Meet veteran columnist Ellen Snortland of the Pasadena Weekly and Huffington Post as she debuts her new column for South Pasadena Today.

Now read this:  While on Chief Dan Watson's watch, crime has gone down 21% in our little bedroom community.  But with all the secrecy surrounding his "retirement"-- this town seems more like Peyton Place than Mayberry. 

Is Apple Computer's new iPad a boon or a boondoggle? Game changer or game killer? And should you get one? Ken Gruberman, The Tech Daddy™, explains it all…

Little Tokyo has always been a favorite, albeit infrequent fieldtrip for us.  We love Sushi Gin and R-23, and the mochi at Mikawa Bakery are sublime. Now there's a new excuse to get our J-town on:  the Lazy Ox Canteen, an international gastropub that feels worlds away from South Pasadena—even though it’s close to home.

South Pas Chamber of Commerce makes bid for Farmers' Market