Some stuff I’ve neglected after the jump. It’s worth it for the last item.

South Pas Reserve Officer Joe Payne and former Maywood Police Chief Frank Hauptmann both confirmed they’re finalists to fill Dan Watson’s shoes. There’s plenty about Payne here, but I haven’t mentioned Hauptmann before. Besides the video above, here are a couple stories floating around:

Four Maywood officers allege retaliation for exposing departmental misconduct.
The L.A. Times was [...]

The Pasadena Star-News points out that Bell City Attorney Edward Lee, who signed off on the outrageous city salaries we’ve all been hearing about, once worked for South Pasadena. Via the story:
Lee has worked in the San Gabriel Valley for several years. From 1990 to 1996 he was the city attorney in South Pasadena until the [...]

Dan Watson’s run as chief of the South Pasadena Police Department comes to an end on July 1, and a few days later he starts as interim chief of the Mammoth Lakes Police Department. I wanted to ask him a few questions, and he was nice enough to answer them. The full Q&A is after [...]

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 [...]

Save the date. Via the Star-News:
South Pasadena Police Chief Dan Watson will be honored during a goodbye party from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Barn Burner Texas Barbeque Restaurant, 1000 South Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena.
Three things about the story: It doesn’t mention the date (June 30 per the city editor); I think they mean [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A few of the South Pas-related items floating around in the news:

In an obit for Frisbee inventor Walter Frederick Morrison, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune mentions in passing that WHAM-O began in a South Pasadena garage. Maybe you already knew that but, well, I didn’t.
The L.A. Times says, “Today, Stargate (Studios) generates $15 million in [...]

*Aug. 19, 2020 update: The headline to this post always bugged me, so I finally went ahead and changed it today. It says what I tried to say with the previous head, but it’s less open to (mis)interpretation.
*Update: I wouldn’t normally add the asterisk for a comment, but it’s only fair to draw attention to [...]