Join the South Pasadena Library for a free screening of the acclaimed, award-winning documentary "Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound" at the Library Community Room, 1115 Oxley Street, on Thursday, February 18, at 7:00 pm. The director, William J. Saunders, will introduce the film and field questions afterwards. Brad Colerick, South Pasadena's own "Wine & Song" Troubadour and Jake Kelly of the Podunk Poets will open the show with a set of live music. Click here for more information...

Admission is free and re

freshments will be served. The event is presented by the Library and the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library with special thanks to Deepmix Entertainment of South Pasadena and David Lyons/ProOutdoorMovies.com. Free parking is available after 6:00 p.m. and on weekends at the Mission-Meridian Garage located at 805 Meridian Avenue, adjacent to the Metro Gold Line Stations.

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An  "Evening with Mike Saijo and Naomi Hirahara"  will be presented on  Thursday, February 25 at 7 pmin the Library Community Room, 1115 El Centro Street. Doors will open at 6:30 pm. for the stimulating presentation and conversation focusing on the Japanese American gardener experience.

Artist Mike Saijo will share a slide show of his work that led to his "INAKA: A History of Japanese American Gardeners" exhibit, which continues until February 26 at the SPARC Gallery of the South Pasadena Arts Council.
Naomi Hirahara will present the voice of the Japanese American gardener by reading excerpts from her novels as well as  senryu  Japanese poetry written by the gardeners themselves.  Senryu  is a Japanese form of poetry similar to haiku. Click here for more information on the event...

The South Pasadena Unified School District (SPUSD) has completed the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Mission Place project. The proposed project would develop a 1.27-acre surface parking lot on Mission Street into a three-story mixed-use project comprising of two new buildings. The project includes 91 multi-family residential units, 7,000 square feet of commercial space, and 228 parking spaces in three levels of underground parking.

 

At this time, the School District is inviting the public to review and comment on the environmental issues that are identified in the EIR. Written comments must be received by Friday, February 19, 2016.  For more information about this project, and to download the EIR, visit   www.southpasadenaca.gov/missionplaceproject.

Want to reduce your carbon footprint, save money, and help the City of South Pasadena earn funds to support local sustainability projects? Then, join the CoolCalifornia Challenge! Simply sign up at www.cachallenge.org, submit your energy bill usage, read the tips and conserve. By doing this, you will earn points and rewards for South Pasadena in a statewide competition to be the "Coolest California City!"

South Pasadena is currently in 9th place out of 22 cities from throughout California. Let's kick the energy out of them! For more information, visist www.cachallenge.org. The CoolCalifornia Challenge ends March 30, 2016, and the winning city will be recognized during Earth Week, April 21, 2016.

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For South Pasadena resident Tom Hsai, saving energy is a passion that led to an unexpected place - the 2016 Rose Bowl Game! Thanks to their work to reduce their energy usage, Tom and his wife Melinda won 2 tickets, VIP access and parking to the Rose Bowl Game on New Year's Day from the CoolCalifornia Challenge.

How did Tom do it? First, he joined the CoolCalifornia Challenge at www.cachallenge.org. On the Challenge website, he began to look at the way that making energy upgrades in his home could help his wallet. "The  cheap and easy stuff is weather-stripping and checking insulation.  Next, is replacing incandescent light bulbs with compact florescent ones. Then I got timers and occupancy sensors to automatically turn on and off lights."

Once Tom started to see the effect on his electric bill, he was hooked. "I wanted to go to the next level: I got a meter to measure how much energy each appliance was using... You would be amazed at all the energy wasted by those "vampires" when you aren't looking! That made me aware of how much energy went into our side by side refrigerator.  That got replaced with a new Energy Star frig, with a rebate!"

Tom's hard work paid off in more ways than one, and it could pay off for you too! Sign up for the CoolCalifornia Challenge today at www.cachallenge.org!

 

 

Water buckets are available at City Hall and FREE for South Pasadena city residents! Collect and repurpose the water while your shower warms up to save about 1,000 gallons a year. Each red and white bucket comes with a bucket list printed on the side to give you new ideas on how you can save water.

These helpful buckets can be picked up at City Hall, 1414 Mission Street. One bucket per household while supplies last. Click here for more information on the City's free buckets or what you can do at home or work to conserve water or contact the City's water conservation experts at (626) 403-7210.

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T he City of South Pasadena received the 2015 Engineering Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Basin Section of the California Water Environment Association for the Sewer Rehabilitation and Replacement Project Phase I at the CWEA's annual award dinner on Saturday, January 23, 2016.   The City received the award for achieving significant cost savings and minimizing construction-related disruptions to the City by utilizing trenchless lining technology wherever possible.   

The Sewer Rehabilitation and Replacement Project Phase I addressed the City's aging sewer collection system. The project used Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP) lining to repair approximately 64,000 lineal feet of pipe without trenching the street, saving time and money. The project also used open trench replacement of approximately 4,000 lineal feet of 6-inch and 8-inch pipe. The improvements made will increase the reliability of the system for the next 50 years. The project was funded through a low-interest loan through a Clean Water State Revolving Fund. Click here for more information...

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