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Saturday, July 26, 2008

In Salinas, fasting to protest gangs

California | Local | By Steve Chawkins | July 26, 2008
Plagued by gang violence for years, the city of Salinas has taken the standard approaches: beefed-up police patrols, court injunctions, parenting classes, high-minded gatherings of experts. Read more
 

Monday, June 9, 2008

Keeping body trim helps his soul

Health | June 9, 2008
ABASKETBALL injury sidelined 39-year-old pastor Kerwin Manning in fall 2004. Read more
 

Monday, December 10, 2007

Feast, fast and reduce risks

Health | By Susan Bowerman | December 10, 2007
Our hunter-gatherer ancestors spent hours each day searching for food that was only intermittently available. Read more
 

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Getting a Small Start on Islam’s Fasting Ritual

California | Local | By Patricia Ward Biederman | October 15, 2005
Nine-year-old Danya Maryam Aleem sat among her classmates at New Horizon School-Los Angeles a few days after the start of the holy month of Ramadan. Read more
 

Wednesday, February 9, 2005

A Convergence of 2 Major Observances

California | Local | By Nicholas Shields | February 9, 2005
Thanks to an unusual overlapping of Western and lunar calendars, Ash Wednesday and Chinese New Year will both be observed today – the first of two calendar coincidences in 2005. Read more
 

Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Rejoicing in Their Holiday Blessings

California | Local | By Seema Mehta | November 26, 2003
Amid hugs and joyous greetings, thousands of Muslims crowded the Ontario Convention Center on Tuesday to mark Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Read more
 

Thursday, January 2, 2003

Pastor Calls for Fast to Combat Homicide Surge

California | Local | January 2, 2003
A pastor is calling for divine intervention by asking fellow Christians to fast for 12 hours each day for three weeks and pray to end a surge in homicides. Read more
 

Monday, December 2, 2002

Think a fast can give you license to feast?

Health | By Benedict Carey | December 2, 2002
Many of us prepare for the feast by declaring our own famine. Read more
 

Friday, March 29, 2002

2 Weeks Into His Jail Sentence, Jim Brown Is Still Not Eating

California | Local | By Margaret Talev | March 29, 2002
Football legend Jim Brown hasn’t eaten since beginning a jail term two weeks ago, but Ventura County officials said Thursday that he is fasting for “spiritual cleansing” and is not on a hunger strike. Read more
 

Saturday, December 15, 2001

A Gesture of Unity With Muslims

California | Local | By Teresa Watanabe and William Lobdell | December 15, 2001
Mary Fingal Erickson got up before dawn Friday, sat down at her breakfast table and ate a large leftover Chinese chicken salad. Read more
 

Thursday, November 8, 2001

Students Fast to Protest Bombing

California | Local | By Rebecca Trounson | November 8, 2001
Occidental College freshman Jordan Parkhurst said he had tried fasting once before, in solidarity with several dorm friends observing Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. Read more
 

Sunday, December 10, 2000

Ramadan Puts Fasting Athletes in Tough Spot

California | Local | By William Lobdell | December 10, 2000
During the month of Ramadan, two Muslim teenagers on the Magnolia High School basketball team have to execute something tougher than a crossover dribble: playing hoops in the afternoon after going all day without food or water. Read more
 

Muslim Athletes Develop a Game Plan for Fasting

California | Local | By William Lobdell | December 10, 2000
During the month of Ramadan, two Muslim teenagers on the Magnolia High School basketball team have to execute something tougher than a crossover dribble: play in the afternoon after going all day without food or water. Read more
 

Saturday, March 4, 2000

Dieting for God

California | Local | By Margaret Ramirez and Larry B. Stammer | March 4, 2000
To feel good and look good, Americans spend millions each year on everything from tummy tucks to health club memberships. Read more
 

Thursday, April 8, 1999

Hungry for Justice

California | Local | By Hilary E. Macgregor | April 8, 1999
Unlike Latino activists of the 1960s, Cristina Soria, 17, never met Cesar Chavez, never marched with him and was never arrested with him. Read more
 

Sunday, February 28, 1999

Teenagers Find Blessing in Annual 30-Hour Fast

California | Local | By Agnes Diggs | February 28, 1999
A group of Valley teens committed themselves to a 30-hour fast and got a taste of what it’s like to go hungry–as many people around the world are forced to do. Read more
 

Sunday, March 1, 1998

Doing Good by Doing Without

California | Local | By Lisa Addison | March 1, 1998
Amanda Dunnahoe has never had to go hungry. Read more
 

Saturday, February 28, 1998

Students Join Fast to Fight World Hunger

California | Local | By Sylvia L. Oliande | February 28, 1998
Hundreds of San Fernando Valley high school students are continuing a 1 1/2-day fast through tonight, hoping to help raise more than $6.6 million to fight world hunger. Read more
 

Wednesday, February 25, 1998

Marking Lent With Prayers and Fasting

California | Local | By John Dart | February 25, 1998
As Catholics and many Protestants today begin Lent, the pre-Easter season of sacrifice, evangelical Christians are preparing for two nationwide fasting observances. Read more
 

Wednesday, November 12, 1997

Catholics’ Meatless Fridays May Return

News | November 12, 1997
Aiming to improve Catholic unity and penitence, the nation’s bishops are considering a return to meatless Fridays, a practice that hasn’t been mandatory since the 1960s except during Lent. Read more
 
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