Your last-minute guide to the 2026 Rose Parade

When listing Southern California’s enduring traditions, you’ve got to start in Pasadena, that little city with the international brand.

The Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game boasts an affirming, though spectacular sameness each years — the striking colors of a bazillion posy petals, a packed house jammed into an historic stadium to see the nation’s best in college football and those telltale, Chamber of Commerce skies on TV, making deeply jealous all those folks on a break from shoveling snow off their driveways.