Yearly Archives: 2018

Advisory: #LASD Homicide Detectives Investigate Woman’s Death, 60 Fwy/Fullerton Road, Rowland Heights

DATE: Monday, June 11, 2018 TIME: 12:30 P.M. LOCATION: Reservoir on East/Bound 60 Freeway at Fullerton Road, Rowland Heights VICTIM: Female Adult SUSPECT: Unknown UNIT: Homicide Bureau – Lieutenant Moore Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide...

June 12, 2018 Board of Education Meeting

1. OPENING 1.01 Call to Order 1.02 Roll Call 1.03 Opportunity for Public Comment on Closed Session Items 2. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION 2.01 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957. Title:...

Explore, Discover, Connect! Summer Camps at Beyond The Classroom

Beyond The Classroom Summer Camps 2018 are underway at the innovative and fun-filled BTC right here in South Pasadena. Campers can jump in for a...

Summer Group Classes at Green Brooms

Green Brooms Music Academy will be offering Group Classes during their 6-week Summer Session! Below are details about class offerings. Space is limited to...

DJ Black Rabbit

The South Pasadena Arts Council’s Kickoff to Summer Dance Party for adults, with entertainment by headliner DJ Black Rabbit, dancing, a buffet dinner and...

BORDERTOWN NOW Speaks Truth To The Wall

Something special is happening at Pasadena Playhouse right now not to be missed; The “Bad Hombres” of Culture Clash have unleashed Bordertown Now, a...

Pasadena Playhouse Block Party

Join thousands of people in a celebration of arts and culture as Pasadena Playhouse celebrates its centennial anniversary with a FREE block party on...

Gavlak is coming to Griffins!

Mixing genres with a sensible edge isn’t something that most bands can do and certainly not with the same gusto as Gavlak.  From Rap...

The Journey To Middle School: Moving on from Elementary School

Off they go, headed for new educational opportunities as hundreds of fifth graders in the South Pasadena Unified School District were promoted in recent...

Two New Firefighters Paramedics

Two new members of the South Pasadena Fire Department were welcomed to the city during Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Sworn-in as firefighers/paramedics were Adam Tregenza...

Flintridge Center Named 41st Assembly District’s “Nonprofit of the Year”

Sacramento – For the 41st Assembly District’s 2018 “Nonprofit of the Year,” Assemblymember Chris Holden has chosen to honor the Flintridge Center, a nonprofit organization based...

Michel Myers Returns to Haddonfield

The Original Halloween directed by John Carpenter was a lot more than just a success, it’s part of South Pasadena history and legacy.  After...

Weekly WISPAA Newsletter | Week of June 6, 2018

No WISPPA meeting in July or August. Mark your calendars - next meeting Saturday, September 8th (2nd Saturday).   Many thanks to all the WISPPA members who...

GRAD NITE 2018 A Huge Success

On Tuesday June 5, 2018 at approximately 5:50pm, 372 South Pasadena High School seniors moved their grad cap tassels to the left indicating that...

Local Emmy Award Winner Honored

For good reason, it was James Reynolds Day about two weeks ago in Oskaloosa, Kansas. Reynolds, a veteran actor today, grew up in the small...

South Pasadena High School – All Years Alumni Picnic

South Pasadena High graduates will gather at Garfield Park in the city on Saturday, June 9, for the school’s annual Picnic and Association members...

Webster’s Community Pharmacy Named a California Small Business of The Year

ALTADENA, CA. (June 5, 2018) – Once a struggling business, Webster’s Community Pharmacy has been named the 41st Assembly District’s Small Business of the Year...

GRADUATION: South Pasadena High School Class of 2018

  They embraced, shed tears, slapped high fives, and recalled the good times knowing this was the end of four years ­– four memorable years...

South Pasadena has a Poet Laureate!

South Pasadena has never had one of its own ­– until now. Resident Ronald Koertge, as part of a resolution adopted by the South Pasadena...

Man Hospitalized After Car Accident

A driver of a vehicle was transported to Huntington Memorial Hospital on Thursday morning following a three-car accident on Fremont Avenue at Lyndon Street...

California State Library Project Selects Local Library for Training Workshop

Many great stories exist regarding the 710 Extension Freeway Fight and the Library wants to hear them, preserve them, and celebrate them. The South...

Throwback Thursday | Brown Boys Were Local Heroes

Brothers Jason and Owen Brown were veterans of the anti-slavery fight who homesteaded on a hillside plateau near the Arroyo Seco. In 1885, they...

Local Property Sells For $30.7 Million Dollars

A west Hollywood based developer, Genton Cockrum Partners, has sold the office building at 625 Fair Oaks Ave for $30.7 million.  The building is...

SPMS 8th Grade Promotion: Hope for the Future

At the start of the school year, Nicholas Philipson had no friends. Zero. As he describes it, the 8th grader was “stranded in a...

Flame of Hope Carried by Police Chief

Waving to curious bystanders and those tooting car horns, members of the South Pasadena Police Officers Association (SPPOA), a local City Council member and...

From Schubert to Schoenfield

Saturday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m., Pasadena Conservatory of Music Free Admission WHAT: Pittance Chamber Music continues its 2017/18 season with its Annual Showcase Concert, From Schubert to...

SPHS Baccalaureate | Mr. Blue Sky

On a day that most certainly reflected ELO’s lyrics “sun is shinin, in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight, it’s stopped rainin’...

Oil Lobby Kills Assemblymember Holden’s Public Health Legislation

“Across California, there are thousands of families living nearby cancer causing, smog forming and global warming producing idle or abandoned oils wells,” said Assemblymember...

Council Meeting To Address City Water Response

The June 6 City Council meeting will include a presentation of immediate and long-term responses to the water discoloration that has affected about 100...

Community Letter from Geoff Yantz Superintendent

Dear Parents, Faculty and Staff, Thinking back to the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year, I recall students and teachers excitedly preparing for and viewing...
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