LA County Large-Scale Vaccination Sites Open | Vaccine Eligibility Opens to Residents Aged 65+...
PUBLIC HEALTH RELEASE
Public Health continues ramping up capacity to complete vaccinations for eligible priority groups identified by the CDC with more specific guidance provided...
Rep. Judy Chu Attends Historic Biden-Harris Inauguration
MEDIA RELEASE
Wednesday, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27) attended the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Kamala D. Harris as President and Vice President of...
Los Angeles County To Launch Loan Program To Help Stabilize Small Businesses
The Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA) will launch the Small Business Stabilization Loan Program on January 28, 2021. The loan program is made...
Interview with New Mayor Diana Mahmud | Working on Making 2021 a Better Year
In a small city such as South Pasadena, “the position of mayor is overrated,” says 5th District Council Member Diana Mahmud, who was selected...
A World Less Certain | The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Like many of you, I have an insatiable itch to time travel and explore the universe. Don’t all children of the sun living in...
SPUSD Registration Process Starts Soon
SPUSD PRESS RELEASE
The registration process to enroll students in South Pasadena elementary schools for the 2021-2022 school year will begin February 16, 2021 at...
South Pasadena Relatively Unscathed After Powerful Winds in Area
It was an especially active time for utility companies after reports that thousands of Southern California residents were without power over the past two...
Wine & Song at Blue Guitar | Tune in!
Blue Guitar presents Wine & Song podcast #38. This week's episode features Luke O’Shea, Beth Wood, Tall Men Group, Rob Laufer, Abigail Washburn, Andy...
UPDATE: COVID-19 Hits Home | South Pasadena Police Department Official Bayron Salguero Will be...
Sadness is felt throughout South Pasadena and beyond its borders following the announcement that Police Assistant Bayron Salguero died last Saturday due to complications...
Films.Dance | International Film Series Launches January 25, 2021
The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts—have teamed up with Chicago’s Joan...
South Pasadena Resident Counts Down To Inauguration
Calling herself a “Quarantined Town Crier”, Amy Davis Jones created themed banners to count down to the Inauguration of President Biden and Vice President...
Lots To Love About “YOU I LIKE: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman”
Legendary Broadway composer, Jerry Herman, creator of beloved shows Hello, Dolly, Mame, La Cage aux Folles and more, passed away last year leaving behind...
SCAG Update | South Pasadena Appeal of Housing Allocation Denied
South Pasadena’s appeal for a 41 percent reduction in the 2,062 housing units it must plan for by 2029 under the state’s Regional Housing...
SPUSD Snapshot | First School Nurse Receives COVID Vaccination
On January 13, 2021, the South Pasadena Unified School District Nurse, Abby Silver, received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Silver and the SPUSD...
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...
