SPHS Sports Update | Athletes Hopeful Games Will be Played This Year
Remaining hopeful that sports on campus will begin in the days ahead, student athletes at South Pasadena High continue to workout on a limited...
COVID UPDATE South Pasadena | 1000 Cases and Growing
UPDATED ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 14
Over 1,000 South Pasadenans have been infected with the novel coronavirus. The data mean that by week’s end, one in...
Arts Are Essential | What’s Happening in Entertainment January 15 – 22
You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman, a virtual musical revue honoring the genius responsible for the Broadway classics Hello, Dolly! Mame,...
A World Less Certain | It’s Time To Put The GOP Out Of Its...
A hypothetical conversation between friends over text.
BERNARD’S TEXT TO A FRIEND
Trump supporters ransacked the Capitol last week. Not the Capitol Records building in Hollywood...
Matilda: An Online Musical Showcase
South Pasadena Educational Foundation and Upstage Theatre Schools present the South Pasadena Unified School District production of Matilda: An Online Musical Showcase! Fifth grade...
Another Dodger Great Remembered | When Tommy Lasorda Came to South Pasadena
It’s a moment in time Steve Fjeldsted will never forget, recalling that warm summer night about 5 1/2 years ago when a vibrant, energetic...
Rose Parade 2022 | SPTOR Crunch Time Party Virtual Auction Raises More than $33,000
Brant Dunlap described it in one word, talking about the outpouring of support from those in and outside the community who took part in...
VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE | BLM Activist Shot by LAPD Officers During George Floyd Protest...
MEDIA RELEASE:
A Black Lives Matter activist who was repeatedly hit with a baton and shot in the stomach and arm by Los Angeles police...
South Pasadena Public Library Announces Winter Children’s Programs
The South Pasadena Public Library offers three opportunities to engage children and teens this winter.
Virtual Storytimes have resumed after taking a Holiday break....
Griffins of Kinsale | Owner Sentenced in Court for COVID Violation
Griffins of Kinsale owner Joseph Patrick Griffin, who on March 17, 2020 became possibly the first person to be criminally cited for violating the...
Editorial | Violence Hits Home: News Staff ‘Trumped’ With Threats
“Do you wanna die today?”
So much for providing decent news coverage to those seeking to have their voices heard loud and clear.
Is that the...
SCAG Recommends Denial of RHNA Reductions | City of South Pasadena
Saying most of their arguments are precluded by law, staff of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is recommending denial of appeals filed...
New City Council Member | Jon Primuth Actively Making a Difference in South Pasadena
Actor Denzel Washington once said: “At the end of the day it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished… it’s about...
A World Less Certain | Mother Mary
My mother's birthday is Monday. She suffers from the advance stages of emphysema. Sometimes she reminds me of a goldfish, mouth opening wide, trying...
Rep. Judy Chu Statement on Presidential Certification and Assault on the Capitol
MEDIA RELEASE
Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) issued the following statement on Congress’s certification of the election of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris...
Arts Are Essential | What’s Happening in the New Year
It certainly is a new day and a new dawn as we kick off 2021 and yet, we’re still living through a time unlike...
COVID-19 Update and School Reopenings | Superintendent Geoff Yantz
Dear SPUSD Families,
We hope you and your families had a relaxing and safe Winter Break and are looking forward to a successful spring semester.
Last...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg | An Inspirational Champion of Equity
By Bobby T. Rimas
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is unique in that she symbolizes an inspirational champion of equity. Ginsburg not...
Online Tutoring Available Through Public Library
Through Tutor.com the Library offers live help for students aged kindergarten to adult, in subjects like math, science, English, social studies, essay writing, resume writing, job...
UDPATE | Social Advocacy Coalition Helps the Homeless
UPDATE: January 5
Continuing the efforts post-holiday season, BLM cofounder, Fahren James says that over 70 items were successfully purchased from recent donations. This included hoodies,...
You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman premiering on Playhouse Live
Pasadena Playhouse, The State Theater of California, announces the January 10, 2021 PlayhouseLive Online Opening Night of You I Like: A Musical Celebration of...
TUESDAY | COVID Relief Q&A With Senator Portantino
State Senator Anthony Portantino will be hosting a live Small Business ZOOM/Webinar on Tuesday, January 5th, where he will discuss the roll out of the...
RHNA | City Joins Campaign Pressing Challenge to Massive Housing Demand
Both the Pasadena and South Pasadena City Councils in November quietly joined a movement of more than five dozen cities representing over a third...
Cancer Survivor’s Role in Rose Parade Celebration
It was a Thursday afternoon in late November of 2016 at the age of 56 when Jeff Carpenter, as he describes it, “had a...
ROSE BOWL | College Football Game Retains Name During Texas Move
TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PRESS RELEASE
One of America’s oldest and most cherished New Year’s traditions will be maintained in 2021, albeit in a different locale,...
New City Manager Search | List of Community Members Named for Input
Thirty-one South Pasadena residents have been invited to sit on one of four focus groups that will offer input on the experience, style and...
SUCCESS | Rose Parade Crunch Time Auction Raises $25,000
When the coronavirus pandemic ended plans for the traditional Crunch Time Party, a year end major fundraiser to help pay for materials and flowers...
Rose Parade Celebration | Special Segments Airing New Year’s Day
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses announced the nine featured segments appearing in “The Rose Parade’s New Year Celebration presented by Honda.” Each segment will...
A World Less Certain | Why Kill If We Don’t Have To?
Thou shalt not kill unless it wears feathers, fur, or fins.
We grow trees to be cut down, raise animals to be slaughtered, and give...
Angelenos Deserve Justice Reform
LA County Public Defender Media Release
On May 25, 2020 we witnessed a murder and heard cries to end systemic racism in the criminal legal...
