Ang SM Cinema, na binubuo ng apat (4) na sinehan ay pormal nang binuksan at pinasinayaan noong Biyernes ng tanghali sa pagmamagitan ng pagputol sa laso ni City Administrator Loreto S. Amante na hinahawakan nina City Councilor Angelo “Gel” L. Adriano, SM City San Pablo Cinema Manager Christian Magpantay, at SM Cinema Senior Officer Glenn Ang, matapos na ang kabuuan ng istraktura ay mabasbasan ni Padre Federico Asesor ng Missionary of Faith. Gumagamit ng makabagong movie projector at upuan, ang Cinema 1, 2, at 3 ay pawang may upuan para sa 300 manonood, samantala ang Cinema 4, na may built-in stage, ay may 393 upuan. (Ruben E. Taningco)
What is now known as Doña Leonila (Mini-Forest) Park overlooking the Sampaloc Lake is actually a portion of the site for the City Hall Complex purchased in 1937 by the Municipal Government of San Pablo headed by President Inocencio Barleta, which was partly developed after the termination of World War II under the administration of appointed City Mayor, Dr. Fernando A. Bautista. During the incumbency of elected Mayor Lauro D. Dizon Sr., with the help of the Rotary Club of San Pablo, and under the supervision of Dr. Juan B. Hernandez, then club secretary of the local Rotary Club and Chairman of the City Beautification Committee, constructed some park structures at the park, with the fountain featuring the country lass with agriculture harvest as centerpiece. Probably, Hernandez and then City Engineer Perfecto Reyes were inspired by the figures affixed on the façade of the City Hall Building which symbolizes progress. Sometimes on April of 1961 when then President Carlos Garcia made a
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