Steven Lawrence
Steven Lawrence is the Principal & Technical Developer at SouthPasadenan.com. His internet & new media content creation company is nexusplex, the backbone of The SouthPasadenan.com News. To know more visit: nexusplex.com. The South Pasadenan is owned and published by The South Pasadena Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Raise A Glass To The Up-And-Coming: South Pasadena’s Signature Event ‘Dark Spirits’ Backs Foster...
For more than a decade, one night each fall has brought together South Pasadena's builders, business owners, neighbors and a few local legends over...
Rain Is Coming: Wet Weekend Ahead, Then 90 By Friday – Hurricane Rachel Stays...
South Pasadena Forecast, Saturday, Oct. 10 Through Saturday, Oct. 17
Two days after an Extreme Heat Warning expired, South Pasadena is about to get rained...
News Flash! It’s Hot! Record Breaking Heat Is Baking SoCal: 7-Day Forecast & Maybe...
Yes, it really is that hot. Downtown Los Angeles hit 104 on Monday, breaking the Oct. 5 record of 101 and marking a fourth...
DONE DEAL – Paramount & Warner Bros. Merge, Now SKYDANCE. What It Owns, What...
Two of Hollywood's oldest studios are now joined amid excitement, concern - and a settled California State Lawsuit.
David Ellison announced Friday morning on X...
A South Pasadena Family Earning $160,000 Pays $45,000 A Year In Taxes. Here Is...
Starting October 1, the sales tax in South Pasadena is 11%. There is no place in the United States where this family's paycheck and...
Local Elections Nov. 2026: Nevin Stanton-Trehan Wants Michael Cacciotti’s Seat. Revealing Interview Peeks...
For 25 years, running against Michael Cacciotti in South Pasadena has been something people talk about but rarely do.
This fall, Nevin Stanton-Trehan is in...
9/11 Tragic Anniversary – ‘Never Forget’ Twenty-Five Years Later, South Pasadena Still Says Their...
Never forget.
At City Hall is the plaque that honors three members of one South Pasadena family: Sue Kim Hanson, her husband Peter, and their...
UPDATED TUES 1 PM Weather Report: Very Humid Week Ahead – Hurricane Marie’s Parting...
UPDATED WEATHER REPORT & FORECAST TUESDAY 1 PM...
The 'mostly sunny Tuesday' in the forecast did not survive reality this morning. Rain has fallen across...
UPDATED: Hurricane Rain | Marie Arrived In The Neighborhood On Schedule; Now A Swing...
Sunday Evening 6 PM Weather Update:
Heaviest Downpour Of The Day Hits Pasadena/South Pasadena Areas; Rain Ends Tonight, Sunny Labor Day Still On Track
The day's...
City Council Meeting Report: Sept. 2 Decision Making & Concerns From The Community
The September 2 South Pasadena City Council Meeting Report
The evening's most consequential business came late: a long-overdue reckoning with the city's special event fee...
Hey! It’s Hot Outside! – Weather Forecast Report Aug. 22 ~ Aug. 30
South Pasadena will stay in the upper 90s through the weekend with overnight lows in the low 70s, according to the National Weather Service...
BACK TO SCHOOL!!!! South Pasadena: The 2026-2027 School Year Kicks-Off Strong!
Tonight, all over town, the backpacks are packed. The lunches are half-made. Somewhere a freshman is checking a class schedule for the fourth time.
Tomorrow...
Eaton Fire Investigation Concludes: Electrical Arcing on Idle Edison Tower Caused the Catastrophic Blaze...
The Los Angeles County Fire Department on Tuesday released its long-awaited investigative reports on the cause of the January 2025 Eaton Fire, concluding that...
We’re Paying $Trillions: What The County’s $2.2 Trillion Tax Bounty Really Does To South...
LA County Does Not Have A Revenue Problem. It Has A Leadership Problem. A Legislation Problem. A Project Management Problem. An Ethics Problem. An...
Extreme Heat Warning Through Sunday Night: Rare Ridge Builds Over South Pasadena & Pasadena
Forecast highs near 96° today and 98° Saturday, overnight lows in the low 70s, and an ozone alert on top of it. Here is...
Breaking Hollywood: Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger – State Lawsuit Getting it Wrong, for the Wrong...
On Monday, July 20, a federal judge in Oakland stopped the largest merger in Hollywood history. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted a temporary...
Done & Dusted: City Council Meetings Report – 2026-27 Budget Approved, $80 Million Streets...
Two June meetings of the South Pasadena City Council bookended the same question that has shadowed City Hall for decades: how to pay to...
$80 Million Streets Bond Explained: What It Would Fund, What It Would Cost &...
The South Pasadena City Council will decide Wednesday night whether to ask voters for $80 million to rebuild the city's deteriorating streets and aging...
The Claude ‘Fable 5’ Jailbreak | How a Handful of People Made a $965...
UPDATED: Sunday 6/14 7:30pm
How a small group rattled a nearly trillion-dollar company and the U.S. government badly enough to dark the most powerful AI...
Washington Pulls the Plug on the Most Powerful AI Ever Released to the Public:...
AI shutdown by Government. Not the first time tech has been throttled by bureaucrats - including South Pasadena 1900's era City Council banning electricity...
GRADUATION SPHS 2026 | Congratulations to Our Outstanding Students & Community
There is a certain powerful-vibe of excitement that settles over South Pasadena in the first week of June every year. On Wednesday, June 3,...
Changed Election Rules Days Before the Primary: What SB 73 Actually Does — and...
It is Wednesday afternoon, June 3. The polls closed last night. And as of this writing, the votes from Tuesday's primary have yet to...
From Community Chat Room to Sacramento, an Altadena-Driven Insurance Bill Clears the State Senate
A bill that began with neighbors comparing notes in an online community-collaborative chat room has passed the California State Senate, carrying with it the...
3-Month Old Baby in Stolen Car Tied to Alhambra Amber Alert – Recovered Safe...
A black Honda Civic at the center of a regional Amber Alert was located Friday evening on a South Pasadena street with the abducted...
The Color Guard | Memorial Day Ceremony is not simply ‘Ceremony’
If you stepped outside in South Pasadena this morning, you may have heard them before you saw them — the low growl of vintage...
The Data Center Gold Rush Hits the San Gabriel Valley — The Concern is...
First — What Is a "Data Center," Anyway?
Quick plain-English explainer, because this conversation falls apart if half the room isn't sure what we're talking...
Identity Theft – Scrub Your Life Offline: A Field Guide to Reclaiming Your Privacy...
Identity Theft Protection: An editorial by Steven Lawrence, Publisher, South Pasadenan News
Every week, this paper publishes the South Pasadena Police Department's crime report. I...
Trouble Ahead: SB 79 Comes for South Pasadena – What the New Statewide ‘Transit...
The 'Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act' (SB 79) takes effect July 1, 2026. Here is the picture for South Pasadena, Pasadena, and...
Arcadia Mayor to Plead Guilty as Chinese Foreign Agent — The South Pasadena Connection
Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang resigned Monday and agreed to plead guilty to a federal felony of acting as an illegal agent of the People's...
CalTrans Homes Sales South Pasadena: Mayor Sheila Rossi Heads to Sacramento for AB-2329 Hearing...
South Pasadena Mayor Sheila Rossi is traveling to Sacramento this week to testify before the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee on AB-2329 (Fong),...
