PHOTO: Sally Kilby | South Pasadenan News | Steve Fillingham and Janet Benjamin welcome customers to the South Pasadena Tournament of Roses’ yard sale at the War Memorial Building last August. The next sale will be Nov. 8-9. Community members can donate used items for the sale on Nov. 5-7. All proceeds go toward building and decorating the city’s self-built float that will ride down Colorado Boulevard Jan. 1 as part of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade
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YARD SALE! South Pasadena Tournament of Roses Yard Sale November 8...

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PHOTO: provided by SPTOR | The South Pasadenan | SPTOR Construction Crew T1 Left to Right Back Row: Brandon Carlson, Rob Benjamin Left to Right Front Row: Steve Fillingham, Pat O'Neal, Bill Hodson, Josh Aguilera, Tom Peitzman, Jeremy Bruce, Andrew Hunter, and James Jontz.
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South Pasadena Rose Float Passes First Tech Inspection

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PHOTO: Kathy Schuh | The South Pasadenan | 2025 Rose Parade Grand Marshall Billie Jean King
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Billie Jean King named 2025 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal

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Rose Court Finalists 2025 | Pasadena Tournament of Roses

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PHOTO: Sally Kilby | The South Pasadenan | The South Pasadena Tournament of Roses Tent for 2025
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SPTOR Float Tent Goes Up

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PHOTO: provided by the Office of Congresswoman Judy Chu | The South Pasadenan | Congresswoman Judy Chu presents the Volunteer of the Year Award to Ed Donnelly at the annual Congressional Leadership Awards event in Arcadia July 20
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PHOTO: Paige Reynolds | The South Pasadenan | Lin Vlacich and SPTOR Golf Tournament Chair, Alan Vlacich.
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PHOTO: Sally Kilby | The South Pasadenan | Tied with First Place L-R Michael Giaimo, Richard Asao, Ryan Asao, and Chris Hertz at the 2024 SPTOR Golf Tournament
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South Pasadena Rose Float | Top Winners in Annual SPTOR Golf...

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‘Seas the Day’ will be South Pasadena’s newest float to roll down Colorado Boulevard on January 1, 2025 when it takes part of the 136th Rose Parade in Pasadena.
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Rose Parade Float South Pasadena | 2025 Design Announced

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PHOTO: Henk Friezer | The South Pasadenan | Shoppers peruse the treasures at SPTOR's giant yard sale in 2023.
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SPTOR Giant Yard Sale Returns May 17 & 18

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PHOTO: Bill Glazier | The South Pasadenan | “Gertie,” the beloved Giraffe from SPTOR’s 2024 “Boogie Fever” float, will be on-hand for the festivities at the May 4, 2024, Fun-Raiser benefitting SPTOR’s 2025 float.
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PHOTO: Bill Glazier | The South Pasadenan | South Pasadena Tournament of Roses 2024 parade float: winner of the 'Founder Award'.
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2025 Rose Parade | Deadline Nears for City’s Float Design Concepts

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PHOTO: Samantha Shiroishi | The South Pasadenan | Members of the Sylvers group gathered with volunteers who built and decorated South Pasadena’s float outside the South Pasadena City Council chambers.
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South Pasadena Rose Float Builders Recognized by City Council

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PHOTO: Bill Glazier | The South Pasadenan | South Pasadena Tournament of Roses 2024 parade float: winner of the 'Founder Award'.
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Rose Parade Float | 2025 Design Concepts Due January 26

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PHOTO: Bill Glazier | The South Pasadenan | The 345-member West Chester ‘Incomparable’ Golden Rams Marching Band, from West Chester, Pennsylvania provided lively sounds and color to the parade. artist Jordan Sparks closed out the two-hour parade with a three-song perfomance.
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Pasadena Rose Parade Rings in New Year | 800,000 People Line...

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PHOTO: Bill Glazier | The South Pasadenan | South Pasadena Tournament of Roses 2024 parade float: winner of the 'Founder Award'.
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WINNER: South Pasadena Rose Parade Float Wins the ‘Founder Award’ (updated)

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PHOTO: Bill Glazier | The South Pasadenan | Ed  Donnelly, chair of the South Pasadena Tournament of Roses, points to an area behind the War Memorial Building where a permanent building is projected to someday house the city’s float. Over the years, the float has been constructed in a giant circus-like tent at the site.
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SPTOR Hopes for Permanent Building in City to House Float

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PHOTO: Bill Glazier | The South Pasadenan | South Pasadena Tournament of Roses 2024 float at the Tournament of Roses final judging on December 31, 2023.
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Final Judgment | The South Pasadena Rose Parade Float 2024

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New Mayor of South Pasadena: Evelyn Zneimer PHOTO: Henk Friezer | The South Pasadenan | Outgoing mayor Jon Primuth welcomes new mayor, Evelyn Zniemer for the city of South Pasadena.
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New Mayor of South Pasadena: Evelyn Zneimer

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PHOTO: Henk Friezer | The South Pasadenan | Ed Donnelly with Sam Hernandez at the 2023 Crunch Time Party.
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CRUNCH TIME PARTY 2023 Held for South Pasadena Rose Float

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PHOTO: Bill Glazier | The South Pasadenan | A core group of workers put in long hours constructing and decorating South Pasadena’s Rose Parade float throughout the year before hundreds more help down the stretch with the finishing touches ahead of the traditional New Year’s Day event in Pasadena.
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Volunteers Make the Difference on South Pasadena’s Rose Float

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PHOTO: Tina Kistinger | The South Pasadenan | Volunteers are working day and night to finish the South Pasadena Rose Float for the Tournament of Roses 2024 Parade.
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It’s Crunch Time! Volunteers Making Our 2024 Float Happen

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PHOTO: Bill Glazier | The South Pasadenan | The Tournament of Roses Queen and Court gather in front of flowers that arrived this week before being placed on South Pasadena’s float – “Boogie Fever” – in time for Monday’s Rose Parade in Pasadena.
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2024 Queen and Rose Court Visit South Pasadena Float Site

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PHOTO: Sally Kilby | The South Pasadenan | One of the auction items featured in the Crunch Time Online Auction is a Blackstone 28" propane griddle donated to SPTOR by Westlake ACE South Pasadena. ACE manager Linda Rodriguez (left) and Manager Oscar Diaz (right) are pictured with Sam Hernandez, Tournament of Roses Association President, next to the BBQ.
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PHOTO: David Lohr | The South Pasadenan | South Pasadenan businesswoman, Ellen Daigle, receives Senator Anthony J. Portantino's Women in Business Award
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PHOTO: Sally Kilby | The South Pasadenan | PHOTO: Sally Kilby | SPTOR Decoration Chair, Janet Benjamin, with KTLA's Gayle Anderson paying a visit to the South Pasadena Tournament of Roses float site on December 11, 2023.
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We’re on TV! KTLA Pays Visit to South Pasadena Rose Parade...

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PHOTO: Sally Kilby | The South Pasadenan | Brant Dunlap, Mary Jane Juranek and Anita Scott take a break from working on the float to enjoy a taco salad lunch from Hi-Life.
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Hi-Life Burgers Serves Lunch to our Grateful Float Crew

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PHOTO: Sally Kilby | The South Pasadenan | South Pasadena’s float is under construction behind the War Memorial Building, 435 Fair Oaks Avenue, in the city. Volunteers looking to lend a hand to help finish it are welcome. Members of the float’s construction crew are working weeknights and weekends in order to complete the task of finishing the float in time for the January 1 Tournament of Roses Parade down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena.
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Clock Ticking to Finish City Float on Time

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Crunch Time Party Set for December 29

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