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Bill Glazier
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.
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 for kids, and a family bicycle ride on Saturday, November...
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, propelling it from high atop a snow-covered cliff.
Below, as part...
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 coming off a losing 4-6 regular season record and finished...
SPHS Football | Tigers Look Ahead to Playoffs Following Loss to Monrovia
No one said it was going to be easy. Certainly not Jeff Chi, who took his South Pasadena High football team on the road Thursday night to take on undefeated Monrovia in the Rio...
Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban | Commemorative Event Set Next Week in South Pasadena
Say goodbye to those noisy, ear-piercing gas-powered leaf blowers that independent gardeners currently use throughout South Pasadena neighborhoods.
Not too far into the future through legislative action, both locally and at the state level, they...
SPHS Football | Strong Football Test Ahead for Tigers Against 9-0 Monrovia on Thursday
They’re unbeaten at 9-0 on the season, including a 4-0 record in league play and have eyes on a CIF-Southern Section championship.
“Obviously, they’re a very good team,” said South Pasadena High football coach Jeff...
SPHS Football | Big Win for Tigers Over San Marino in Last Minute Thriller
A long-awaited celebration took place Friday night as South Pasadena High’s football team held off its neighboring rival, finally prevailing with a key win over San Marino.
The 24-21 Rio Hondo League victory at home...
SPHS Football | Tigers and San Marino Titans Collide in Rivalry Friday Night
Telling his team to put their last outing behind them, saying “forget about it,” South Pasadena High football coach Jeff Chi has spent little time this week dwelling on the past as he prepares...
New Inductees to be Added to SPHS Athletics Hall of Fame
A group of South Pasadena High’s finest athletes will be recognized on Friday night prior to the Tigers hosting San Marino in the traditional rivalry football game between the two schools.
About a half hour...
NO GAS SOUTH PAS | Event Set For Saturday November 6
No Gas South Pas! That’s the theme centered around a major event slated for Saturday, November 6, in South Pasadena’s Garfield Park that will officially launch the city’s ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.
In a...
SPHS Tigers Football Playoff Hopes in Question With Friday Loss
South Pasadena High lost a chance to lock up a CIF-Southern Section playoff opportunity Friday night after falling to Pasadena Poly in Rio Hondo League play.
With the 28-8 loss, the Tigers ended a three...
Lessons Learned Supporting Dodgers
Wearing the team’s colors, young Dodger fans twirled blue towels in support of their favorite Major League Baseball team earlier this week.
A KTLA Channel 5 television news cameraman caught the action as reporter Jennifer...
Seats For Rose Bowl Game Up For Grabs in SPTOR Raffle
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 will dig deep into their pockets to take part in...
Tigers Win Thriller on Late Field Goal
South Pasadena High came back from an eight-point fourth quarter deficit and kicked a 35-yard winning field goal with time running out to pick up their second straight Rio Hondo League victory Thursday night,...
ROSE PARADE FLOAT SOUTH PASADENA | It’s Crunch Time for Crunch Time Party Items
Not bashful, Brant Dunlap is asking for help.
With less that two months before the year-end event, which traditionally brings in top dollars, Dunlap, the president of the South Pasadena Tournament of Roses committee, is...
SPHS Football Game Moved To Thursday Night
In a game moved from Friday night due to a lack of officials, South Pasadena High will host a La Cañada team that is licking its wounds, coming off a one-sided 60-15 loss to...
SPHS Football | South Pasadena High Turns Away Temple City in League Opener
It only gets tougher from here.
That’s the message coming from South Pasadena High football coach Jeff Chi after his team came away with a 41-12 victory over Temple City Friday night in the Rio...
SPHS Football | League Season Commences Against Temple City Friday night
During the five game non-league season, South Pasadena High football coach Jeff Chi stressed that all the work being put in was geared toward one goal – reaching the CIF Southern Section playoffs.
That effort...
Learning About Electric Power | Leaf Blower Demonstration Enlightens at Garfield Park
A large heavy-duty truck full of gas-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers, hedge trimmers and more pulled up in front of Garfield Park in South Pasadena one day last week, and out came a pair...
SPHS Football | South Pasadena Begins League Play Against Temple City October 1
When you’re facing an opponent that hasn’t won a game all season and has been outscored 157-28 in those four contests, it’s easy to look beyond what’s next on your football schedule.
That’s the situation...
SPHS Tigers Ends Non-league Football Season with a Win Against Alhambra
Throughout the non-league season, South Pasadena High football coach Jeff Chi has stressed the importance of getting better each week in anticipation to games that really count in his mind – the five-week campaign...
SPHS Football | Tigers Host Alhambra Friday
If South Pasadena High can get the same effort out of its team that it showed in the second half of last week’s 28-20 road loss to Heritage Christian then Tigers’ coach Jeff Chi...
WEDNESDAY | Battery-powered Leaf Blower Demonstration in South Pasadena
California is on its way to banning the sale of gas-leaf blowers and lawn mowers after the state Legislature passed a bill that is now headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.
South Pasadena is already...
Going Greener | City Looks at Driverless Battery Operated Lawnmowers
New technology, earning its share of praise, was on display in South Pasadena last Wednesday as team members from Graze Mowers, an independent company out of Santa Monica, showcased a pair of large 60-inch...
SPHS Football | Tigers Drop to 1-3, Losing to Heritage Christian
After a pair of losses to open the non-league season, South Pasadena High had rebounded with a victory before suffering its third loss of the season, this time falling 28-20 to Heritage Christian in...
9/11 | Remembering Those Who Lost Their Lives 20 Years Ago
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Twenty years later, remembering the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives, America will never forget the somber morning of September 11, 2001.
That was the day terrorists commandeered airplanes, and the twin towers of...
Rose Parade Float | Construction for South Pasadena Entry Well Underway
A color rendering of South Pasadena’s float, scheduled to roll down Colorado Boulevard in the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day, is an instant reminder to Brant Dunlap that life does indeed have its...
SPHS Football | Tigers Play Heritage Christian Saturday
His day starts early and ends late when considering the time spent teaching math courses, followed oftentimes by long, grueling football practices that roll into Friday night games, early Saturday meetings featuring film sessions...
Leaf Blower Ban | As Ordinance Takes Effect City Seeks to Educate
It was back in elementary school some 50 years ago when Michael Cacciotti first took an interest in the environment.
“I’ve been fascinated since I was a kid,” he said, recalling his early childhood. “I...
SPHS Football | Tigers Win & Pick Up First Landslide Victory of Season
It took them awhile, nearly three weeks to be exact, but good fortune finally came South Pasadena High’s way Thursday night as the Tigers found the win column in football, turning away Marshall of...
