NBA Photographer Andrew Bernstein to be honored at SPARC gARTen pARTy Event
Famed NBA photographer Andrew Bernstein, recipient of this year’s Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy Media Award, will be among the group...
Throwback Thursday | Infamous Off-Ramp at Fair Oaks
The maximum speed limit for Arroyo Seco Parkway was 45 mph when it opened on December 30, 1940. Taking the Fair Oaks Avenue exit...
SHOW: Beautiful Myth | JT Burke
JT Burke's newest mural was just installed outside of Fabrik Projects in the La Cienega gallery district. Titled "In Paradisum Cantavit" (Latin for "The...
Remembering September 11, 2001
I woke up to the morning news September 11, 2001 on a friend’s couch while I was living in Santa Barbara. I remember the...
Teen Advisory Board | Brainstorming Ideas, Expressing Opinions
The purpose of this group is to gather a small team of high school students, and allow them to brainstorm ideas and express opinions...
Naomi Hirahara, Award-Winning Author and South Pasadena High Graduate, Co-Authors “Life After...
“Life after Manzanar” is a 2018 book co-written by mystery and nonfiction author Naomi Hirahara, who graduated from South Pasadena High School, and Heather C....
Renowned Artist Ken Fandell Opens SPARC Gallery Exhibit
The first thing you notice about the new art installation by Ken Fandell at the SPARC Gallery is the pure scale. There is something...
Party of the Season | SPARC gARTen pARTy Event
This very special gala event has limited tickets available
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Hosted by Bill and Mary Urquhart
South Pasadena Arts Council’s...
FOOTBALL | Lopsided 52-7 Loss for SPHS Tigers
Jeff Chi and his South Pasadena High football team can be thankful they don’t have to return to the city of El Monte this...
Throwback Thursday | Harnessing the Sun
In 1883 (before the City of South Pasadena was incorporated), local area boosters published the book “A Southern California Paradise” to make the case...
NEW INFORMATION: Witnesses, Police Provide Details into the Shooting Death of Actress Vanessa Marquez
New details in the officer-involved shooting death of actress Vanessa Marquez reveal a heartbreaking chain of events that escalated into a rapid series of...
Measure SP Construction Update
SPHS STEM Building
As summer ends, the northern and southern building envelope will be completed. The painters are finishing the interior of the northern building...
The Los Angeles Orchestra Fellowship
Rigorous two-year training program, a unique partnership of inner city youth orchestra of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and USC Thornton School of Music,...
Friends memorialize Actress Vanessa Marquez in South Pasadena
In the days after actress Vanessa Marquez was shot and killed by police during a wellness check at her South Pasadena home, friends left...
Weekly Crime Summary August 28 through September 3, 2018
An alert and well-informed citizen makes you less of a target to a criminal. Remember to call the South Pasadena Police Department to report...
Firefighter and Paramedic Justin Miller Returns Safely Home from Holy Fire
It’s finally over and among those pleased by the news is South Pasadena Firefighter and Paramedic Justin Miller, who served on the frontline of...
“SWEAT” Opens at Mark Taper Forum
Center Theatre Group’s production of “Sweat” by Lynn Nottage will open at the Mark Taper Forum on Wednesday, September 5 at 8 p.m. Directed...
Los Angeles Chamber Launches New Season
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) launches its 2018-19 season when Gemma New leads three-time Grammy® Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn and LACO Concertmaster Margaret Batjer...
Death of Actress Vanessa Marquez Saddens, Frustrates South Pasadena
While the world remains in shock over the violent death of actress Vanessa Marquez, the tight-knit community of South Pasadena struggles to find a...
Actress Vanessa Marquez Killed in South Pasadena Officer-Involved Shooting
Actress Vanessa Marquez — most famous for her roles in the iconic film ‘Stand and Deliver’ and long-running TV medical drama ‘ER’ — was...
South Pasadena Shooting: Vanessa Marquez Draws Gun on Officers and was Killed
A welfare check by the South Pasadena Police Department Thursday turned fatal when the distraught and disabled woman officers were checking on allegedly pulled...
BELLAND – Variety Musical Charity Event at Fremont Centre Theatre
Brittany Belland is back in South Pasadena to share a funny, entertaining and powerful ensemble variety show, BELLAND, to benefit the American Foundation for...
Local Actress Jessie Mobley is The Baker’s Wife in INTO THE WOODS
Once upon a time, Jessie Mobley was in high school and she played the baker’s wife in the school’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s INTO...
An Electrifying AIN’T TOO PROUD at The Ahmanson
There are not enough superlatives to accurately describe the raucous and simply irresistible speed train of joy that is Ain’t Too Proud, The Life...
DID YOU FEEL IT? 4.4 Earthquake Reported in La Verne
CalTech: "A light earthquake occurred at 7:33:28 PM (PDT) on Tuesday, August 28, 2018.
The magnitude 4.4 event occurred 4 km (3 miles) N of...
Art Miller | A Tribute to our Departing Police Chief
South Pasadena’s departing police chief has mastered the art of humility, deflecting the attention away from himself and placing it on others.
When all eyes...
Making Progress | South Pasadena Unified School District Update
Last week during the South Pasadena Unified School District Board meeting, Superintendent Geoff Yantz presented a summary of the District’s 2017-2018 progress toward its...
Legislation Passed | Piqui’s Resolution HR-113 is now State Law
A year after a local man was sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison for the murder of his 5-year-old son, the California Legislature has...
