Cases: From PasadenaNOW: Los Angeles County public health officials on Friday cautioned of a new COVID-19 “variant of interest,” known as the Mu variant, that’s been detected in the county. The Mu variant, which was first identified in Colombia in January and since spread to 39 countries, has been linked to 167 COVID-19 infections in L.A. County between June and August, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Starting Wednesday, those who lost income in the pandemic can again seek assistance.

TENANTS and landlords are eligible for aid through the state’s Housing Is Key program. Above, protesters drive by the house of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti last year as a moratorium on evictions was sought. (Wally Skalij Los Angeles Times) 

The Pasadena Chamber of Comerce Inaugural Gala is Friday, September 17, 2021, at the Langham Huntington Hotel Pasadena. We are honoring John Leano of Bryan's Cleaners and Laundry who has served as chair of the Board through the pandemic and continues until December 31, 2021.

People are traveling and dining out less, and businesses delay a return to normality.

Airport checkpoints are seeing a drop in the number of travelers. On Tuesday, 1.47 million travelers took flights, the fewest in more than three months. (Francine Orr Los Angeles Times)
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From the Pasadena Star-News: Pasadena has considered a number of suicide prevention measures at its famed Colorado Street Bridge in recent years, but city leaders have yet to come to a consensus on a final design, meaning an unsightly temporary measure will remain in place at least a few months longer.

Grants: SBA will begin sending invitations for supplemental awards for the 

From the Pasadena Star-News: Businesses checked by Los Angeles County health inspectors largely continue to be in compliance with COVID-19 health requirements, although a handful of locations — primarily gyms — were cited for violations, health officials said Tuesday.

The Federal Reserve will start dialing back its ultra-low-rate policies this year as long as hiring continues to improve, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday, signaling the beginning of the end of the Fed’s extraordinary response to the pandemic recession.

Cases: Another 3,891 new coronavirus cases were reported Saturday in Los Angeles County, along with 32 more fatalities as unvaccinated Angelenos continue to suffer from the disease. Vaccinated residents, however, have received “broad protection” against negative health outcomes, according to the L.A. County Department of Public Health.

Our Changing Lives: Mental Health

The state of mental health in the U.S. has been worsening for many years now, among children and adults, and the pandemic essentially threw gasoline on that fire.