Origin of Library’s Magnificent Moreton Bay Fig Tree Revealed
By Steve Fjeldsted, Library Director
South Pasadena is nicknamed "The City of Trees" and is an official "Tree City USA," yet the origin of what...
UPDATED: Girls Soccer Win 1st Round State Playoff Game
South Pasadena Tigers turn back Marquez 4-0 in the State Regional Girls’ Soccer Championships
A quick goal in the first 30 seconds set the tone...
Dads In The House For Fathers Follies
This beloved tradition that takes place each March at South Pasadena Middle School is always a lot of fun and always a touch emotional....
Peter and The Starcatcher With Special Guest Star Jane Kaczmarek
Well, what’s a theatre company to do when one of their stars receives a potentially life changing callback to Julliard School the first weekend...
BREAKING NEWS: Car Fire on Arroyo Drive
South Pasadena Fire Dept. officials rushed to the 400 block of Arroyo Drive Friday morning, pulling hose lines up a long driveway, to extinguish...
Brad Colerick’s NineTenThirty – A Love Letter to South Pasadena
It was smokin’ at the Blue Guitar at Arroyo Seco Golf Club last night as friends and fans from 91030 and beyond gathered to...
New Discoveries Made at Annual Science Fair
Young scientists Scarlett and Laylin Ziegler were among hundreds of Arroyo Vista Elementary School students making new discoveries during a recent science fair on...
Bad Girls Ruled The Night
Bad Girls Ruled The Night!
Images by Cyndi Bemel
Bad Girls and their Bad Guy counterparts were out and about Saturday night for South Pasadena’s winter...
NEWS UPDATE: Measure S Passes By Large Margin
As of 10pm February 27, with 86% of expected votes in, Measure S is currently at 79.38% yes, which, by any metric is a...
School Board Thanks Community for Measure S
After an intense 30-day campaign in which many residents and businesses proudly displayed lawn signs urging a “Yes on S,” the community stepped up...
Lissa Layng Reynolds’ Concert Reading of A Woman of Independent Means
Actress, arts advocate and activist, Lissa Layng Reynolds, performed a concert reading of the play “A Woman of Independent Means” at the library Saturday...
It’s Mad, Mad Moliere at Parson’s Nose
Listen up! Parson’s Nose Theater is back with a delightful new production of Moliere’s The Too Learned Ladies in their beautiful, new “abbey” space...
YST’s Seussical Jr. Opens Friday on Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
As schoolchildren across the country celebrate the legacy of Dr. Seuss in March, Young Stars Theatre celebrates by presenting the engaging musical Seussical Jr....
Talent on Display at MHS
It was fun, uplifting, and entertaining.
Oh, and one more, as described by Dr. Laurie Narrro, who had a front row seat for Monterey Hill’s...
Senior Center Luncheon Celebrates Year of the Dog
A full house dined on Chinese delicacies Friday afternoon as the South Pasadena Chinese American Club presented it annual Chinese New Year celebration at...
One Step Away From CIF Title Game
Ray Solari Stadium was rockin’ Friday night as South Pasadena High’s girls’ soccer team took a giant step toward its goal of winning a...
City Council’s Sweet Visitor
Jamie Holeman, Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA’s (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Director of Public Relations and Marketing, presented Sweet Pea,...
Katie Hill Fires Up The Crowd in South Pasadena
A sold out, standing room only crowd gathered at Burke Triolo Studio in South Pasadena Wednesday evening to hear from Democratic congressional candidate, Katie...
Is 710 Tunnel Dead? Maybe Not
A local organization claiming the 710 Freeway tunnel is not yet completely off the books, urged the South Pasadena City Council during the public...
Throwback Thursday | The Solar Motor
The Cawston Ostrich Farm was the site of the world’s first successful experiment using a solar-powered motor for commercial use. Aubrey Eneas selected Cawston’s...
Mudslide on the 110 Highway Wednesday Night | South Pasadena
A small mudslide on the 110 Highway Southbound just before the Orange Grove exit Wednesday February 21st at about 8:45 pm caused a major...
A Poignant, Moving Message – South Pasadena Prayer Breakfast
A man on a mission, Father Greg Boyle, the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program...
Tigers Girls Soccer Headed to Quarterfinals!
Victoria Lathrop and her South Pasadena High girls’ soccer team realize the road only gets more difficult the deeper they go into the CIF-Southern...
2018 National Merit Honorees
On February 14, the SPHS Associated Student Body hosted a congratulatory breakfast for the 2018 National Merit honorees. This year, SPHS recognizes three Semifinalists...
Mark Hatch & Group 5 at Blue Guitar
The prodigal son returns from his new home on Bainbridge Island!
Brad Colerick is excited to welcome Mark Hatch back to the Blue Guitar room...
Careening Truck Smashes into Two Other Cars
A truck swerved out of control and hit two cars on Fremont Avenue Tuesday morning, momentarily climbing on one of them, before coming to...
BREAKING NEWS: Home Invasion Robbery
Two suspects are still at large, according to South Pasadena Police Department officials, following a home invasion robbery Tuesday night in the 500 block...
The Year of the Dog!
It was an afternoon of fun and discovery for many who attended Monterey Hills Elementary School’s first-ever Chinese New Year Festival.
Those on hand last...
SPARC Spoken Word Event at Arts Crawl
The South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) is pleased to present an evening of spoken word performances and readings as part of its participation in...
Lissa Layng Reynolds in Concert Reading of A Woman of Independent Means
South Pasadena, we are in for a very special treat! A special 30 minute concert reading of A Woman of Indepenent Means will be performed...
