Yearly Archives: 2018
ALERT | Emergency at Polling Place El Centro Location During Voting
South Pasadena emergency vehicles are seen arriving at approximately 6:15pm responding to what appeared to be a person in distress. The line to vote...
ELECTIONS | South Pasadena Voters Turn Out in Record Numbers Today
Today's midterm elections have garnered staggering numbers for our small town, with people of all ages flooding the polls. With many diverse sentiments about...
Council to Consider Finance Department Restructuring
The City Council on Nov. 7 will consider a plan that would reorganize the Finance Department to increase efficiencies and improve service to business...
Addressing Homelessness | City Council Wednesday Night
South Pasadena City Council members will be asked Wednesday night to adopt a resolution affirming the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG) guiding...
Commercial in Garfield Park | Filming in South Pasadena
Below are some of the recent productions filmed in South Pasadena:
10/26 – Web Video BuzzFeed “Home for Holidays” 200 block Los Laureles.
10/27...
Pet of the Week | Chester the Cat
Are you looking for a loving, attentive cat? Look no further than Chester (A467514). This 3-year-old loves to have company and will greet you...
Unauthorized Racially Charged Flyers Removed from SPHS Campus
South Pasadena High’s campus was “peppered with flyers,” as described by the school’s principal, Janet Anderson, in a memo to parents this week, referring...
VALLEY OF THE HEART Set To Open at Mark Taper Forum
Currently in previews, Center Theatre Group’s production of “Valley of the Heart” will open on November 7 at 8 p.m. at the Mark Taper...
New SPARC Gallery Opens at South Pasadena City Hall
Join Us Next Saturday
November 10, 2018, 6- 8pm for the Opening of Three New Exhibitions, at our New SPARC Gallery South Pasadena City Hall and...
Rose Bowl Parade/Ticket Drawing on Wednesday
It’s called the Ultimate Tournament of Roses Experience and three top prizes are up for grabs.
South Pasadena Tournament of Roses officials hope community members...
Senior Center Events November 9 to the 12, 2018
The following will be offered:
Friday, November 9, 11:45 a.m. – Celebrating Veterans Luncheon - Join us for a lunch where we honor those who...
Former South Pasadena Finance Director David Alan Batt Remembered
David Batt, a former finance director for the City of South Pasadena, passed away on October 25, 2018. He was 64.
Not only did Batt...
Black Dahlia Avenger III Author Steve Hodel at the South Pasadena Public Library
The energy was palpable at the library Thursday night as library director Steve Fjeldsted introduced the incredible duo of Steve Hodel and Daniel Vasquez. For...
Parson’s Nose Takes an Enthralling Journey Down The Mississippi in MARK TWAIN AND FRIENDS
Pasadena has the good fortune to be the landing spot for Parson’s Nose Theater, specifically in the beautiful Marston and Van Pelt 1911 building...
World Premiere Production of Love Actually Live, Co-Produced by the Wallis and For the...
Love Actually Live, a multimedia-concert celebration of the soundtrack to one of the most beloved holiday movies of all time from the team behind...
ANNUAL WISPPA MEETING
The year in review, Election of the board, Commission and City Council Updates and a chance for members to share ideas for next year....
SPORTS UPDATE | Tigers Fall in Boys Water Polo
After rolling past its completion to win the Rio Hondo League, South Pasadena High’s Boys’ water polo team suffered a major setback, falling to...
SPUSD SNAPSHOT
This course focuses on multicultural perspectives and personal identity with an emphasis on developing student reading and writing skills. Through the study of fiction...
Norton Simon Museum in November
On view:
In Search of New Markets: Craft Traditions in Nineteenth-Century India
Through January 7, 2019
Coming soon:
Once Upon a Tapestry:
Woven Tales of Helen and Dido
Opening December...
Jade Love Kids Foundation 2nd Annual Charity event
This fundraiser event is for educational and developmental programs for inpatient and at-risk children in our local community. This event is set to take...
Halloween in South Pasadena | School Parades, Movie History, & Trick-or-Treat!
South Pasadena knows how to get into the spirit of Halloween.
Thousands were out-and-about dressed like ghosts, goblins and various other creatures in search of...
Halloween Scene to Remember
It started with one, and has grown over the years to become a holiday masterpiece.
Maria Felix has collected dozens of tiny haunted houses and...
Early Flying Machines Historic Firsts
First American Air Meet (Dominguez Field)
The first air meet in America took place at Dominguez Field near present-day Cal State University Dominguez Hills.
Aircraft of...
THE LARAMIE PROJECT | South Pasadena High School
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard, a young, gay college student, on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming. The...
$2 Pumpkins at the Pumpkin Patch Now!
Our local pumpkin patch is selling the rest of the lot for $2 each! All sizes! Pop-by Fremont & Mission Street in South Pasadena...
Nick Payne’s CONSTELLATIONS | Staged Reading at A Noise Within
A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre, announces a staged reading of Nick Payne’s Constellations, presented by ANW Resident Artists as a...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | A Noise Within
Don't miss the terrific double act of Rafael Goldstein and Kasey Mahaffy in A Noise Within's exhilarating production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,...
Young Entrepreneurs from South Pasadena showcased their innovative products at the Montrose Harvest Market
As part of School-X, an entrepreneurial program for kids, each student designed and developed their own product, learned salesmanship, collaboration, networking, pitch mechanics, financial...
Processions | A poem by Rick Leddy
My great, great grandfather
Watched funeral processions
Black carriages with drawn coal-hued curtains creaking finality,
conjuring swirling, angry storm clouds
from the clear, fragile sky
He saw them on...
