South Pasadena News

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

City Council on Wednesday, Oct. 2 will consider entering an agreement with three agencies in a move to purchase 15 Caltrans-owned properties for use...

He calls it the “mid-week, spirit-lifting hootenanny.” Every Wednesday night since October of 2009, Brad Colerick has assembled a cast of outstanding musicians and...

“There is no more peaceful sound than a ukulele. And there is no better musician to play it than Jake Shimabukuro.” — The Outsider Argentina The...

It’s a huge test, perhaps the biggest of the season. Minutes following South Pasadena High’s lopsided 41-0 win over Bassett at home last Friday, Tigers’...

Jan Marshall lives on Oxley Street in South Pasadena “right down from the disintegrating Rialto Theater,” she told City Council members recently, urging for...

Paul Abbey, a longtime volunteer for the South Pasadena Tournament of Roses Committee, passed away on Friday due to a sudden massive heart attack,...

“Surreal,” was the way Cole Fox described the feeling Monday morning after she was selected to serve on the Tournament Royal Court, joining six...

A fresh, pulsating and wholly re-imagined “Little Shop of Horrors” opened at Pasadena Playhouse Wednesday evening to a packed house that was brimming with...

Long before South Pasadena High’s 41-0 blowout win against Bassett Friday night, Tigers’ coach Jeff Chi started thinking about his next opponent. Pasadena Poly, which...

Kim Hughes is encouraging South Pasadenans to go to the local polls on November 5 and vote yes on Measure A. As a supporter of...

Below are some of the recent productions filmed in South Pasadena: 9/6 – A TV show, “Winslow” was shot in the 2000 block of...

It’s called the Ultimate Tournament of Roses Experience and three top prizes are up for grabs. South Pasadena Tournament of Roses officials hope community members...

A three car accident puts one car on the sidewalk and jams traffic on a busy Thursday night when side streets are already re-routed...

South Pasadena stole a play out the playbook of other cities. That’s the way South Pasadena Fire Chief Paul Riddle described it Thursday afternoon as...

Helena Yee grew up in South Pasadena, has been a teacher in the local school district for 27 years and is loving parent. Not surprisingly,...

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today recognized 362 schools, including Arroyo Vista and Monterey Hills Elementary Schools in South Pasadena, as National Blue Ribbon...

Walter Raymond’s hotel staff was recruited every season from the grand resort hotels of the Northeast (closed during the winter). His son Arthur Raymond...

A one game losing streaking is likely to quickly come to an end Friday night as South Pasadena High faces a team in search...

The Woman's Club of South Pasadena will feature an informative program to address the concerns of local residents, at its luncheon meeting on Wednesday,...

Joanna Hankamer has been named as the City of South Pasadena’s newest director of planning and building. As an urban planner, Hankamer has extensive experience...

They work long hours, never require breaks and hardly want a pension. They’re the perfect remedy for clearing away vegetation and ideal for fuel mitigation,...

Before the final round of interviews, the 25 finalists for the 2020 Royal Court took a group photo on the front steps of Tournament...

The irrepressible redhead is back at YST in one of the world's best-loved, award-winning musicals! After a busy and successful summer of producing 4 summer...

A Noise Within (ANW), California’s acclaimed classic repertory theatre company, is proud to present the first chronological chapter in Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s...

Certainly one of the most buzzed about casts on a major stage right now is the decidedly different and fresh ensemble of Little Shop...

Performances have begun for the world premiere of Ethan Coen’s “A Play Is a Poem” at Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. Directed by Neil...

Taking place in the park surrounding and in the South Pasadena Library Community Room at 1115 El Centro Street, the 2019 Moon Festival is...

Going into the contest, Jeff Chi knew it was going to be a tough battle, and following his teams first loss of the season...

Gisella Benitez agrees concerns about vaping starts with conversations between parents and teens starts at home. “Wholeheartedly,” she told the South Pasadena Board of Education...