Yearly Archives: 2020
LA COUNTY FIRE EMERGENCY FOOTHILL CITIES | UPDATED: Evacuation Warnings in Place
ARCADIA EVACUATION ORDERS LIFTED AS OF 9PM WED. 9-9-2020.
UPDATE: Wednesday September 9 | FOREST SERVICE RELEASE
The fire made a big push today, as the...
South Pasadena Seniors | Flu Vaccine Clinic September 23
The South Pasadena Senior Center will host a flu vaccine Clinic on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 starting at 8:30 am through 11 am.
The vaccine...
Know Your Rights
South Pasadena High School’s Speech and Debate team is organizing a program, known as Know Your Rights, as a community program for participants to understand...
Letter to the Editor | ‘Gratuitous PR for the Police Department’
Dear Editor,
I am troubled by a string of articles coming out in The South Pasadenan online over the last week.
The first article involves a...
SPPD Weekly Crime Summary | Sep 1-7, 2020
The Weekly Crime Summary is a list of reported auto thefts, burglaries, robberies and other activities occurring in the City of South Pasadena. An...
Local Firefighters Fight El Dorado Wildfire | South Pasadena Fire Department
Engine 81 is getting a solid workout this wildfire season.
The South Pasadena Fire Department's main firefighting apparatus has been used in a steady stream...
National PTA Reflections Art Contest | Submit Your Art Now
Calling all artists! The National PTA Reflections Art Contest is an art competition for students in Pre-K through Grade 12. Students from all five...
Woman Found Dead at South Pasadena Metro Gold Line Station
South Pasadena Police Department Report:
On September 6, 2020, at approximately 6:00 P.M., officers from the South Pasadena Police Department responded to the Foothill Gold...
South Pasadena Police News Release | Imposter Claiming to be City Employee
On Sunday, September 6, 2020, at about 4:00 a.m., officers from the South Pasadena Police Department were dispatched to the 18 hundred block of...
South Pasadena Police News Release | Stolen Property Arrest
South Pasadena Police Department News Release:
On Saturday, September 5, 2020, at about 2:22 A.M., a concerned resident reported seeing two men removing bicycles from...
Labor Day Weekend | Stay Safe, Stay Smart
With the arrival of the Labor Day weekend comes another major challenge as health officials warn it might create a surge in coronavirus cases,...
The Journey | Scott Silven at The Broad Stage
Illusionist, mentalist and performance artist Scott Silven takes his audience on a mesmerizing crossing from their homes to his in rural Scotland in The...
Cruz’n for Roses 2020 | Virtual Car Show Slated for Sunday, Sep 20
South Pasadena Tournament of Roses MEDIA RELEASE:
Called off physically on account of the coronavirus, a popular car show in South Pasadena will continue for...
South Coast AQMD Issues Ozone Advisory Due to Heat Wave
Poor air quality is expected throughout the South Coast Air Basin for Friday through Monday. Air quality will be impacted by elevated ozone levels due...
Vanessa Marquez Remembered 2 Years Later | Advocates Take to Streets on Slain Actress’...
“We are the Rebel Alliance,” said a woman dressed as Princess Leia emphatically speaking through a bullhorn to a crowd of about 50 in...
$110,000 Donated to SPUSD from PTA | Money Successfully Raised for Schools During Coronavirus
The South Pasadena Council PTA on Thursday, September 3, presented a substantial check of $110,280.59 to the South Pasadena Unified School District (SPUSD). In...
CITY COUNCIL SOUTH PASADENA | 10 City Employees Offered ‘Early Retirement’
The South Pasadena City Council on Wednesday authorized its staff to prepare a program of retirement incentives known as “Golden Handshakes” under which ten...
The Arts Are Essential | September 4 – 11
Nederlands Dans Theatre is doing something unique in this time of Covid, by giving us a Livestream of their live programs at Zuiderstrandtheater in...
SPHS Sports Update | Campus Like Ghost Town Without Athletics Says Director Anthony Chan
Thoughts of winning league championships have been replaced by questions of when will the coronavirus end as athletic directors like Anthony Chan continue to...
Letter to the Editor | ‘A Letter from a Local Housing Advocate’
Dear South Pasadena:
With all the chaos that has ensued the past six months, I was torn away from my usual activism of fighting for...
A World Less Certain | Brookside Park
Last week, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The incident immediately prompted a...
SPFD UPDATE | South Pasadena Firefighters Continue to Battle Wildfires in California
Firefighters, including members of the South Pasadena Fire Department, continue to gain ground on the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, east of San Jose.
As of...
South Pasadena City Council | Stephen Rossi Selected for District 2 Seat
Stephen Rossi, a corporate finance expert whose unsolicited report showing $14 million in discrepancies in South Pasadena’s proposed 2020-21 budget documents sent a lightning...
Los Angeles County Announces Planned Reopenings with Safeguards in Place
MEDIA RELEASE:
Los Angeles County is moving forward with new plans for reopening a couple of sectors, given its steady progress in slowing the spread...
City of South Pasadena | Cooling Center Open Friday~Monday During Heat Wave
CITY OF SOUTH PASADENA RELEASE:
South Pasadena’s Cooling Center will be open on Friday, September 4th, 2020 to Monday, September 7th, 2020 12pm to 6pm...
Letter to the Editor | ‘We Support Stephen Rossi and Lawrence Abelson’
Dear Mayor and City Council:
As South Pasadena residents who live in District No. 2, we, Delaine Shane and Susan Sulsky, thank most of the...
SPUSD Offers Mental Healthcare Resources to Students, Families and Employees through Care Solace Program
SPUSD PRESS RELEASE:
South Pasadena Unified School District has selected Care Solace, an organization designed to calm the chaos of mental healthcare coordination, to support...
City Council Vacancy Applicants | Here Are the 5 Up for Consideration
Three attorneys, an astrophysicist and a business finance expert have submitted applications to serve-out the final seven weeks of the District 2 South Pasadena...
Op-Ed | ‘Understanding Why Hundreds of Residents Support Steve Rossi’
By Sheila Tully, Council District 2
Our city is in a financial crisis. No budget. No audit. No interim financial reporting. Five Finance Directors in...
Public Health Reminds Residents of the Risks from Gathering with People from Outside Your...
MEDIA RELEASE:
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 45 new deaths and 840 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 on...
