Monthly Archives: November 2021
Rose Bowl Receives Grant | Press Release $9.6 Million Awarded
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. JUDY CHU
The Rose Bowl has been awarded $9.6 million by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Shuttered...
SPHS Football Friday Night Win | Tigers Close in on CIF Football Title
Now it’s getting remarkably close, something that hasn’t happened at South Pasadena High in 46 years.
With Friday night’s lopsided win on the road, the...
SUNDAY EVENT: Never Before Open to the Public | Irving Gill Miltimore House Virtual...
Never Before Open to the Public: On Sunday, November 14 The South Pasadena Preservation Foundation will be hosting a virtual tour of famed architect...
Teachers of the Year | SPUSD Snapshot
SPUSD RELEASE
At its recent meeting on November 9, 2021, the SPUSD Board of Education expressed its appreciation for the District Teachers of the Year....
Obituary | Suana Carol Shea Skogstrom
Suana Carol Shea was born in October of 1937 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Dr. Louis Michael and Margaret Carroll Shea. Her older brother Michael...
South Pasadena | Education on Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban Begins
Those loud, obnoxious, ear piercing, and polluting gas-powered leaf blowers at the hip of independent gardeners and residential users will soon be going by...
Pasadena’s New Fast Charging EV Station | Electric Cars Charge Up
To support the growing demand for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, the City of Pasadena recently opened its new Arroyo Parkway Charging Depot, providing...
Board of Education | Karissa Adams Appointed Effective Immediately
The SPUSD Board of Education yesterday voted unanimously to appoint Karissa Adams as its new provisional member, filling an opening left by Dr. Suzie...
SPHS Football | Team to Play Western Christian
There’s little mystery to what’s at stake as South Pasadena High extends its football season for a second straight week.
The Tigers, as seemingly everyone...
Public Works Director on Leave Effective Immediately | South Pasadena
Shahid Abbas, who has served as South Pasadena Public Works Director since 2019, is on leave and Deputy Public Works Director Harold Theodore (“Ted”)...
2022 Pasadena Showcase House of Design | Returning to South Pasadena
Following a year-long hiatus due to the global pandemic, Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts announced today the highly-anticipated return of the Pasadena Showcase...
Wine & Song at Canoe House and Mamma’s Brick Oven
While Wine & Song at The Blue Guitar room awaits the re-opening of the restaurant at Arroyo Seco Golf Course, they have begun performing...
SPPD Weekly Crime Summary | November 2-8, 2021
(Hundred block given in place of exact address)
THEFT
•10-27-21, 3:20 PM to 3:30 PM, 1300 block of Huntington (T-Mobile). Suspects enter business and remove loss...
South Pasadena Public Library | Restoration Concert on November 21
The South Pasadena Friends of the Library is pleased to announce our next Restoration Concert on Sunday, November 21st at 4:00 p.m. featuring the...
An Exuberant Return To Live Theatre as SPHS Drama Presents SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Under...
Fear not, dear reader, for I bring you news of the imminent arrival of LIVE theatre back in South Pasadena by way of the...
Jane Austen’s SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Performed Live Under The Stars
In a triumphant return to live theater, the award-winning South Pasadena Drama Department will present Kate Hamill’s wild, hilarious, and charming adaptation of Sense...
A Noise Within Brings Back Beloved “A Christmas Carol” and Noise Now’s “Latina Christmas...
A Noise Within (ANW), California’s acclaimed classic repertory theatre company, is proud to announce the return of Los Angeles’ longest-running production of Charles Dickens’...
WIN: SPHS Football | First Round CIF-Southern Section Playoffs
A giant step was taken Friday night by South Pasadena High’s football team as the Tigers recorded a 21-14 victory over visiting Magnolia in...
Electrify Your Lawn ‘No Gas South Pas’ Event Saturday at Garfield Park
A celebration officially enacting a ban on gasoline-powered leaf blowers will feature demonstrations of battery-powered models of the devices, along with food, music, activities...
South Pasadena Library | Friends of the Library Seeking Board Members for 2022
PRESS RELEASE
The Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library is seeking community members to serve in board positions with the Friends for 2022.
The mission...
PCC on Aspen Institute List of 150 Top Community Colleges
MEDIA RELEASE
For the fourth time in a row, Pasadena City College has been named one of the country’s Top 150 Community Colleges by the...
2022 Rose Parade | South Pasadena Float Taking Shape
A wide-eyed ostrich, wearing a leather helmet, goggles, and a scarf blowing in the wind, blasts off with the aid of a rocket-fueled jetpack,...
SPHS Football | Tigers Play at Home for Football Playoffs
Jeff Chi is all for it – Sunday’s news that his South Pasadena High football team will go up against an opponent that is...
City Urged to Forego Recovery of Tax Revenue Scammed by SCE
Seeking to come to terms with a mixed appeal court ruling, South Pasadena City Manager Arminé Chaparyan this week is asking the City Council...
SPPD Weekly Crime Summary | October 26 – November 1, 2021
(Hundred block given in place of exact address)
THEFT
•10-22-21, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM, 2000 block of Alpha. ’71 Volkswagen van. Suspect(s) removes loss from...
AFI Fest 2021 Featuring Red Carpet Premiere of Tick, Tick…BOOM!
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the full lineup for this year’s festival including Sony Pictures Classics’ “Parallel Mothers”, written and directed by...
PCC Among California’s Best Colleges for Transfer and Minority Achievement
The data is in, and even in the face of a historic pandemic, Pasadena City College continues to grow as a transfer institution.
PCC’s graduating...
Gerswin and Dvořák Lead The Pasadena Symphony’s Tribute To The American Sound
The Pasadena Symphony continues its 2021-22 season with "Rhapsody in Blue" on Saturday, November 13th at Ambassador Auditorium with both matinee and evening performances...
