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At one time, the Cawston Ostrich Farm was the most popular tourist destination in South Pasadena. The ostriches are long gone, but you can still see an old ostrich feeder on the north wall of Meridian Iron Works. Go check it out the next time you're at the Farmer's Market or hopping on the Gold Line. Get a hold of me here.

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School Budget Rally Today

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 [...]

40+ SPUSD Teachers to Receive Layoff Notices

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. Tweet

Catching Up: The New Supe

I should have posted on this earlier, and by now it’s old news, but for what it’s worth … Joel Shapiro has been named to replace Brian Bristol as South Pasadena Unified School District’s superintendent. He spent 28 years in Glendale before hopping over to Burbank, where he spent the past five years as the [...]