9-11 Remembered | Local Family Honored Nearly 20 Years Later
On, perhaps, America’s most somber day, a plaque outside South Pasadena City Hall sits, paying respects to a family lost in the tragedy surrounding...
Clean Power Alliance | Two New Contracts Add Significant Solar and Storage
The Clean Power Alliance on Sept. 3 signed contracts for two new 15-year solar power projects, both of which feature significant storage capacity. Together...
Al Fresco Dining Barricades ‘K-Rails’ Installed on Mission Street
Concrete k-rails started going up Thursday morning along portions of Mission Street between Meridian and Fair Oaks Aves. as the city rolled out Phase...
A World Less Certain | What I Tell My Daughters
I have collected little nuggets of wisdom over the years. A treasure trove of fatherly advice I share with my daughters. Some of their...
Op-Ed | Councilmember Mahmud ‘s Perceived Apprehension Over Rossi’s Appointment
By Ron Rosen
On August 19, the City Council met to decide if and how they would fill the empty District 2 seat.
It was the...
UPDATE: Public Health Revises Halloween Order | LA County Recommends Against Trick-or-Treating
On Wednesday night, health officials walked back on it's previous orders prohibiting door-to-door trick-or-treating, and categorized it as "not recommended."
The coronavirus had seemingly knocked...
November Elections | Charles Treviño Seeks 4th Term on Water District Board
Charles Treviño, a longtime South Pasadena resident, was first elected to the board of directors of the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District...
Obituary | Reymundo Roque Hernandez, Sr. (Rey)
Reymundo Roque Hernandez, Sr. (Rey) died peacefully at the age of 73 in his home in South Pasadena on June 9, 2020, where he...
Huntington Library | “The Blue Boy” Is Reinstalled After Major Conservation Project
MEDIA RELEASE:
One of the most famous works at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, The Blue Boy (ca. 1770) by Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), has...
Arts Are Essential | September 11 – 18
South Pasadena's nighttime mayor, Brad Colerick, brings us a new Wine & Song podcast, #23, featuring music by Brad Colerick, Emily Zuzik with Ted...
LA COUNTY FIRE EMERGENCY FOOTHILL CITIES | UPDATED: Evacuation Warnings in Place
ARCADIA EVACUATION ORDERS LIFTED AS OF 9PM WED. 9-9-2020.
UPDATE: Wednesday September 9 | FOREST SERVICE RELEASE
The fire made a big push today, as the...
South Pasadena Seniors | Flu Vaccine Clinic September 23
The South Pasadena Senior Center will host a flu vaccine Clinic on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 starting at 8:30 am through 11 am.
The vaccine...
Know Your Rights
South Pasadena High School’s Speech and Debate team is organizing a program, known as Know Your Rights, as a community program for participants to understand...
Local Firefighters Fight El Dorado Wildfire | South Pasadena Fire Department
Engine 81 is getting a solid workout this wildfire season.
The South Pasadena Fire Department's main firefighting apparatus has been used in a steady stream...
National PTA Reflections Art Contest | Submit Your Art Now
Calling all artists! The National PTA Reflections Art Contest is an art competition for students in Pre-K through Grade 12. Students from all five...
Woman Found Dead at South Pasadena Metro Gold Line Station
South Pasadena Police Department Report:
On September 6, 2020, at approximately 6:00 P.M., officers from the South Pasadena Police Department responded to the Foothill Gold...
South Pasadena Police News Release | Imposter Claiming to be City Employee
On Sunday, September 6, 2020, at about 4:00 a.m., officers from the South Pasadena Police Department were dispatched to the 18 hundred block of...
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...
