Monthly Archives: May 2020

109 Cases Friday | South Pasadena COVID-19 Update

MEDIA RELEASE:  Cases through 8:00pm 05/14/2020 *including cases reported by Long Beach and Pasadena Health Departments ** includes deaths New Daily Counts (Los Angeles County) Cases Rate Cases** 962 Deaths 47 Locations Laboratory Confirmed Cases (LCC) 36259 -...

‘Work-at-Home Scams’ | Police Advise: Know the Patterns

While it continues to inflict physical harm, the coronavirus has also served as an opportunity for scammers to bilk cash out of the naïve...

A World Less Certain | Pandemic Politics

Our hardship, at the moment, feels like forever. It’s been two months since the state’s closure orders, and many of us have had enough. When...

SPUSD Gym Rehabilitation | Measure SP Construction Update

Big steps continue to be made, report South Pasadena Unified School District officials, on a major renovation project of the athletics department at the...

What Caught Our Eye This Week in Arts & Entertainment

The always soulful evenings with the Blue Guitar Podcast have become a lovely way to spend an evening with a glass of wine as...

SPPF | Test Your Preservation Knowledge

Who is this guy? The young man in the photo is Irving John Gill, an architect born in 1870 to a Quaker family in...

Mission Bell Project | Carpenters Union Appeals City’s Approval

The Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters is appealing the South Pasadena Planning Commission’s Feb. 11 certification of the final environmental impact report (FEIR) for...

Prices Spike at Grocery Stores | Demand for Some Items Increases

A trip to the grocery store these days might leave you with sticker shock. Markets like Vons and Pavilions in South Pasadena and nearby Ralphs...

15 Deaths in South Pasadena | COVID-19 Update

MEDIA RELEASE:  Cases through 8:00pm 05/12/2020 *including cases reported by Long Beach and Pasadena Health Departments ** includes deaths Locations Total Cases Rate Laboratory Confirmed Cases (LCC) 34428 - Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas) 32851 -...

FRIDAY | PCC to Host Community Town Hall with Rep. Adam Schiff

Residents in Pasadena and beyond are invited to a virtual town hall this Friday with US Rep. Adam Schiff. Moderated by PCC Superintendent/President Erika Endrijonas, the...

Police Alert | Rise in Vehicle Related Crimes

Residential burglaries in South Pasadena dropped to an all-time low in April with only one reported, but with many residents inside their homes as...

Furloughs | City of South Pasadena

Over two-thirds of the City of South Pasadena’s 74 part-time employees will complete their third week without pay Friday with no word on when...

Letter to the Editor | ‘I Can’t Go Home Anymore’

By San San Lee “I want things to be normal again and just go back to the way they were.” That’s how I felt as...

Rose Bowl Loop Now Open to Public

Jogging, walking and cycling reopened Wednesday for those looking to take a lap around the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Many had questioned Pasadena officials via...

COVID-19 Update | 107 Cases Reported in South Pasadena

Locations Total Cases Rate Laboratory Confirmed Cases (LCC) 34428 - Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas) 32851 - Long Beach 984 - Pasadena 593 Deaths 1659 - Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas) 1545 - Long Beach 48 - Pasadena 66 Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases...

SPPD Weekly Crime Summary | May 5-11

The Weekly Crime Summary is a list of reported auto thefts, burglaries, robberies and other activities occurring in the City of South Pasadena. An...

Sign(s) of the Times | Volunteers Congratulate SPHS Graduates

It was a moment Zeke Gavlak won’t soon forget as he presented a sign Monday to a South Pasadena High senior, pleased by the...

Overnight Parking Leniency Extended Until June in South Pasadena

Due to COVID-19 related issues, the South Pasadena Police Department has decided to extend overnight parking enforcement suspension until June 15. The policy, which was...

City Council Elections | Two Prominent Figures Run for Schneider’s Seat

Jon Primuth, an estate attorney currently closing out his first term on the South Pasadena School Board and Michelle Hammond, a former executive producer...

MUNCH COMPANY SOLD | Local Couple Buys Beloved Sandwich Shop

South Pasadena’s Munch Company sandwich shop on Mission Street changed hands this month. Outgoing owner Michelle Hammond, who has operated the friendly shop for...

Budget Crisis Kills Projects | City Hall Hotel Scrapped, School District Land Swap Still...

Due to “unforeseen budget issues,” the City of South Pasadena will not be moving forward with a controversial plan to explore the redevelopment of...

SPUSD Board of Education | Massive Budget Cuts Expected Next Year

South Pasadena Unified School District (SPUSD) board members and administrators reviewed a dismal fiscal outlook Tuesday night based upon a funding scenario projected by...

Poetry Corner With Ron Koertge | May 12

I loved old movies even when I was a kid and a few decades haven’t cooled my ardor for them. - Ron How My Mother...

4th of July Parade | Councilmember’s Idea to Keep the Spirit Alive

It has been canceled but Michael Cacciotti doesn’t want to completely rule it out. With disappointment over the fact this year’s Festival of Balloons won’t...

105 Cases in South Pasadena | COVID-19 Update

MEDIA RELEASE: Cases through 8:00pm 05/11/2020 *including cases reported by Long Beach and Pasadena Health Departments ** includes deaths Locations Total Cases Rate Laboratory Confirmed Cases (LCC) 33180 - Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas) 31670 -...

WISPPA | Weekly Newsletter May 12, 2020

Dear WISPPA members,   We hope you are safe and well!   Last week, there was a city council on May 6. Click here to see the video of the...

South Pasadena Senior Care Center ‘SPCC’ | COVID-19 Update from Chief Riddle

It’s a difficult situation, points out Paul Riddle, yet the South Pasadena fire chief is encouraged that numbers in terms of cases and deaths...

PCC, APU Academic Partnership Addresses Nursing Shortage

MEDIA RELEASE: Pasadena City College and Azusa Pacific University have announced a new partnership that will extend access to nursing education for residents of the...

‘Operation Cookie’ Canceled | Philanthropy Project for Veterans a No-Go this Year

Operation Cookie, which provides treats for hospitalized, homeless, and special needs veterans and is one of the Woman’s Club of South Pasadena’s most popular...

FairOaks@Mission Project | Chipotle Coming to South Pasadena

Something big is taking place at the corner of Mission Street and Fair Oaks Avenue in South Pasadena. Citizens Business Bank, a longtime institution at...
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