Clean Power Alliance (CPA) is here to help our customers during COVID-19. The Clean Power Alliance is the electricity provider for South Pasadena and Southern California Edison (SCE) continues to be responsible for transmission and delivery of electricity, sending customer bills, and maintaining the electric grid infrastructure in the city. Residential and small business customers adversely affected …
On Tuesday, June 2nd, the City held its second interactive 2021 Housing Element Community Workshop with approximately 25 participants on Zoom and several more watching the broadcast live on the City’s cable network. The first workshop was held on Saturday, May 30th, with approximately 30 participants. During both interactive workshops, the City’s consultant, Amy Sinsheimer …
The South Pasadena Public Library has curated a list of nonfiction and fiction titles to begin exploring the voices and experiences of black people in the United States from classics to recent publications, focusing on examining racial inequality and injustice from those facing it directly. As a public library, part of our mission is to …
On Wednesday, June 3, from 6-8 pm, our on-duty patrol team assisted the high school with traffic control. The “Drive-by” graduation consisted of vehicles entering from Diamond and exiting onto Fremont. As the cars passed the High School, the graduates would receive their diplomas through the window of their car. Joe OrtizPolice Chief 6/8/2020
This year a Festival of Art will be displayed along Mission and Fair Oaks for the 4th of July. The theme of the artwork is “Better Together – Six Feet Apart”. The overall theme can encompass many things such as thanking first responders or health care workers, volunteers, graduate’s, how your family has been brought …
As the City and the Chamber of Commerce work together to find ways our community and government can support local businesses during these unprecedented times, we also look forward to welcoming some newcomers to the South Pasadena eatery scene. Just drive by the old Citizens Bank Building at 901 Fair Oaks and you’ll see improvements …
In August of 2019, “Spikey,” a 100 pound, Sulcata Desert Tortoise escaped from a home in the 2000 block of Alpha in South Pasadena. Spikey was crossing the street when three individuals stopped to pick Spikey up and load him into a white truck. Despite neighbors telling these subjects, the tortoise belonged to a resident …
Residents can drop off bulky furniture or appliances for disposal on Saturday, June 20, 8am to 2pm at Arroyo Drive/Mission Street. No appointment is necessary and the disposal service is free for residents. Senior citizens can also have bulky items picked up from their home at no cost during the week of June 15 to …
330 readers signed up for the Library’s Safer at Home Reading Challenge, which ran from April 6 to May 31. They read more than 51,000 minutes and wrote 61 reviews for their fellow readers. The Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library generously provided randomly drawn prizes—gift certificates purchased from local businesses—for kids, teens, and …
The regular City Council meeting scheduled for this evening has been postponed for one week in response to the countywide curfew. The meeting will be continued to a special meeting for next Wednesday, June 10, 2020 to consider all items on the agenda, including public hearing items. As the civil unrest moves into a fourth …
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