AltWeeklies Wire
Gray Water: The Wave of the Futurenew
For communities serious about saving precious resources, green-friendly gray water systems may be the way to go.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jana J. Monji |
03-24-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
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
Taking Carenew
Financial, emotional and physical pressures associated with caring for people take their toll in an increasingly needy society.
Pasadena Weekly |
Chip Jacobs |
03-17-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
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
Vets Find a Way Homenew
Suicidal, shell-shocked and homeless veterans find help through the VA.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
01-29-2008 |
War
Greener City, Better Worldnew
Pasadena is reaching to achieve Kyoto environmental protections and beyond, but there's much work left to be done.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
12-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Pasadena's Broken Rosesnew
A new year's float representing China forces civic leaders to grapple with international human rights concerns.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
10-29-2007 |
International
Tags: international
'Somewhat Lacking'new
A scandal-mired Oakland charter school is a cautionary tale of lax oversight.
Pasadena Weekly |
Rashi Kesarwani |
10-09-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
'It Could Happen Here'new
Local students want their say on issues of race and violence, but felt shut out of a Dr. Phil show discussion on the Jena 6.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman |
10-09-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Calling for Action on Human Rights Violations in Chinanew
The Pasadena Human Relations Commission recommended that City Council members make a strong statement decrying human rights abuses in China and present it to officials of Pasadena's Chinese sister city, Xicheng.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
10-01-2007 |
International
Tags: international
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
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scientists vs. the Fedsnew
Scientists resist a Homeland Security directive that could allow intense government scrutiny of their private lives.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
08-27-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Putting on the Ritznew
Minority workers push for union representation and claim discrimination against the hotel.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman and Joe Piasecki |
08-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Killing the Messengernew
Dozens of journalists are murdered every year to silence reports of human rights abuses, criminal enterprise and government corruption.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
08-14-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
