AltWeeklies Wire
'Hell' Freezes Overnew
Matt Groening moves on after 34 years of 'Life in Hell'
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
07-13-2012 |
Media
Tags: life in hell
The Onenew
'King' Edmund Keli’i Silva Jr. sees his fairy-tale ascension as one more step toward Hawaiian sovereignty.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
11-08-2011 |
Features
Extreme Justicenew
Some say the way inmates are treated in Los Angeles County jails is absolutely criminal.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
'Freeway’ Ricky Ross Speaks on Gary Webb, the CIA, and the Contra Warnew
Ricky Donnell “Freeway Ricky” Ross, the notorious Los Angeles crack dealer released from federal prison in September after serving 14 years, said he had no idea proceeds from his business helped fund CIA-backed counter-revolutionaries in Nicaragua.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
05-03-2010 |
Drugs
When it Comes to Risky Business, Driving Has Nothing on Parking in Pasadenanew
Where does it all end? No one knows. But we do know where misery begins for people victimized by money-hungry state and local officials imposing bankbook-busting fines for such “crimes” as improper parking, rolling through stop signs and running red lights.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-15-2010 |
Transportation
Happy New Year, Peggy Rebernew
I was a few days shy of 11 when in February 1970 a jury in my hometown of Lebanon, Pa., acquitted 27-year-old Art Root of the torture slaying of teenager Margaret Lynn "Peggy" Reber. Not long after that, Root moved away and the case has since been on ice. But no one, including me, ever forgot that time.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
08-19-2009 |
Crime & Justice
House Republican Inquiry into Secrets Surrounding Cap-and-Trade Fraud Convictionnew
A former Pasadena businesswoman convicted of engineering a fraudulent cap-and-trade pollution credit deal is at the heart of a congressional inquiry into the government's latest response to global warming.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
05-18-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Thousands of Wounded Vets Are Called to Fight Againnew
After nearly two years of convalescing and almost fully recovering from being shot in the shoulder and suffering a head wound from a bomb, Ismail Cabral has been told to expect to start another two-year tour of duty within the next six months. And he's not alone.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
10-07-2008 |
War
"Uncovering Project Censored," "And Now the News," "Dead Men Do Tell Tales"new
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Tapped Out: Surviving in a World Without Waternew
Some 18 percent of the world's population wouldn't know clean water if they saw it, and roughly 2.6 billion people, says the UN, don't have access to basic toilets. Beyond that, scientists have been telling us for years that greenhouse gases are enveloping the planet, which is only getting warmer and drier.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-24-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Bad News All Aroundnew
Pasadena Star-News and LA Times hit hard in latest round of newspaper cuts.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman and Kevin Uhrich |
03-17-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Is Fox News Backhandedly Promoting Obama?new
Hey, don't get the wrong idea. We think it's great that not everyone with this arch-conservative "news" network is howling disapproval over the first viable African-American presidential candidate. Then again, maybe it's good to be a little bit paranoid about what the folks at FOX are putting on the air.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-10-2008 |
Media
Combining Science and Art to Bring the Universe to Lifenew
Caltech astronomer Robert Hurt works with artist Tim Pyle to pump life into visions of the galaxy by illustrating them for both the scientific community and the public.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
09-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Pat Buchanan's Silence Was Goldennew
It isn't often that the former presidential candidate gives someone else the chance to speak, but he clammed up when forced to consider truths of what many Americans share with undocumented immigrants.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
07-02-2007 |
Immigration
Bad News for Newsnew
Pasadenan James Macpherson made waves last week when he said he'll gather press releases and information through his home computer and send it to India to be rewritten for his "local" website.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
05-21-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
