Bill Glazier

Bill Glazier
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Bill Glazier is a South Pasadenan and has been the primary news reporter & editor-in-chief for South Pasadena for over 24 years. His work with SouthPasadenan.com is read by over 110,500 people in the South Pasadena/Pasadena Metro, Highland Park, and surrounding communities.

SPHS Tigers Football | South Pasadena Faces St. Margaret’s in Playoffs Friday

It helps to be there in the past, insists South Pasadena High football coach Jeff Chi, watching his team go deep into the CIF-Southern Section playoffs a year ago and coming ever so close...

World Series 2022 | South Pasadena Resident Makes Historic Call

It’s one of those calls viewers won’t soon forget, perhaps never, hearing the thrill in the voice of South Pasadena’s Joe Davis, describing the history-making no-hitter on Fox Sports Wednesday night as starter Cristian...

Rose Parade Float South Pasadena | Volunteers and Donations Needed Now

Add it all up and it comes to one hefty sum. “This year’s cost is estimated at $125,000, the highest yet,” said Brant Dunlap, looking at the potential total to pay for South Pasadena’s float...

SPHS Tigers Football | First Round CIF Football Game Friday Night

It doesn’t take long to determine just how potent and high scoring South Pasadena High’s next opponent can be as the CIF-Southern Section Division 11 football playoffs are set to get underway. The Tigers are...

Senior Citizens’ Foundation | Brother and Sister Support Seniors With Endowment

Cherishing all that it had to offer, the South Pasadena Senior Center once felt as comfortable as an old shoe for Harold and Alice Mgrublian, frequent visitors to the place that helped significantly to...

SPHS Tigers Football | Team Plays at Home for Football Playoffs

Jeff Chi likes to compares it to USC-UCLA classic matchups over the years, a bitter football rivalry that can go either way when the two teams meet. Like the clash between the two major Los...

SPHS Tigers Football | Team to Play Rival San Marino Friday Night

Naturally, emotions will be running high when the two schools meet in Friday’s rivalry game, but South Pasadena High football coach Jeff Chi believes if his team plays “our game,” as he likes to...

Football: SPHS Tigers WIN Against Pasadena Poly | First Time Ever Game at L.A....

In unusual surroundings for both teams, the massive L.A. Coliseum was the site of Thursday night’s Rio Hondo League contest between Pasadena Poly and South Pasadena High, the Tigers rolling to a 27-7 win,...

South Pasadena Tournament of Roses | Raffle Tickets on Sale!

Three lucky winners could either be going to the 2023 Rose Parade, the Rose Bowl Game or win a cash award by making a donation for a raffle ticket in support of the South...

Thursday Night Football: Tigers to Play Pasadena Poly at L.A. Coliseum

There’s a scene in the movie “Hoosiers,” which tells the story of a small-town Indiana high school basketball team preparing to play for the state championship, when actor Gene Hackman, playing the role of...

Friday Night Football: SOUTH PASADENA BEAT LA CAÑADA IN KEY LEAGUE GAME

South Pasadena High quarterback Jackson Freking threw the ball only 10 times on the night, but made the most of those throws, connecting on seven for 279 yards and four touchdowns as the Tigers...

Remembering the Life of Tom Ashby

In a rare instance since the loss of her devoted husband last month, Kathleen Ashby found herself laughing, saying it felt good as she thought back on her 51-year marriage to a man who...

SPHS Tigers Football | Team to Play La Canada Friday Night

If South Pasadena High hopes to wrap up second place in Rio Hondo League play, the Tigers know they’ll have to get past one team standing in their way to make that happen. In a...

Officers Aided Senior During Record Heat Wave

There was time she wasn’t a big fan, highly critical of law enforcement looking back on her early childhood. “I really never liked cops,” said Jessie Cleveland, a longtime South Pasadena resident, reflecting on a...

SPHS Tigers Football | Team to Play Temple City Friday Night

Now that his team has faced arguably its toughest test of the season, odds of winning should significantly improve as South Pasadena High prepares to host struggling Temple City Friday night in the second...

City Council | Electrification Efforts Move Forward

It’s a moral obligation and civic duty insists South Pasadena Mayor Michael Cacciotti for cities like the one he oversees to protect the health and wellbeing of residents through environmental legislation. “I, like so many,...

SPHS Tigers Football | Team to Play Monrovia Thursday Night

A big question remains as to who will be playing quarterback Thursday night when undefeated South Pasadena High lines up to face powerful Monrovia in the Rio Hondo League opener for both teams. And it...

South Pasadena Resident Leslie Saeta Releases First Book: “A Home to Share”

With images of her own home throughout, showcasing unique design features of the kitchen, dining, living and family rooms, along with outdoor spaces, even featuring the interior of a carefully crafted carriage house, Leslie...

City Council | Push for Tesla Electric Cars Purchase is on Agenda

A push toward stronger electrification efforts, including the installation of solar panels, vehicle chargers, converting police department patrol cars from gas-powered to electric and more, will be addressed by the South Pasadena City Council...

Tigers Football | SPHS Now 5-0 to Start Football Season

A bye week couldn’t come at a better time said South Pasadena High football coach Jeff Chi, recognizing his undefeated team has two weeks to prepare for Monrovia, the perennial favorite, it seems, every...

Rose Parade Float South Pasadena | Permanent Building Site Moves Forward

It was one man’s vision – a former mayor, civic leader and longtime resident many called “Mr. South Pasadena” – who first saw the day that a permanent structure was necessary to construct the...

SPHS Tigers Football | Team to Play Alhambra Friday Night

Jeff Chi likes what he sees from his South Pasadena High football team, winners of four straight preseason games to open the season, yet the Tigers’ coach insists there’s still much work to be...

Rose Parade 2023 | South Pasadena Float Builders Honored

No one saw it coming when representatives from the American Legion Auxiliary showed up to honor the South Pasadena Tournament of Roses (SPTOR) Committee during the organization’s regularly scheduled monthly meeting. “It took us completely...

High School Football Player Arrested | Montclair Forfeits Its Game Against South Pasadena

When news broke that a Montclair High School football player had been arrested for suspicion of submitting falsified documents, forcing the team to forfeit five of its games last season, including one to South...

Dodgers Trivia Night Saturday Sept. 17 | Woman’s Club of South Pasadena

Only Mark Langill, who will be hosting a Dodger trivia night on Saturday, September 17, at the Woman’s Club of South Pasadena, likely knows, well, this little nugget of trivia. Langill points out there are...

SPHS Tigers Football | Team to Play Unbeaten Heritage Christian Friday Night

It only gets tougher from here as South Pasadena High’s non-league football season rolls into week four. In what will be their biggest test, the Tigers face undefeated Heritage Christian when the two teams square...

Giant Yard Sale Hosted by SPTOR September 9 and 10

A giant yard sale, with all proceeds going to support the building and decorating of South Pasadena’s float in the 2023 Rose Parade, is set for Friday, September 9 and 10 at the War...

Football Tonight! SPHS Tigers vs Marshall at Home

South Pasadena High will look to avoid what its coach called “a slow start,” as the Tigers prepare to host Marshall in a Thursday night non-league contest at home. After the Tigers got rolling, however,...

Tigers Football | SPHS Now 2-0 to Start Football Season

Jeff Chi has lost track of the exact number, instead simply saying he’s been coaching football for a long time. Who’s counting? Not Chi, who has got his 2022 varsity unit off to a quick...

SPHS Football | Team to Play Maywood

Jackson Freking is mindful that his success in South Pasadena High’s season opening victory last Friday wouldn’t have come had it not been for some consistent solid play from those playing up front. When the...
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