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The City Council has adopted a financial plan that would cut $3.4 million from the municipal budget if a challenge to the City’s Utility Users Tax (UUT) is approved by voters in November.
The proposed cuts include layoffs in the...
The Raymond was demolished in 1934, but a hotel-access tunnel remains intact on Raymond Hill today.
A unique feature of South Pasadena’s resort hotel was its tunnel - located about half-way up Raymond Hill. It was built to reduce the...
It doesn’t matter much to Ed Smith that his South Pasadena High frosh/soph team is on a tear, rolling past every opponent in its path and currently riding a 16-game winning streak going back three years.
It’s no big deal...
An alert and well-informed citizen makes you less of a target to a criminal. Call the South Pasadena Police Department to report any suspicious activity.
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Measure N | An Important Letter From Betty Emirhanian
I have lived here in South Pasadena for more than 44 years. I have lived here before and after both Proposition 13 and the...
Tigers Look to Rebound Against Eagle Rock
Johnny Xiao heard the friendly ribbing from his teammates when the football seemed like a brick as he struggled to hang on to it...
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NATIONAL NEWS | REUTERS
- Five shot, including a girl, 8, in Syracuse, New York: police September 21, 2018Five people were shot, including an eight-year-old girl, in Syracuse, New York on Thursday, the city's police chief said.
- At Las Vegas rally, Trump backs Kavanaugh, treads carefully around accusations September 21, 2018U.S. President Donald Trump gave a full-throated endorsement to his embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday and tip-toed carefully around the sexual assault accusations that are facing him.
- Much of North Carolina still flooded following Florence September 21, 2018The major coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina remained cut off by floodwaters from Hurricane Florence on Thursday and more than 200 roads across the state were closed or blocked as residents struggled to recover from the epic storm.
- Rap mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight pleads to manslaughter days before murder trial September 21, 2018Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight pleaded no contest in a Los Angeles court on Thursday to a charge of manslaughter for a 2015 hit-and-run killing, accepting a 28-year prison sentence under a deal with prosecutors days before his murder trial was to begin.
- Accuser of Trump's court nominee sets conditions for testifying September 21, 2018A lawyer for the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, of sexual assault told a Senate panel on Thursday she would not testify on Monday as Republicans want but would be willing to appear sometime next week if certain terms were met.
- Judge bars parade of Cosby accusers at sentencing hearing September 21, 2018A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday denied a request by prosecutors to allow additional women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct to tell their stories at his sentencing hearing on a sexual assault conviction.
- Maryland woman kills three people and herself in warehouse gun rampage September 21, 2018A woman armed with a handgun opened fire on Thursday on co-workers at a Maryland distribution center for the Rite Aid drugstore chain, killing three people and wounding three others before taking her own life, the Harford County sheriff said.
Featured Articles | South Pasadena News, Events, & Happenings
Council Adopts UUT Repeal Plan
The City Council has adopted a financial plan that would cut $3.4 million from the municipal budget if a challenge to the City’s Utility...
Throwback Thursday | Historic Subway Tunnel Still on Raymond Hill
The Raymond was demolished in 1934, but a hotel-access tunnel remains intact on Raymond Hill today.
A unique feature of South Pasadena’s resort hotel was...
Tigers Win Sixteen Straight Games
It doesn’t matter much to Ed Smith that his South Pasadena High frosh/soph team is on a tear, rolling past every opponent in its...
LA Dodgers Executive Ned Colletti Returns to South Pasadena Library
The Ned Colletti Author Night will be presented on Thursday, September 20 in the South Pasadena Library Community Room. Ned will be discussing his...
Thousands of People Show For Cruz’n For Roses
Over the years, he’s been hailed as “Mr. South Pasadena,” and Sunday, there he was again, doing what he does best, giving up his...
UPDATE | School Board On Time and On Budget
It’s on time and on budget.
Those are words community members like to hear when it comes to projects under construction in the South Pasadena...
Tigers Look to Rebound Against Eagle Rock
Johnny Xiao heard the friendly ribbing from his teammates when the football seemed like a brick as he struggled to hang on to it...
Police and Fire Open House Drew a Crowd
South Pasadena Police Officer Chris Perez and Department K-9, Barry, were on hand to greet local South Pasadena children and residents coming to the...
Tigers Football | South Pasadena Falls to 2-3 in Friday Night...
It was a game South Pasadena High coach Jeff Chi thought his club had a solid chance of winning , but neighboring Alhambra came...
CALTRANS HOMES SALES | Letter to the Editor
Open Letter to Caltrans and to Elected Officials
September 8, 2018
To the Following Elected Officials:
Laurie Berman, Caltrans Director
Jennifer Lowden, Caltrans, Right of Way Chief
Senator Anthony...
Restoration Concerts Tickets Available
Tickets are now available for the 22nd annual Restoration Concert Series hosted by The Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library. The Series brings...
Pacifico Dance Company at The Broad Stage
The Broad Stage presents Pacífico Dance Company on Saturday, October 20 at 11 a.m. with a family program titled Mexico, de Tierra d Mar....
NBA Photographer Andrew Bernstein to be honored at SPARC gARTen pARTy...
Famed NBA photographer Andrew Bernstein, recipient of this year’s Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy Media Award, will be among the group...
Throwback Thursday | Infamous Off-Ramp at Fair Oaks
The maximum speed limit for Arroyo Seco Parkway was 45 mph when it opened on December 30, 1940. Taking the Fair Oaks Avenue exit...
Remembering Local Family After 9/11 Attacks
On, perhaps, America’s most somber day, flowers were placed on the ground below a plaque outside South Pasadena City Hall Tuesday, paying respects to...
SHOW: Beautiful Myth | JT Burke
JT Burke's newest mural was just installed outside of Fabrik Projects in the La Cienega gallery district. Titled "In Paradisum Cantavit" (Latin for "The...
Remembering September 11, 2001
I woke up to the morning news September 11, 2001 on a friend’s couch while I was living in Santa Barbara. I remember the...
Teen Advisory Board | Brainstorming Ideas, Expressing Opinions
The purpose of this group is to gather a small team of high school students, and allow them to brainstorm ideas and express opinions...
Naomi Hirahara, Award-Winning Author and South Pasadena High Graduate, ...
“Life after Manzanar” is a 2018 book co-written by mystery and nonfiction author Naomi Hirahara, who graduated from South Pasadena High School, and Heather C....
Renowned Artist Ken Fandell Opens SPARC Gallery Exhibit
The first thing you notice about the new art installation by Ken Fandell at the SPARC Gallery is the pure scale. There is something...
Party of the Season | SPARC gARTen pARTy Event
This very special gala event has limited tickets available
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Hosted by Bill and Mary Urquhart
South Pasadena Arts Council’s...
FOOTBALL | Lopsided 52-7 Loss for SPHS Tigers
Jeff Chi and his South Pasadena High football team can be thankful they don’t have to return to the city of El Monte this...
Throwback Thursday | Harnessing the Sun
In 1883 (before the City of South Pasadena was incorporated), local area boosters published the book “A Southern California Paradise” to make the case...
NEW INFORMATION: Witnesses, Police Provide Details into the Shooting Death of...
New details in the officer-involved shooting death of actress Vanessa Marquez reveal a heartbreaking chain of events that escalated into a rapid series of...
Measure SP Construction Update
SPHS STEM Building
As summer ends, the northern and southern building envelope will be completed. The painters are finishing the interior of the northern building...
The Los Angeles Orchestra Fellowship
Rigorous two-year training program, a unique partnership of inner city youth orchestra of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and USC Thornton School of Music,...
