Pasadena

While he was still a professional mixed martial artist, Young — who owns and teaches classes at Fight Academy Pasadena — organized a casual, potluck-style hangout for car-loving pals outside one of his matches.

In 1941, Colorado River water started flowing to Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Compton and other cities.

Now the Pasadena small-business owner is bracing for uncertainty as the U.S. confronts its highest average effective tariff rate in nearly a century.

In March, Aparicio participated in the painting of a collaborative mural as part of a climate rally at the Pasadena Community Job Center.

“Energy, energy, energy, energy,” the group chants together, breathing as one, readying to storm the stage and wow the excited guests, many of whom are from burn-scarred Altadena and Pasadena.