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Safe Surrender Program Has Helped Save Dozen of Babies' Livesnew

The program operates under a simple premise of "no shame, no blame, no names," enabling new mothers who feel overwhelmed by the prospect of raising their child the chance to anonymously hand their babies over to firehouses, police stations and hospitals.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Carl Kozlowski  |  05-14-2007  |  Children & Families

A Federal Drug Raid Turned a Comic into a Marijuana Missionarynew

During a stop on her way home from a radio interview last week, Tere Joyce found herself at the wrong end of a rifle, caught up in a surprise DEA raid on a medical marijuana dispensary.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Joe Piasecki  |  04-23-2007  |  Drugs

Desegregating Pasadena's Public Schoolsnew

The story of a group of parents who fought all the way to the Supreme Court to change education forever.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Kevin Uhrich  |  04-09-2007  |  History

Living Women's Historynew

On the road for most of Women's History Month, I was up close and personal in witnessing women's history in the making, not merely as an observance of things in the past.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Ellen Snortland  |  04-02-2007  |  Commentary

Of Mars and Mennew

What are we really hoping to find in the ongoing conquest of the Red Planet?
Pasadena Weekly  |  Kevin Uhrich  |  04-02-2007  |  Science

Major Media Hide Behind Fog of War, Protesters Gear Up for More Bloodshednew

Since before the war began, hundreds of thousands of people have marched against the war with little substantive coverage by local media.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Joe Piasecki  |  03-26-2007  |  War

Tapped Outnew

Pasadena police deny wrongdoing in using wiretaps against controversial officer.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Andre Coleman and Joe Piasecki  |  03-19-2007  |  Civil Liberties

Dr. Helen Caldicott's Nuclear Missionnew

The truth that Caldicott has devoted her life to telling -- that we are on the brink of environmental calamity as a result of nuclear weapons that could kill off a good portion of the human race -- remains as dangerous as it ever was.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Kevin Uhrich  |  03-12-2007  |  Environment

Hey -- You Can't Draw That!new

David Wallis finds a Fourth-rate Estate in his new book, which contains nearly 100 editorial cartoons and other works of art that American newspaper editors have refused to publish.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Joe Piasecki  |  03-12-2007  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Pictures in His Headnew

Peer into Mark Bryan's nightmarish visions of the human race.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Julie Riggott  |  03-05-2007  |  Art

America v. Bushnew

Former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega says she's got the goods to put Bush behind bars.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Kevin Uhrich  |  03-05-2007  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

A Better Way Forward in Iraqnew

The California Congressman spells out his position on the war.
Pasadena Weekly  |  U.S. Rep. Adam B. Schiff  |  02-26-2007  |  Commentary

Nun on Firenew

Ending capital punishment will be the great cause of our time, says Dead Man Walking author Sister Helen Prejean.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Joe Piasecki  |  02-26-2007  |  Crime & Justice

Deadly Serious Businessnew

California officials try to make implementation of capital punishment "humane."
Pasadena Weekly  |  Heather Posey and Joe Piasecki  |  02-20-2007  |  Crime & Justice

Worse than Too Little, Too Latenew

Let's call the House of Representatives' latest attempt to pass a nonbinding resolution opposing the Bush administration's plans to deploy another 20,000 troops to Iraq what it really is: weak sauce.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Editorial  |  02-20-2007  |  Commentary

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