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Activist Hits the Seats at the Rose Bowl to Raise Funds for Outward Bound

By Liz Hedrick

Pasadena Weekly | July 14, 2008

Starting from the nosebleed section and spiraling down to the most highly coveted seats at the Rose Bowl, 56-year-old activist Jim "Mouth" Purol will not stop sitting and standing until his sweaty backside has touched all 92,542 seats.

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Tags: Rose Bowl, fundraisers, Economic Issues, Guinness Book of World Records, Outward Bound

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Kids Too Young to Vote Are Still Volunteering This Election Yearnew

Despite their own ineligibility to vote, throngs of high school and even junior high school students are choosing to spend their free time as volunteers for political campaigns -- and not because their schools require it, or because they were coerced by their parents or are padding college applications. Rather, it appears these kids truly care.

Pasadena Weekly | Liz Hedrick | 09-29-2008 | Politics

Tags: 2008 presidential election, children, students, campaign volunteers

Though Potentially Helpful, Osteopathic Medicine is Still Accessible to Only a Fewnew

It is also possible that more people could reap the benefits of osteopathic medicine if insurance companies made them more readily available. Although in practice most DOs are indistinguishable from MDs, their philosophy will always be inherently different from that of a typical MD, an allopathic physician.

Pasadena Weekly | Liz Hedrick | 08-11-2008 | Science

Tags: health insurance, Health & Science, DOs, MDs, osteopathic medicine, osteopaths

Combating Intolerance is a Big Motivating Factor for Author Carolyn Howard-Johnsonnew

Recently named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by the California Legislature, Howard-Johnson, author of a book and short stories about Mormons, deftly uses minute details to bring life and depth to her fictional characters.

Pasadena Weekly | Liz Hedrick | 06-30-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mormons, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, This is the Place, Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment

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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

Tags: Features, Hawaiian sovereignty, King Edmund Keli’i Silva, Kingdom of Hawaii

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

Tags: ACLU, L.A. County Jail, Mitrice Richardson

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

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