Monthly Archives: March 2018
Pet of the Week | King the Shepherd Mix
King (A451811) is one stellar dog. This 8-year-old Shepherd mix is an easy going, calm guy. He enjoys attention from everyone he meets. He...
Tree Falls Across Oak Street
Residents who were at home at approximately 3pm Monday in the 1400 block of Oak Street in South Pasadena heard a long, loud cracking...
A Season to Remember
It was, arguably, the best team South Pasadena High has ever fielded in girls’ soccer and sadly for coach Tory Lathrop and her squad...
Chef Box Holds Ribbon Cutting
South Pasadenans and other local dignitaries gathered to help Chef Box owners Albert Chu and Patricia Huang cut the ribbon on their sparkling, new...
Powder Puff Brings The Noise and Dancing Boys
With a score of 44-12, SPHS Senior Class of 2018 beat the Junior Class of 2019 at the annual Powder Puff game held Friday,...
The Addams Family Comes to South Pasadena April 20-22
The iconic, morbid, and hilarious family is coming to South Pasadena! This April 20-22, the SPHS Drama Club will present The Addams Family, a...
Registration For South Pasadena Unified Schools Kicks Off
Registration for enrollment in South Pasadena elementary schools for the 2018-2019 school year begins March 12, 2018. Siblings of existing students will be registered...
The City of South Pasadena Welcomes New Chief City Clerk
Marc Donohue, MMC, is City of South Pasadena’s newly-named Chief City Clerk. “South Pasadena is a great community. I am so happy to be...
SPHS Principal Preps for Walkout
SPHS Parent Information: Potential Walkout Situation, 3/14/18
FROM: Principal Janet Anderson SPHS
We are aware of the numerous school walkouts that are being planned in the...
Poker Tournament | 4th Annual Main Event in South Pasadena
The fourth annual Main Event Poker Tournament is March 17, 2018. This is a fundraising event co-hosted by the D.U.D.E.S. and the South Pasadena...
Stories Come Alive at Monterey Hills
Writer’s Room Productions, a theatrical group, performed for Monterey Hills Elementary School Friday morning, building on the creative minds of students. As part of...
SPHS Falls to Arcadia High School in Varsity Swim
South Pasadena High’s varsity girls and boys’ swim teams will be looking for their second wins of the season on Tuesday after falling to...
Running to Raise School Funds
Some sprinted while others walked as kids of all ages seemed to enjoy the lively atmosphere of Marengo Elementary School’s annual jogathon held on...
SPARC Gallery Exhibition | Shuttered – Photographs by Jonathan Sadler
Story courtesy of SPARC Gallery
In 1930, Jonathan Sadler’s grandfather bought a small cabin in the Sierra Nevada. As a child, Sadler spent his summers...
Longtime Library Employee Says Goodbye
A special send off included a collection of memorabilia, a table full of refreshments and plenty of kind words from some of those who...
Interview with Pop Sensation Ralphy
Los Angeles is filled with an eclectic and beautiful mix of different musical genres and performers. I was lucky enough to get to speak...
Tigers Come Up a Little Short
South Pasadena High’s hopes of winning the 2018 CIF Southern California Regional Girls’ Soccer Championship came to an end on Thursday evening as the...
The Wonderful and Wacky World of Seussical Jr!
Entering the Fremont Centre Theatre for YST’s latest production of Seussical Jr. is to enter a magical world, bursting with color and teeming with...
Two New Pocket Parks
The City is adding two new pocket parks! The Community Services Department and the Parks & Recreation Commission would like to hear from the...
Exciting Events at the Senior Center
The following will be offered the week of March 9- March 15.
Friday, March 9, 10:30 a.m., “Range of Motion”: Range of motion plays a...
WISPAA Weekly Newsletter March 7, 2018
Next WISPPA Meeting: Saturday, April 7th at 9:00 . “WISPPA Celebrates the Arts: Lissa Layng Reynolds will be performing a 45 minute concert reading...
Donate A Tree in Honor Of Arbor Day
In honor of Arbor Day week, mayor Richard Schneider awards the 2018 Arbor Day proclamation to Gina Atkinson, president of South Pasadena Beautiful and...
Celebrating Women in Baseball with New Documentary
Award-winning filmmaker and baseball documentarian Jon Leonoudakis presents
his latest film celebrating women in baseball in the South Pasadena Public
Library Community Room on Thursday, March...
Weekly Crime Report
IDENTITY THEFT/CREDIT CARD FRAUD/CHECK FRAUD
•2-27-18, 3:30 p.m. to 2-28-18, 4:30 p.m., 1600 block of Huntington. Suspect calls victim and claims that victim had overpaid...
Inferno in Dumpster At Big Lots
South Pasadena Fire Department officials responded to a dumpster fire early Wednesday morning in the parking lot at Big Lots department store in South...
SPHS Comes Up Big at Oaks Christian Track Invitational
South Pasadena Track and Field is off and running showing much promise in early meets and at the recent Oaks Christian Track Invitational. SPHS...
Throwback Thursday | South Pasadena’s Beloved Rialto Theater
The once thriving Blockbuster Video is today a Blaze Pizza and its kitty-corner neighbor – the city’s historic centerpiece Rialto Theater – is now...
New Farmer’s Market Hours | Check Your Clocks!
Shoppers making their weekly run for fresh fruits and vegetables, along with prepared foods, including everything from ice cream to short ribs, will be...
Tigers Take Soccer Victory in Stride
It almost seemed like just another victory for South Pasadena High’s girls’ soccer team, not showing a tremendous amount of emotion after knocking over...
Tiger Track & Field Off To Strong Start
South Pasadena's track team started its defense of their annual Rio Hondo league track championships with a resounding win over both the boys and...