Petting zoo? Shuttle lot for Trader Joe’s? Tiki bar? What would you like to see there?
From the city:
The City Council of South Pasadena is interested in receiving your input on the best use of the City-owned property at 825 Mission Street. This site is currently used as the City Yard housing the Public Works Department [...]

With the potty-mouthed governor’s veto of Gil Cedillo’s bill, and the scrapping of a lawsuit that would have forbid Measure R dollars from funding the 710 tunnel, there’s not much for South Pas city officials to celebrate lately. Streetsblog L.A. (in a good roundup) points out that representatives of the city were predicting a [...]

The date was changed, and changed again, but now Metro is confident the Eastside Extension of the Gold Line will open Nov. 15 … unless a rogue umbrella ruins everything. So to get you prepped, here are some study materials (you can also get them here):

Go Metro System Map
Metro Gold Line Eastside Destinations Map
Metro Gold [...]

Back in March, if you’ll recall, about 22,000 gallons of raw sewage from South Pasadena took a trip to Long Beach, shutting down the beaches. Well, it happened again. This time it was about 10,000 gallons. Pretty embarrassing. Via KABC:
The spill happened in South Pasadena Saturday afternoon when the sewage overflowed from a main sewer [...]

After sitting patiently on Gov. Schwarzenegger’s desk for a month, SB 545 — the bill that would have prohibited an above-ground extension of the 710 — has been vetoed. Gil Cedillo’s legislation had garnered a fair amount of support from South Pas and neighboring communities, as it was seen by many as a way to [...]

This will kick off a few posts that pull together some stories based on themes I’ve been negligent in covering. Today’s topic: Athens Services. It might sound like a boring topic, but it’s really good stuff. Let’s talk some trash after the jump.

I’ll be away from my computer for the next couple weeks.

South Pas fashion designer Richard Tyler decided the best way for Scientologists to overcome their sinister image is to have them wear black capes and sorting hats.
Our firefighters were among those battling the blaze off the 134.
Us and them: “I think the people of El [...]

From KTLA:
SOUTH PASADENA — A large, destructive fire has virtually destroyed the Department of Public Works building.
The three-alarm fire encompassed almost a full city block at Mission Street and Meridian Avenue in South Pasadena, on the border with Pasadena.
The fire broke out at 8:50 p.m.  Scores of firefighters were on scene.
To be clear, the fire [...]

Where will the Gold Line go next? Metro is holding a series of meetings to discuss the subject. LAist has a list of venues.
If you’re curious as to how we could end up dumping thousands of gallons of raw sewage into the ocean, maybe you should consider taking a tour of the city’s deteriorating water [...]

An extended stint of jury duty is my excuse for the lapses in posting. It’s incredibly interesting but, after a month, it’ll be nice to get back to a normal schedule.

South Pas tree roots are to blame for the sewage spill that closed Long Beach beaches (they’re back open now). The Star-News says it could [...]