South Pasadena News

News provided by SPTOR The community is invited to a giant yard sale at the War Memorial Building this month to raise funds for South...

East West Players (EWP), the nation’s longest-running Asian American theater and the largest producer of Asian American theatrical works presents the world premiere of...

Ace Performance Training, a premier martial arts and athletic performance center in Southern California, is thrilled to announce an exclusive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Grappling...

As one of the few film festivals that has gone up live and in person in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, PIFF now enters...

(Hundred block given in place of exact address) The Weekly Crime Summary is a list of reported auto thefts, burglaries, robberies and other activities occurring...

Pasadena Playhouse continues its Sondheim Celebration season with a deliciously sumptuous and bold new production of “A Little Night Music”. This Tony-award winning musical...

News provided by SPUSD On behalf of the South Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education, thank you to the community of South Pasadena for...

South Pasadena Unified School District is proud to announce that SPHS Special Education Teacher Laura Youkstetter has been named as the 2023 Teacher of...

Stroll and drive along the streets of South Pasadena and you will be amazed at the wide variety of plants and trees that grow...

Congratulations to SPHS students, Trisha Chakroborty, Evi Lopez Campbell, and Joaquin Zikman-Fung who made the 2023 California All-State Honor Band. Chakroborty and Zikman-Fung both...

The Woman’s Club of South Pasadena welcomes the community to its “Spring Fling Artisan Market.” The event will be held Saturday May 6 from 4:00 pm...

News provided by SPUSD During swim competitions this spring, two SPHS students broke school records in the 50m Freestyle and 500m Freestyle events. Congratulations to...

News provided by South Pasadena Girl Scout Service Unit Nationwide only about 6% of all eligible Girl Scouts achieve the Gold Award, which is the highest...

Black Lives Matter protesters Fahren James and Victoria Patterson have settled their civil rights lawsuit against the City of South Pasadena and five of...

For the first time ever, Sierra Madre Playhouse presents SMP Unplugged, two nights of concerts featuring grunge bands playing acoustic sets (reminiscent of MTV Unplugged), for...

News provided by SPUSD PTSA, in partnership with the SPHS Counseling Department, hosted an inaugural Career Fair all this week at SPHS. Professionals across a...

(Hundred block given in place of exact address) The Weekly Crime Summary is a list of reported auto thefts, burglaries, robberies and other activities occurring...

The Eclectic Music Festival, a much-anticipated citywide event, is just around the corner, and festival-goers are in for a treat. One of the most...

South Pasadena’s 13th Annual Eclectic Music Festival and Arts Crawl  is Saturday April 29, 2023 from 3pm – 10pm with some venues having early...

On Saturday, May 6th, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., the South Pasadena Library will join forces with the South Pasadena Preservation Foundation (SPPF) to...

SPPD RELEASE On Saturday, April 22, 2023, at 6:30 p.m., the South Pasadena Police Department received multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting that a male adult subject...

News provided by SPUSD South Pasadena Middle School student group, the Upstanders, in conjunction with South Pasadena Unified School District’s Train Your Brain staff are...

The City of South Pasadena announced today that it has reached a settlement in a high-profile civil rights lawsuit filed in October 2021. The...

News provided by SPUSD On April 22, 2023, the South Pasadena Middle School (SPMS) Advanced Choir competed at the Verdugo Hills Scholarship Festival, taking home...

News provided by Bubbles Dog Rescue A fundraiser for Bubbles Dog Rescue held in South Pasadena at Golden Oaks Apartments April 15 raised more than...

News provided by South Pasadena Library 130 children and teens participated in the South Pasadena Public Library’s Bookmark Contest this year. The theme for the...

Eclectic Music Fest & Arts Crawl—Saturday, April 29th 3:00-9:00PM The South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival & Arts Crawl is one of the best times of...

On April 18, 2023, at 1:30 a.m., a South Pasadena Police Officer on routine patrol observed a suspect, later identified as 26-year-old Jorge Escobar...

Is it ever possible to truly have empathy and understanding of what it’s like to be in someone else’s shoes? Especially if those shoes...

South Pasadena is home. It has been my home for 26 years. Even as I pursue my doctorate in Clinical Psychology in New York,...