PASADENA, CALIFORNIA (AP) – Flower-covered floats, marching bands and equestrian units celebrated the New Year on a chilly but dry Monday as the 134th Rose Parade slipped through a gap in California’s siege of drenching storms. Pasadena’s annual floral spectacle offered the optimistic theme of “Turning the Corner” for 2023, and former United States (US) […]
The Pasadena Rose Parade returns Monday sans pandemic restrictions for the first time in three years amid concerns of a “tripledemic” of COVID-19, RSV and the flu.
After the pandemic led to financial troubles, Downey’s float returns this year to the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. It’s thanks to a community effort and beauty pageant fundraiser.