The ever-vigilant Mister Earl tipped me off to the change of venue. Via his email:

It has now been moved to the War Memorial building due to some sentiment that it should be held within the city. This, which appeared in the Star-News today, apparently fueled the fire:

“Maybe it wasn’t their brand of sauce, but South Pasadena city officials skipped over Gus’ (sic) Barbecue (sic) in South Pasadena in favor of Pasadena’s Barn Burner Barbecue (sic) to host Police Chief Dan Watson’s going-away party. Fans of the departing police chief can stick a fork in Watson and some slathered ribs on June 30, with the proceeds going to a parting gift for South Pasadena’s top cop, now headed for a similar position at Mammoth Lakes.”

I’m told it’s the same date and time. I can’t imagine 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on a Wednesday is the most convenient time for a party, but then again I’m not an event planner. I added the sics to the story. I could have just corrected them, but a newspaper should know how to spell the names of the businesses it covers. So there. The original brief is here (second item).

*UPDATE: I was just told: “Contact Jeannie Chiu at the City Manager’s office to sign up.  Cost is $20 per person.”