While more women nationwide deploy their votes, their voices and their service to combat gender-based bias, men apparently believe silence remains golden. A resounding 16 of 17 women participated in interviews for part one of this two-part series on the status of gender equality in Pasadena. A mere four of 15 men obliged for part two. From Pasadena to Pittsburg, this is an all-too-familiar tale of dueling narratives – one lives wildly aloud while the other remains eerily silent. The challenge thus becomes how to write a tale of two tribes when one tribe has all but gone fishing.

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Housing Shortage, Homeless Surplus

Pasadena is the 6th largest city in Los Angeles County. Known for its iconic Tournament of Roses Parade, NASA-run Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Hollywood hotshots, the city is lesser known for its homelessness crisis.