Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, December 3, 2016

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SOUTH PASADENA - SAN MARINO

Mountain Views-News Saturday, December 3, 2016 

Covered California 
Representative will be 

at The Crowell Library

South Pasadena Annual 
Breakfast with Santa

South Pasadena State 
of the City Address

 


 Throughout the past 
year, South Pasadena City 
Council and staff prioritized 
environmental stewardship 
and governmental efficiency. 

 Mayor Diana Mahmud and 
the City of South Pasadena 
(City) invite residents and 
community members to 
consider the results of this 
focus at the 2016 State of the 
City Address on Wednesday, 
December 14, at 6:00 pm, 
in the Library Community 
Room, 1115 El Centro Street. 
You are invited to honor 
some of those contributions, 
as we reflect on the year that 
was.

 The program will include 
a presentation by Mayor 
Diana Mahmud, with a 
short reception to follow. 
Free parking for the event is 
available in both the South 
Pasadena Unified School 
District Office parking 
lot, 1020 El Centro Street, 
and the Meridian Mission 
Parking Garage, 805 South 
Meridian Avenue. Street 
parking around South 
Pasadena Public Library, 
1100 Oxley Street, is also 
available on a first-come, 
first-served basis.

 For more information on 
the 2016 State of the City 
Address, please contact 
the Management Services 
Department at (626) 
403-7210 or cmoffice@
southpasadenaca.gov.

 Representatives from 
Covered California will be 
at the Crowell library in 
San Marino this Sunday 
and December, 11 and 18, 
January 8, 15, 22 and 29. 

 Californians who need 
health insurance will find 
new ways to shop for 
coverage and new ways to 
save in 2017 now that open 
enrollment has begun. 

 Most consumers will see 
a lower co pay for their 
primary care visits, and 
urgent care costs in every 
plan will be the same as the 
primary care visit, helping 
consumers save up to $55 
per visit.

 Consumers in Silver, Gold 
and Platinum plans will pay 
a flat co pay for emergency 
room visits in 2017 without 
having to satisfy a deductible, 
which could help them save 
thousands of dollars.

 These improvements for 
2017 build on features 
already in place that help 
make care more affordable 
for Covered California 
enrollees. Most outpatient 
services in Silver, Gold 
and Platinum plans are 
not subject to a deductible, 
including primary care 
visits, specialist visits, lab 
tests, X-rays and imaging. 
Even consumers in Covered 
California’s most affordable 
Bronze plans are able to see 
their doctor or a specialist 
three times before the visits 
are subject to the deductible.

 “We know health care is 
expensive, so we took steps 
to make sure consumers 
who do buy coverage get 
the care they need without 
having to first meet their full 
deductible,” Lee said.

 For more information visit 
coveredca.com.

Crowell library is located 
1890 Huntington Drive.

 Santa is coming to town. 
The annual Breakfast with 
Santa event will be held on 
Saturday, December 10, 2016 
from 9 am to 11 am at the War 
Memorial Building, 435 Fair 
Oaks Avenue. This event is 
fun for the whole family with 
arts, crafts, entertainment, 
and a tasty hot breakfast. 
Tickets are $15 per person, 
children under 2 are free. 
Pre-registration is now open 
and spaces are limited.

 Please plan to arrive early as 
doors will close at 9:30 am. 
Register at the Recreation 
Division office, 815 Mission 
Street, Monday through 
Friday from 10 am to 6 pm, 
or visit southpasadenaca.
gov/events to register on-
line. Spaces are limited and 
all sales are final.

Mayor Diana Mahmud

Buses Replace Gold Line 
between Azusa Downtown 
and APU/Citrus College

San Marino Snow Day is Jan. 14

South Pasadena Financial 
Transparency Portal

 South Pasadena; for 
those planning to ride 
the Gold Line Sunday to 
Foothill Swap Meet at 
Citrus College

 

 Metro officials have said 
there will be no train service 
between APU/Citrus College 
and Azusa Downtown 
Station from 7:15 a.m. to 12 
noon because the Office of 
Emergency and Homeland 
Security Preparedness and 
LASD will be conducting a 
security exercise for the first 
responders who keep the 
system safe.

 This means all northbound 
trains travel as far as Azusa 
Downtown and turn back 
towards Los Angeles. All 
southbound trains will 
start service at Azusa. Bus 
shuttles will be available for 
customers traveling between 
Azusa Downtown and 
APU/Citrus College.

In addition to bus shuttles, 
the following service changes 
will be in effect Sunday:

 Gold Line trains will arrive 
approximately every 12 
minutes throughout the day 
and buses will match the 
schedule as best as possible.

 The last complete 
northbound trip departs 
Atlantic Station at 
approximately: 5:04, 5:24 
and 5:44 a.m.

The last complete 
southbound trip departs 
APU/Citrus College Station 
at approximately: 6:48, 7 and 
7:12 a.m.

 Bring your family for a day 
of fun in “Snow Marino!” 

 Fifty tons of snow will be 
delivered at Lacy Park 10 
am - 2 pm for sledding, 
throwing snowballs, and 
making snowmen. Parents 
are invited to watch their 
children play in the snow! 
Pre-sale Wristbands will be 
available starting December 
12 at the Recreation 
Department 

(open Monday-Thursday, 8 
am-5 pm) for ages 2 yrs. to 
adults for $7 each. On the day 
of the event, wristbands will 
be $9 each. Children 1 and 
under are free. Wristband 
sales are final.

 South Pasadena has 
launched its first Financial 
Transparency Portal, a web 
based financial intelligence 
and interactive tool that 
allows you to explore the 
city’s financial data through 
visualizations such as 
charts, graphs, and reports. 
You can explore the city’s 
expenditures, revenues, 
view departmental budgets, 
and run reports down to 
line item details. In an effort 
to provide a more inclusive 
and transparent budget 
presentation to our residents, 
the city is pleased to partner 
with OpenGov to provide 
this Financial Transparency 
tool. Visit the portal today, 
or for more information visit 
southpasadenaca.gov.


South 
Pasadena 
Drought 
Stage 1 
Reminder

 
In response to new state 
regulations that allow water 
providers to determine 
their own water reduction 
targets based on local water 
supply, the South Pasadena 
City Council approved 
transitioning to a Stage 1 
Water Supply Shortage at a 
September Council meeting. 
The changes took effect last 
month.

The following prohibitions, 
per SPMC 35.42 enacted in 
1991, remain in effect: 

• Water leaks or breaks must 
be fixed within 72 hours.

• No overhead watering 
between the hours of 9 am 
and 5 pm.

• No runoff of irrigation 
water.

• Hoses must have shut 
off nozzle when washing 
vehicles.

For more information 
about what you can do to 
conserve water or contact 
Jenna Shimmin at (626) 
403-7311 or jshimmin@
southpasadenaca.gov

San Marino Discussion of City 
Election Date Change

 The City Council 
discussion regarding 
Senate Bill 415 “Voter 
Participation” and how 
it will change the City’s 
election date has been 
moved and will now take 
place at the meeting on 
December 14, at 6:00 p.m. 
San Marino City Hall 2200 
Huntington Drive.


South 
Pasadena 
Tree Planting 
Drive

 In order to preserve our 
urban forest, South Pasadena 
Beautiful is hosting a tree 
planting drive with the goal 
to plant 50 trees by Arbor 
Day, March 2017. You can 
help by funding the planting 
of a tree through the South 
Pasadena Tree Dedication 
Program. Donors can work 
with the City Arborist to 
pick a location and specie 
of tree to be planted close 
to their business, residence, 
or where the need is the 
greatest.

 Each tree dedication is 
$195. All tree donations 
made through South 
Pasadena Beautiful are tax 
deductible and generate a 
one year membership to the 
nonprofit organization. For 
more information, contact 
South Pasadena Beautiful at 
southpasadenabeautiful@
gmail.com

South 
Pasadena 
High School 
production 
of ‘Our Town’

 

 South Pasadena High School 
Drama Department is proud to 
present what playwright Edward 
Albee called “the finest play 
ever written by an American”: 
Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”. 
The play will run through Dec. 
10.

Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” 
is an American classic, not just 
because of its long performance 
history, but because its timeless 
lessons about life resonate now 
just as strongly as they did 75 
years ago.

 “Our Town” drops us into 
Grover’s Corners, a small town 
in rural New Hampshire. We 
meet the Webbs’ and Gibbs’ 
families and jump through 
time with them and the other 
townsfolk as we watch first-love, 
marriage, and eventually, death. 
Grover’s Corners is, Mr. Webb 
says, a “very ordinary town.” 
But in this ordinariness, Wilder 
is able to show us the absurd 
things, the tragic things and the 
majestic things that happen to 
us all every day. As Alexander 
Woolcott in the New Yorker said 
it: “no play ever moved me so 
deeply.”

Our Town (directed by Daniel 
Enright) runs two weekends: Fri 
Dec. 2 & Sat Dec. 3, 7pm. Sun 
Dec. 4, 2pm. Fri and Sat Dec. 9 
& 10 at 7pm. The Little Theater, 
South Pasadena High School, 
1401 Fremont Ave. South 
Pasadena. General Admission is 
$12. Tickets may be purchased at 
SPHS Main Office, SPHS student 
bank or online at sphsasb.org.


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