Anyone else notice the crosswalk sting they had set up on Fair Oaks today? The results should be evident in next week’s report. Why would someone think the Orange Grove off-ramp to the 110 would be a prime spot to hawk shirts? And a little good news: koi kidnapping foiled. Full report after the jump.

The South Pas Chamber of Commerce posted on their blog today that they’ve “made the first cut in the contest to run the local Farmers’ Market.” I asked Scott Feldmann a few questions about the Chamber’s interest in the market, and he was kind enough to humor me. Q&A after the jump.

This is part of the statewide “Day of Action” to protest cuts to education. District Superintendent Joel Shapiro was sending out the robocalls yesterday. From the South Pasadena High School PTSA:
South Pasadena Council PTA Invites You to a Rally for Our Children
Thursday, March 4, from 3-4 p.m., in front of the SPUSD Administration Building: 1020 El Centro [...]

Busy week for the SPPD. There was a hot pursuit that ended with the suspect ditching his stolen car at Avenue 58; and there was an armed robbery at Radio Shack. Full police report after the jump.

The headline says it all. District Superintendent Joel Shapiro insists cuts would be greater if not for the parcel tax passed by voters last year. Here’s the Pasadena Star-News story.

It was previously mentioned that the “Cuss Free Week” bill had been passed by the state Assembly. Now it seems the Senate has indefinitely postponed the action. They cited things like, say, the looming budget crisis as being more deserving of our lawmakers’ attention. South Pas resident Brent Hatch, father of No Cussing Club founder [...]

A few South Pas-centric stories floating around:

Sometimes there’s a fine line between news and advertising. Sometimes that line gets trampled.
The death of SPHS student Aydin Salek prompts a bill proposal from Assemblyman Anthony Portantino that would “grant immunity from criminal prosecution to teenagers who seek emergency medical attention for someone possibly suffering from alcohol poisoning.”
State Assemblyman Mike Eng [...]

The ambiguously titled blog Friends for Fullerton’s Future reports that Fullerton School District Superintendent Mitch Hovey played this video at a recent school board meeting. The blog suggests it might have been used to float the idea of a parcel tax. One gem from the post: “Enjoy the manipulation of children by the same mindless [...]

There’s nothing much wrong with arresting people who drift through town selling phony magazine subscriptions and stuff, but arresting a kid for selling fruit on the corner? That sounds a little mean. Especially when the kid is about 2 feet away from Alhambra city limits. There’s also a report of an assault at SPHS that [...]

It looks like they have some heavy hitters showing up. From the city:
You are invited to attend an SR-710 Update Meeting hosted by the City of South Pasadena on Friday, Feb. 26, at the South Pasadena High School Auditorium. Registration will be from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Presentations will be followed by a question and answer period.
Speakers

South Pasadena [...]