$5,000 Awarded in Scholarships to Three SPHS Grads | Vecinos de South Pasadena

By Vecinos de South Pasadena Three outstanding 2021 South Pasadena High School graduates have been awarded scholarships totaling $5,000 by the Vecinos de South Pasadena,...

New Chinese Garden’s Art Gallery | Huntington Library Debut

PRESS RELEASE Postponed for more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the highly anticipated opening of the Chinese Garden’s new art gallery is...

Little League Challenger Division | Team Plays Ball Again!

It was a moment Scott Parker won’t soon forget, watching a young member of the team, wearing a facemask, as he sat in a...

Arts Are Essential | Arts & Culture June 11 – 18

Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to The Music Center as part of the performing arts center’s “Dance at Dusk” outdoor performance series. The company’s...

Chamber of Commerce Hosts Al Fresco Day June 19

MEDIA RELEASE  As the country enjoys the return to somewhat normal life post-pandemic, local residents will discover a few new “faces” in South Pasadena’s business...

Special Needs in South Pasadena | Unwavering Care and Concern

As life slowly returns to traditional times with pandemic concerns subsiding, students and clients enrolled at the Institute for the Redesign of Learning (IRL)...

Virtual Town Hall for June 15 Reopening | Public Health

MEDIA RELEASE The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 3 new deaths and 134 new cases of COVID-19. The number...

SPUSD Announces New Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources: Linda Junge

MEDIA RELEASE South Pasadena Unified School District (SPUSD) has hired Linda Gubler Junge to serve as the new Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. “We are very...

PCC to Host Pandemic-Friendly “Car-mmencement”

MEDIA RELEASE In a decades-old annual tradition, more than 1,000 graduates and their families will drive to Pasadena City College this June to celebrate the...

Arroyo Vista Elementary | End of Year PTA Letter

AV PTA LETTER Dear AV Community, WOW! As I reflect on the past year and all that has transpired in our small school, I can’t help...

Breaking News: FIRE AT NURSING HOME | Prospect Manor on Prospect Ave

A structure fire affecting the Prospect Manor senior assisted living home on Prospect Ave. in South Pasadena occurred at approximately 1:56 p.m., Friday. https://youtu.be/bJ99hYbe3Uo   Several units...

City Council Hears Pleas to Restore Library Position

A half dozen supporters of the South Pasadena Library implored the City Council Wednesday not to go through with a plan to reject the...

Arroyo Vista Elementary Promotion 2021 | ‘Zooming into Middle School’ for Wildcats

For a second year in a row, Arroyo Vista Elementary School honored their graduating 5th-graders with a lively drive-thru promotion ceremony on Tuesday. Lining the...

Marengo Elementary Promotion 2021 | Lions ‘Making History’

Lions will become Tiger Cubs in a matter of months, as Marengo Elementary School 5th-graders were honored during an in-person ceremony on Tuesday, June...

Monterey Hills Elementary Promotion 2021 | Roadrunners Take on a New Chapter

A week full of activities and commendations took place for the 5th-grade students at Monterey Hills Elementary School who will be moving on to...

COMPLETED: ‘Old Gym Rehabilitation’ | New Arts Building Unveiled at SPMS

A ribbon cutting commemorating the completion of a major project at South Pasadena Middle School took place on Tuesday, June 1 with SPUSD administration,...

PHOTOS: ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ | SPHS Graduation 2021

On a day with proper early June weather and unshakable drive, South Pasadena High School's Class of 2021 saw the light at the end...

SPHS Drama’s Bold & Unique Film Production of MacBeth

As this unique school year came to a close, with students once again roaming the hallways and various traditions coming back, including an in...

SPHS GRADUATION 2021 | South Pasadena High School

CONGRATULATIONS SOUTH PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2021 Sydney Abundo Landon Ackerman Matthew Adriano Elias Afzali Matthew Albert Zoe Albornoz Anneliesse Alcalde Abdel Latif Alkhatib Olivia Allchin Katherine Anthony Janis Appleton Arianna Arevalo Kathryn Argue Kiera Atkinson Inha Bae Matthew Baer Henry Balding Anya...

Hodis Learning & Music | $10 Sessions Start Now!

Hodis Learning & Music is offering $10 sessions scheduled in the first 7 days of the month! This offer is valid for new clients...

SPMS 8th Grade Promotion 2021 | ‘Rising to the Challenge’

Hundreds were able to gather in attendance for the first time in two years for the 2021 8th Grade Promotion at South Pasadena Middle...

End of Year Letter | SPUSD Superintendent Geoff Yantz

Dear SPUSD Families, As we wrap up the 2020-2021 school year, we look back on a year of extraordinary changes and uncertainty, but we are...

BLM Spitter Joe Richcreek Convicted | Hate Crime Definition Disputed Over Claims

UPDATED ON JUNE 1 TO INCLUDE STATEMENT FROM DDA, CHERYL GAINES. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MAY 28. Joseph Luis Richcreek, who spat at Black Lives Matter...

Perpetual Education | Now Accepting Applications for Summer Program

By Perpetual Education Perpetual Education’s “Design for The Web” mentorship program is now accepting applications for the June 7th and August 9th sessions. The program will...

Payke Gymnastics Academy | Sign Up for Summer School Classes!

Boy and girl gymnasts with an interest in this sport can benefit from attending summer camp at Payke Gymnastics Academy in South Pasadena. The...

SPHS PTSA | Honorary Service Award Recipients

During this exceptionally challenging school year, our volunteers, teachers, staff, and students stepped up in exceptional ways. Please join us in congratulating all of...

SPHS Principal Announces Retirement | Janet Anderson Reflects on 41 Years

South Pasadena South Pasadena High School Principal Janet Anderson has announced that she will be retiring this upcoming August, 2021. In a letter written by...

SPHS | 2021 Expressing Feelings through Art Exhibition and Competition

SPUSD RELEASE Congratulations to South Pasadena High School's finalists and exhibitors in the juried 2021 "Expressing Feelings Through Art" (EFTA) contest sponsored by Light Bringer...

City Council | Live Public Comment via Zoom

In another slight return to some relative normalcy, the City of South Pasadena began accepting live public comment via Zoom as of the most...
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