.25 percent. At that, Pasadena would join Long Beach, California, and Chicago, Illinois, as imposing […]

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How and why mortgage interest rates rise (or fall).

The rate on a mortgage loan is often the most significant factor in how much an owner will ultimately pay for their home. Monetary policy, market inflation, and the overall economy all play a part in determining when it rises and falls. Currently, the United States is experiencing remarkably low rates by historical standards, below […]

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Take your kids to see Jungle Book at the Pasadena Playhouse

You only have eight more days, so act soon. Jungle Book, at the Pasadena Playhouse, is a perfect show for your kids (older than 5 is recommended). It’s a 65-minute-long performance, with no intermission, that will capture your child’s imagination with costumes, puppetry, music, screen projections, and more. Jungle Book re-imagines Kipling’s classic stories and […]

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Buying summer clothes with fall in mind.

I’m always dreaming of fall. It could be winter and I’d still be dreaming of fall. It’s safe to say, fall is my favorite season. And while Southern California barely offers me a true autumn, I enjoy it nonetheless. The shorter days; the moody weather; the pumpkin everything. But mostly? The clothes. I adore the […]

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Pasadena, are you ready to Salsa?

If there’s one thing I can confidently talk about is Salsa dancing. It may sound like a weird expertise to you, but to me, it’s “as easy as Sunday morning.” So hear me when I tell you: Pasadena, it’s time for you to Salsa! And the City is in total agreement, since it has scheduled […]

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Pasadena Pulls Out of Metro Bike Share Program.

  The city of Pasadena decided to terminate the Metro Bike Share program on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. Low ridership, unanticipated cost overruns doomed the bike program. Ridership is so dismal and revenue from Pasadena’s struggling Metro Bike Share program is so low that the program’s costs now threaten the City’s total transit operating budget […]

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