Op-Ed | The South Pasadenan News
The Great Relearning by Chris Bray
BY CHRIS BRAY | “Tell Me How This Ends” | on substack
This is about Los Angeles, but it’s not at all about Los Angeles. This...
I am Proud to be an American – Just a Thought by Rick Kraft
I’ve been an American my entire life.
Although I was born in Nigeria to missionary parents, my parents returned to the states before I was...
Op-Ed | It’s More Than a Distraction: South Pasadena Students Deserve a Break From...
By John Tanagho | Online Safety Expert and Parent
For the last decade, I have worked in the field of child safety online. I’ve long...
I Don’t Know What You’re Talking About by Chris Bray
BY CHRIS BRAY | “Tell Me How This Ends” | on substack
They’re not…from here? Or we’re not from there. Our “political” chasm is a massive...
Just A Thought | Are You Talking About Your Ethics Or Mine? by Rick...
Several years back when I was President of the New Mexico State Bar, I was speaking to a group of a few hundred lawyers...
In Which I Helpfully Simplify a Mediocre New Federal Plan That Has Some Merit...
BY CHRIS BRAY | "Tell Me How This Ends" | on substack
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development...
Squinting Through the Fog at the Future of Point Reyes National Seashore by Chris...
BY CHRIS BRAY | "Tell Me How This Ends" | on substack
I’m home this morning from a trip to Point Reyes, during which I...
The Dangers of Street Racing in Torrance: Legal Recourse for Victims
Street racing is a growing problem in Torrance and Los Angeles Metro area cities, putting not just the racers at risk but also innocent...
Op-Ed: Street Safety Near Schools South Pasadena
We have a public safety problem in South Pasadena, but it may not be the one you are thinking of. The safety problem is...
The 25th Anniversary of The 710 Injunction – South Pasadena Stopped Another Freeway Through...
710 Freeway South Pasadena: Twenty-five years ago, on July 19, 1999, an extraordinary ruling was handed down by federal district Judge Dean Pregerson in...
Rethinking Recycling: How Ridwell is Tackling Household Waste
Plastic waste is a massive environmental issue, and the statistics are staggering: of the 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic ever produced, only 9%...
Mamma’s Backstage: Eclectic Fest pays tribute to Bob Stane’s Coffee Gallery Backstage
When Coffee Gallery Backstage impresario Bob Stane shuttered his venerated Altadena listening room last spring after a 25-year run, colleagues organized a sale of...
OpEd | City Budget Problems: A Response to City Council
South Pasadena Resident Mr. Bray Addressing City Council & City Hall staff in writing about the budget information, logic, and pathway to resolution:
I can...
Op-Ed | The Best Benefit in South Pasadena
By Deborah Fox
Wednesday mornings are the best day of the week, playing golf at our own Arroyo Seco Golf Course right here in South...
Op-Ed | Imminent Sale of Surplus Caltrans Properties Neighborhood Impacts: URGENT
BY: Save our South Pasadena Neighborhoods
Dear Neighbor:
As you may or may not be aware, the process to sell the remaining 68 Caltrans‐owned surplus properties...
Is South Pasadena Ready to Become Pasadena? | It Starts with Building Height Limits...
By Joanne Nuckols
Two years ago and in recent months, the issue of South Pasadena's 45' height limit is being discussed and the possibility of...
Op-Ed | $5 Million for South Pasadena – What Say You
By Care First
The City of South Pasadena has an amazing opportunity—in the form of $5 million from the federal government—to make significant improvements in...
Op-Ed | When the Chips are Down…
Publishers Note: Alison Smith made a claim and subsequently filed a lawsuit against the City of South Pasadena in connection with a January 2018...
Op-Ed | South Pasadena Leaders Showed Common Sense with a “No” Vote on Banning...
By Bob Aujla
While Californians wait on the chance to vote in November on whether the State can ban the sales of flavored tobacco products,...
OP-ED | What Will It Take for a Former Sundown Town to Be Anti-Racist?
By Care First South Pasadena
Despite the swell in community demands for racial justice in South Pasadena starting in the summer of 2020, City Councilmembers...
Op-Ed | A Break: Living through the Pandemic (A Journal)
Op-Ed | by San San Lee, Contributor
The nurse who administered my shot was a young man in his early 30’s. Though there was a...
Op-Ed | South Pasadena Was Right to Say No to the 710, It’s Time...
By OP-ED | Brandon Yung
It would be hard to imagine how different South Pasadena would be if the 710 freeway cut across the city...
Op-Ed | Pawn-dering High School
By Louisa Petrillo, SPHS Class of 2021
It’s your opening move. You’re playing white so you have the advantage. Do you start with your pawn?...
Op-Ed | Maskless Wonder: The Top Ten Things I’ll Miss About Masking Up
By Elizabeth Cavanaugh
My mask has become my security blanket. Despite the relief and freedom brought by waning Covid-19 cases and less rigid CDC guidelines,...
Op-Ed | A More Perfect Union Requires Health Equity
By Bobby T. Rimas, Contributor
America has always strived for a “more perfect union.” But while much of our country is still in the midst of...
OP-ED | Police Accountability Can Improve Actions and Protect Lives
By Lurdes Villalpando, Contributor
As we have witnessed Derek Chauvin being convicted for the murder of George Floyd, it is a start for other police...
Op-Ed | Help Restore Our Earth with Your Electricity Choice this Earth Day
By Diana Mahmud, Mayor of South Pasadena and Chair of Clean Power Alliance’s Board of Directors
On April 22nd, the world will once again come...
Op-Ed | Thanks for a Job Well Done
By Matthew Sweeney, South Pasadena resident
Anteneh Tesfaye was rousted out of bed at 5:30 am this past Easter Sunday with the always dreaded emergency...
Op-Ed | Learning to Care
By Bee Simpson
Deepest gratitude to Rick Thomas for A World Less Certain, the beautiful article on eating animals; and thanks to the South Pasadenan...
Op-Ed | Acceptance, Anticipation, and Hope
By San San Lee
Thanksgiving of 2020 has come and gone.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday also had their turns. It’s December. We are in the...
