South Pasadena News

The ongoing collaboration by three major arts organizations—Martha Graham Dance Company, the Los Angeles-based Wild Up music collective, and The Soraya—will continue June 19...

Former South Pasadena Finance Director Josh Betta started a firestorm last week when he released his 56-page critique of the city’s proposed 2020-2021 budget....

The Weekly Crime Summary is a list of reported auto thefts, burglaries, robberies and other activities occurring in the City of South Pasadena. An...

MEDIA RELEASE: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that after more than three months of closure as a result of the...

Dear WISPPA members,   We hope you are safe and well. We have heard from multiple WISPPA members that they feel the board has been too...

It’s described as a short story of an unexpected journey in the rain, set to the soulful clarinet of Ben Redwine in a film...

During Tuesday night’s regularly scheduled South Pasadena Unified School Board meeting, a resolution will be established “that acknowledges and recognizes that racial disparities have...

By Jayden Eden  I still remember the cool air of a spring afternoon. In a small apartment building, I sat in my brown chair with...

The City Council will review the draft budget as presented, hear public comments, and provide direction to staff as part of the July 10...

South Pasadena Mayor Robert Joe called it a “spirit of partnership” June 4, as the U.S. Asian Arts and Culture Association for the second...

South Pasadena police will no longer use the “carotid restraint control hold” as one of its authorized use of force techniques, the city...

Red, white and blue balloons, symbolic of Independence Day, will be replaced by art, expressing South Pasadenan’s talents, along the parade route and other...

FROM BILL KELLY: Amid growing community concern about transparency, there’s still time to pause South Pasadena’s 2020-21 budget process after former city Finance Director Josh...

SPHS Alumni Association awarded 20 scholarships worth more than $30,0000, here are this year's winners:  

A former South Pasadena finance director whose trademark combines a dramatic flair with a sharp eye for detail has a warning for the city:...

UPDATED ON Thursday, June 4, originally published on May 30 and June 2nd.  "I can't breathe" A phrase that is resonating with millions throughout the country...

About 30 years ago, Janet Anderson learned about the concept of being nimble as it relates to adapting to change.  “If ever there was...

Unusual times marked the end for South Pasadena High grads, making their departure with stark memories of distance learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, followed...

The California Court of Appeal on June 1 rejected every claim of trial error raised by the City of South Pasadena in its appeal...

In unusual times when drive-thru and virtual graduations are the norm, other measures to celebrate the Class of 2020 are popping up in the...

It was a sight Carlos Kassam-Clay hadn’t seen in awhile as the interim principal at South Pasadena Middle School took in Monday’s 8th grade...

For the 33rd consecutive year, South Pasadena Middle School recognized the top math students as Mathematician of the Year. Sharing the honors for 2019-2020 were...

Virtually, through Zoom, the Oneonta Club Foundation of South Pasadena will present $10,000 Swann Scholarships to three deserving high school graduates during its Oneonta...

It wasn’t the sendoff they anticipated at the start of the school year last August, but administrators and teachers came up big this week...

For now, South Pasadena’s long-running car show is still scheduled for the fall, but the key fundraiser for the South Pasadena Tournament of Roses...

Did you feel it? Reports from all over the South Pasadena & Pasadena areas reporting a 'slow roller' going on for up to 15...

MEDIA RELEASE: The regular City Council meeting scheduled for this evening has been postponed for one week in response to the countywide curfew. The meeting...

UPDATE: June 3, 2020 Curfew has been extended in Los Angeles County: 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 3 - 5:00 a.m. Thursday, June 4. This will apply to...

By Ron Rosen, South Pasadena resident: EDITOR'S NOTE: This letter was written to apply to June 3rd's Council meeting which was postponed until Wednesday, June...

MEDIA RELEASE: The South Pasadena City Council wishes to make the following statement in response to the demonstrations occurring in cities across the US: The City...