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Last year, a vicious attack on a teacher left many wondering "how safe is our campus?" Statistically, Glendale is safer than East L.A. City College, more dangerous than Pasadena. But what do those numbers really mean?
The Insider won three awards in a state-wide journalism competition last weekend.
With summer only just upon us, it seems like fall semester is months away. However, the fall classes have been posted and it's never too early to start thinking about educational goals. This fall will be even more competitive, with fewer classes and more students, so be sure to sign up as soon as enrollment opens.
Been to Highland Park? Eagle Rock? The best indie music isn't coming out of Hollywood - it's in our own backyard.
Artist/musician Yoko Ono is thinking globally and acting locally with her "Wish Trees" installation. Pasadena hosted a collection of wishes, designed to effect world peace, in November. Area residents were happy to contribute their fondest hopes for the new year.
Candace Frazee and her husband, Steve Lubanski collect bunnies - a lot of bunnies. Min Kang gives us a glimpse of the collectors behind the collection.
Ever wonder what it's like to balance school with being an 18-year-old drummer? Rocker Anissa Clarke tells how it's done.
On Fridays, the Los Angeles Church of Christ provides home-cooked meals to students in Plaza Vaquero.
"Presence is the crest of the wave of awareness, the moment rolling through the present," says Tibetan meditation guru David Scharff. And that's not very different from punk rock. So live for today.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, is a land called Australia, a fact not lost on Baz Luhrmann's fans. Luhrmann, a director best known for the fabled "red curtain trilogy" of "Simply Ballroom," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Moulin Rouge," has worked his trademark theatrical style on this latest movie set in Darwin at the onset of World War II.
When they met at a pool party 12 years ago, Gary Freeman and Nick Macierz had no idea that their love would be at the center of a hotly contested political battle. They didn't know that one day they would marry. But on Oct. 18, Nick Macierz, 53, and Gary Freeman, 62, did just that, with an intimate group of friends and family in attendance.
The Valley Hungarian Sausage and Meat Co. offers a mind-boggling selection of sausage and it's just slightly off the beaten track in Littlerock. Ever try a boy scout?
Bringing goats to Glendale was a 4-month process. Here, facilities director Dan Padilla interviews Johnny Gonzales of Environmental Land Management about how goats are used for weed abatement and creating firebreaks.
Editor-in-chief Jane Pojawa welcomes readers to the second issue of the Insider.