South Pasadena Police News Release | Stolen Property Arrest
South Pasadena Police Department News Release:
On Saturday, September 5, 2020, at about 2:22 A.M., a concerned resident reported seeing two men removing bicycles from...
Labor Day Weekend | Stay Safe, Stay Smart
With the arrival of the Labor Day weekend comes another major challenge as health officials warn it might create a surge in coronavirus cases,...
Cruz’n for Roses 2020 | Virtual Car Show Slated for Sunday, Sep 20
South Pasadena Tournament of Roses MEDIA RELEASE:
Called off physically on account of the coronavirus, a popular car show in South Pasadena will continue for...
South Coast AQMD Issues Ozone Advisory Due to Heat Wave
Poor air quality is expected throughout the South Coast Air Basin for Friday through Monday. Air quality will be impacted by elevated ozone levels due...
Vanessa Marquez Remembered 2 Years Later | Advocates Take to Streets on Slain Actress’...
“We are the Rebel Alliance,” said a woman dressed as Princess Leia emphatically speaking through a bullhorn to a crowd of about 50 in...
$110,000 Donated to SPUSD from PTA | Money Successfully Raised for Schools During Coronavirus
The South Pasadena Council PTA on Thursday, September 3, presented a substantial check of $110,280.59 to the South Pasadena Unified School District (SPUSD). In...
CITY COUNCIL SOUTH PASADENA | 10 City Employees Offered ‘Early Retirement’
The South Pasadena City Council on Wednesday authorized its staff to prepare a program of retirement incentives known as “Golden Handshakes” under which ten...
The Arts Are Essential | September 4 – 11
Nederlands Dans Theatre is doing something unique in this time of Covid, by giving us a Livestream of their live programs at Zuiderstrandtheater in...
SPHS Sports Update | Campus Like Ghost Town Without Athletics Says Director Anthony Chan
Thoughts of winning league championships have been replaced by questions of when will the coronavirus end as athletic directors like Anthony Chan continue to...
Letter to the Editor | ‘A Letter from a Local Housing Advocate’
Dear South Pasadena:
With all the chaos that has ensued the past six months, I was torn away from my usual activism of fighting for...
A World Less Certain | Brookside Park
Last week, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The incident immediately prompted a...
SPFD UPDATE | South Pasadena Firefighters Continue to Battle Wildfires in California
Firefighters, including members of the South Pasadena Fire Department, continue to gain ground on the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, east of San Jose.
As of...
South Pasadena City Council | Stephen Rossi Selected for District 2 Seat
Stephen Rossi, a corporate finance expert whose unsolicited report showing $14 million in discrepancies in South Pasadena’s proposed 2020-21 budget documents sent a lightning...
Los Angeles County Announces Planned Reopenings with Safeguards in Place
MEDIA RELEASE:
Los Angeles County is moving forward with new plans for reopening a couple of sectors, given its steady progress in slowing the spread...
City of South Pasadena | Cooling Center Open Friday~Monday During Heat Wave
CITY OF SOUTH PASADENA RELEASE:
South Pasadena’s Cooling Center will be open on Friday, September 4th, 2020 to Monday, September 7th, 2020 12pm to 6pm...
SPUSD Offers Mental Healthcare Resources to Students, Families and Employees through Care Solace Program
SPUSD PRESS RELEASE:
South Pasadena Unified School District has selected Care Solace, an organization designed to calm the chaos of mental healthcare coordination, to support...
City Council Vacancy Applicants | Here Are the 5 Up for Consideration
Three attorneys, an astrophysicist and a business finance expert have submitted applications to serve-out the final seven weeks of the District 2 South Pasadena...
Op-Ed | ‘Understanding Why Hundreds of Residents Support Steve Rossi’
By Sheila Tully, Council District 2
Our city is in a financial crisis. No budget. No audit. No interim financial reporting. Five Finance Directors in...
South Pasadena General Election Write-In Candidate Period Announced
MEDIA RELEASE:
The South Pasadena General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The City of South Pasadena consolidates with the Los Angeles...
PCC Receives $3 Million Grant for Latinx Students
PRESS RELEASE:
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Pasadena City College a five-year, $3 million grant.
PCC’s project, Putting Career First and Expanding the Network of...
South Pasadena Public Library | Two Programs Offered for Kids and Teens Alike
PRESS RELEASE:
Starting on Monday, August 30, the South Pasadena Public Library will offer three open-ended, year-round reading challenges for children and teens. Participants can...
New Store Owners Engaging the Community | Grocery Outlet Volunteers at Giving Bank
Ernesto Medina and his wife, Karina Flores-Pereyra, the independent owner-operators of the new South Pasadena Grocery Outlet, wanted to reach out and engage in...
City Quickly Puts Schedule Back as Voted Upon | Empty Council Seat Process...
The City of South Pasadena on Monday belatedly released the names of applicants who will be considered to fill the remaining term of District...
Arrest Made in Attack on Protester on Sunday
MEDIA RELEASE:
On Sunday, August 30, 2020 at approximately 12:00 p.m., Michael Plough, 41, a resident of South Pasadena called the police department to complain...
City Fails to Keep Timeline Commitment to Residents | Questions About Empty District 2...
Despite promises to do so, the city of South Pasadena on Saturday failed to provide the list of the candidates from which the City...
Bomb Squad Responds to Dispose of Ammo Box | SPPD & SPFD Protect Residents
At 1:37 pm on Friday, the South Pasadena Police Department closed down the corner of Mission Street & Mound - two businesses were evacuated,...
SUNDAY | “Angelversary” Community March & Rally Will Be Held for Actor Vanessa Marquez
MEDIA RELEASE:
On Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 10:45 a.m., an “Angelversary” March and Rally will be held to “never forget” the tragic killing of...
COVID WEIGHT | A MUST SEE: META NUTRITION
At this point during the Coronavirus pandemic, some five months-in or so, many are finding a daily major challenge: "What to eat?"
In the South...
Pasadena Protests | Friends, Family Demand Justice for Death of Anthony McClain
Protestors continue to demand justice for the shooting and death of Pasadena resident Anthony McClain, the 32 year-old father, who was shot in the...
Seven Patios | Mixed Style & Use Complex Heads to Planning Commission
At an imminent but as yet unscheduled “special meeting,” the South Pasadena Planning Commission will be asked for the third time this year to...
