AltWeeklies Wire
The Way Upnew
Kids shouldn't be forced to leave their homes in hopes of a better future.
Pasadena Weekly |
Randy Jurado Ertll |
11-13-2012 |
Education
Tags: A Better Chance
'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
Poverty Living at Luxury Pricesnew
Stimulus funds should not be used to bankroll a private project that has already displaced poor and elderly people while promising poverty-level jobs.
Pasadena Weekly |
Peter Dreier |
11-08-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Pasadena Manor
'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
Can "Green" Building Standards and Preservationists Coexist?new
As the rush toward energy efficiency promotes visions of a green future, there’s growing concern among preservation advocates that historic buildings may be left in the lurch.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jake Armstrong |
04-02-2010 |
Housing & Development
Disaster Experts Debate Three Different Methods of Dealing With an Earthquakenew
Following major earthquakes in different regions of the world, three explanations of what to do if you are in a building during an earthquake have emerged. But which is the best approach?
Pasadena Weekly |
Justin Chapman |
03-15-2010 |
Disasters
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
Critics say NASA is Taking a Giant Leap Backwards By Irradiating Monkeys in Space-Travel Testsnew
Eighteen monkeys sit in cages at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory, where they will be injected with gamma radiation by scientists who contend that the results can be correlated to humans facing long outer space flights through fields of intense cosmic radiation.
Pasadena Weekly |
Michael Collins |
03-01-2010 |
Animal Issues
Activist Cindy Sheehan Speaks About Her Ongoing War on Warnew
There are still a few emboldened people who will do whatever is necessary — including getting arrested countless times — to stop the seemingly pointless loss of innocent lives. Cindy Sheehan is among those on the front lines — waging war against war.
Pasadena Weekly |
Michael Sullivan |
02-22-2010 |
War
Pasadena Labor Talks Hit the Skidsnew
Roughly 250 of the city staff’s supervisors and middle managers returned to work with shortened schedules, under a furlough city officials imposed on members of the Pasadena Management Association following a breakdown in labor talks with the union’s representatives.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jake Armstrong |
02-08-2010 |
Business & Labor
Global Warming: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?new
A recent national survey suggests that over the past few years a growing number of Americans have changed their minds about the importance of climate change, and fewer now believe it even exists -- but many still think government should do something about it.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
11-23-2009 |
Environment
Breast Cancer Mortality Rates Fall as Prevention Efforts Rise ... but What About Other Cancers?new
"We know breast cancer gets all the awareness, but what about prostate cancer or colorectal cancer or ovarian cancer? They're kind of like the orphans just out there."
Pasadena Weekly |
Sara Cardine |
11-03-2009 |
Science
The Racial Disparity of Pot Arrests in Pasadenanew
For the past five years, Pasadena police officers have arrested African Americans on marijuana charges at rates wildly disproportionate to Pasadena's demographics, according to a review by the Weekly of nearly four decades worth of arrest data.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jake Armstrong |
11-03-2009 |
Drugs
