Innovate Pasadena
Thursday, June 9, 2016 from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM (PDT)
Pasadena, CA

EastSide Food Festival

another fantastic day of food and fun in LA at the 3rd annual EastSide Food Festival 2016!

SAVE THE DATE

EASTSIDE FOOD FESTIVAL IS BACK

SUNDAY, OCTOER 2, 2016

LOS ANGELES

Featuring the perfect mix of your favorite local LA Eastside restaurants and the best undiscovered establishments around. Not to mention, food demonstrations, discussion panels, live DJs, and more. 

Watch the video from last year’s event here!

Hope to see you October 2nd!

Full info at www.EastSideFoodFest.com

location:
Mack Sennett Studios
1215 Bates Ave, LA 90029
off Sunset Blvd & Fountain Ave

directions & check-in info

TICKET PRICING TIERS FOR 2015:

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET
$55 early bird | $65 advance | $75 at door All you can eat from our food and soft drink vendors GA Entry from 5pm-8pm
3 Bar Drink tickets

VIP TICKET
$70 early bird | $80 advance | $90 at door Early entry at 4pm for first access to food and drink All you can eat from our food and soft drink vendors Exclusive VIP hour food tastings and demos from 4-5pm VIP gift bag with gifts from Whole Foods Market Glendale and other sponsors
5 Bar Drink tickets

NON-DRINKER TICKET
$40 early bird | $50 advance | $60 at door We have a limited number of these discount tickets available for those who prefer not to sample the Bar selections All you can eat from our food and soft drink vendors GA Entry from 5pm-8pm

GENERAL ADMISSION 5PM-8PM | VIP EARLY ENTRANCE 4PM

The Rosemead Farmer’s Market is held every Monday from 5-9pm at the Rosemead Civic Plaza between City Hall and the Rosemead Library. For more information, please visit at www.cityofrosemead.org

Any questions regarding vendor participation at the Rosemead Farmer’s Market should be directed to Green Leaf Events, Inc. at (626)386-5306, or on-line at www.greenleafevents.net. Other inquiries from community members can be directed to the City of Rosemead Parks & Recreation Department in the Rosemead Community Recreation Center at (626) 569-2160.

Magnolia House known for their mac ‘n cheese, bread pudding and great drinks is working on offering outdoor sidewalk dining service.  This is a welcome addition as Summer approaches and people like to sit outside and people watch and enjoy the outdoors. It should also be good news for people with dogs, as the seating will most likely be dog friendly, or we hope it will be.

The notice of hearing has been posted and is scheduled for May 31, 2016 at 2pm.

Alcohol will be served in the area. Propane heaters are not going to be used(which will make it a little chilly on nights when it cools).

According to the Pasadena Star News the search firm for Pasadena contracted to recruit for the vacated Pasadena City Manager position previously held by Mr. Michael Beck reached 50 applicants at the deadline of May 13, 2016.

The Pasadena City Manager position described here on the Bob Murray and Associates website, includes information about the City of Pasadena and benefits of the position.

The current Interim City Manager Mr. Steve Mermell has applied as one of the candidates to be considered.  Mr. Mermell has worked for the City of Pasadena for 27 years most recently as Assistant City Manager under Michael Beck and presently the Interim City Manager.

According to Mayor Tornek residents will have an opportunity to participate in some fashion when the candidates are narrow down, which should be sometime in mid-June.

Mr. Beck left in February after a costly long drawn city funds UUT embezzlement, and a variety of management issues within various departments, including health department, public works, police and fire. Yet the new position for Mr. Beck at UCLA puts him in charge of the departments he had difficulty with in Pasadena.

Hopefully the next City Manager will have the skills and personality to communicate with the residents and city staff.

More details should be available in June as candidates are reviewed and narrowed down.

Message from Scott Sanborn – Acting President and CEO of Leanding Club. Received 9pm Thursday May 19, 2016.

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Hello,

I’m Scott Sanborn, President and acting CEO of Lending Club. I’ve been on Lending Club’s leadership team for the past six years as Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and describe our current focus.

Individual investors like you are – and will always be – the foundation of our marketplace.

Given recent events, my immediate focus is on how Lending Club can best serve you – our investors. We’ve talked to hundreds of our investors – spanning individuals to financial advisors to banks to large institutions – over the past week about the strength of our business, our operations, our people, and our data integrity. Let me assure you that we are in a strong financial position with a substantial amount of cash and securities on our balance sheet – $868 million. We plan to be around for many years to come.

The performance of loans facilitated through the platform remains robust. We continue to service and process borrower payments just like we always have, and the interest and principal payments that borrowers make will continue to be passed on to you just as they were before.

We’re extremely proud of the products we’re providing to both borrowers and investors, and I look forward to sharing more with you in the coming months and years about our company and our results.

I’m not working alone. Our Executive Team has been working together for the past six years and has deep expertise in credit, operations, marketing, finance, human resources and technology. We’re also supported by one of the strongest Board of Directors in the industry. It includes Hans Morris (former President of Visa and now our Executive Chairman), Larry Summers (former US Treasury Secretary), John Mack (former CEO of Morgan Stanley), Mary Meeker (a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) and other experienced executives.

I will continue to keep you informed as we move ahead. In the meantime, feel free to contact our team with questions and suggestions at (888) 596-3159 7am-5pm PT, Monday through Friday, or email us anytime at investing@lendingclub.com.

Thank you for investing with us. I look forward to having you as an investor for years to come.

Sincerely,

Scott Sanborn
Lending Club President & Acting CEO

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P2P financial lending and borrowing appears to be in a crises. How these companies re-invent themselves to deal with this is yet to be seen. With Lending Club as one of the leaders having gone through this shake-up it will leave the big banks with proof that their model is best.  Investors can make decent returns, but as there is no federal insurance, and not knowing how your loans are secured and the default rates can be high,  One of the challenges with a platform like Lending Club is having access to your money and the ability to withdraw funds from your account, If say you invest $1000 and you put the money in 10 leans of $1,000, not all the loans are maturing at the same time, now take this as it really occurs in your account and you have maybe 500 loans, at $25 each. If you are lucky it could take you years to get withdraw your money.

It will open its first restaurant in the state where the business was conceptualized.  The store will be opened in Pasadena this coming January, at the corner of Green Street and Marengo (former home of Gelson’s Supermarket), across from Starbucks and the Convention Center and adjacent to a newly opened concert hall.  The launch of the brand in Southern California will follow recent openings in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Saudi Arabia.  New store openings in early 2016 across North America will also take place in Maryland, Toronto, Beverly Hills, Vancouver, and Houston.

CaliBurger is Hiring!

CaliBurger Pasadena, CaliBurger Seattle, and CaliBurger Waterloo are all hiring! See the Seattle store page for Seattle jobs, the careers page for Waterloo, and contact us for CaliBurger Pasadena positions.

From Craigslist:

After opening locations in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Canada, and Seattle.. We are ready to open a CaliBurger in California!!!

We are a young and growing brand, and we are looking for passionate people to join our team! We take pride in serving great, fresh food; and we are looking for people with a similar passion!A great personality, a desire to work, and a willingness to learn are key things we look for in team members. Having experience in a QSR/fast food/restaurant also helps.We are starting training May 24, 2016 in Pasadena!For more information, please email your resume to careers@caliburger.com

Brü Grill & Market is rumored to be opening in Pasadena in the South Lake Ave space previously occupied by Trattoria Neapolis.

Bru will raise the stakes on an already burgeoning area, which includes some recent addition of Paul Martins, Del Frisco, and upcoming Arbour and Urban Plates.

Bru Grill serves the best farm to table Eats, craft brews, and boutique wines.

The location is 336 S Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101

The location was recently sold. Above is the recently posting for change of ownership for alcohol service.

Below work is being done to remodel the location.

Note: We are waiting on confirmation on opening date, but would expect an opening in the next 4-6 months.