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Justin Chapman

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Covers:  Local politics, arts/entertainment, travel, international relations, diplomacy, public diplomacy, California, national politics, race relations/racism, policing, history
Pasadena City Council District 6 @Pasadena_D6 Field Rep, award-winning journalist, author, former Altadena Town Councilmember, former child actor

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Justin Chapman is an author, journalist, travel writer, actor, musician and politician. He is the Digital Content Writer & Editor at Michelson Philanthropies. He was the youngest elected official in L.A. County as a member of the Altadena Town Council at age 19.

He graduated from UC Berkeley in 2009 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications/Media Studies and from USC in 2018 with a Master’s degree in Public Diplomacy. At USC, he served as editor-in-chief and design/layout editor of Public…

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The Hedonistic History Of Paradise Springs, Where Early Hollywood Went Wild

The Hedonistic History Of Paradise Springs, Where Early Hollywood Went Wild

In addition to hosting parties for early Hollywood stars in the 1920s and 30s, actor Noah Beery brewed illega…

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If Released from Prison, Bobby Kennedy Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Plans to Live in Pasadena

If Released from Prison, Bobby Kennedy Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Plans to Live in Pasadena

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, the Pasadena resident convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY)…

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Off-Season in Slab City, USA

Off-Season in Slab City, USA

Exploring the "last free place in America," as Slab City, California is known: a decidedly anti-capitalist, n…

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The Daredevil Who Reached for the Stars

The Daredevil Who Reached for the Stars

“Mad” Mike Hughes fell from the sky pursuing his dream of touching space in a homemade rocket

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The Spectacular Finale of Mad Mike

The Spectacular Finale of Mad Mike

Could Mad Mike Hughes be more representative of our current warped political, social and economic times?

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Justin’s Newsletter: May 2026

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By Justin Chapman Verified
| Substack
Vol. 6, Issue 5 If you’re not already subscribed to my free monthly email newsletter, you can sign up here. Or if you know someone who might enjoy this, feel free to share it with them. What’s Up With Me I was nominated as a finalist again for the LA Press Club’s Southern California Journalism Awards! This time in the Anchor/Host in TV/Film Broadcast category for hosting my Pasadena Media TV show “Pasadena Monthly.” The awards ceremony is in late June.
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Here’s why people with mental illness die, on average, 11 years earlier than other Australians

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By Justin Chapman Verified, Russell Roberts, Victoria Erskine
| The Conversation Verified
If you know five people, the chances are at least one is living with a mental health condition. More than 8.5 million Australians will need mental health treatment in their lifetime for depression, anxiety, substance use and or psychosis. But why do these people die on average more than a decade earlier than people who don’t access mental health support? People aged 15–74 who are treated for mental illness make up just over 22% of the total population.
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Obituary: Remembering Sidney Dale Kirkpatrick III

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By Katherine Kirkpatrick, Justin Chapman Verified
| TBR News Media Verified
Obituary: Remembering Sidney Dale Kirkpatrick III Sid Kirkpatrick’s author photo for his 1986 New York Times bestseller, A Cast of Killers. Photo by Robert Kittila By Katherine Kirkpatrick and Justin Chapman Best-selling author, documentary filmmaker, and former Stony Brook resident Sidney Dale Kirkpatrick III passed away peacefully in Duarte, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2025, from a long-term illness. He was 69. The son of Audrey and Dale Kirkpatrick, Sid grew up in Stony Brook, off Rhododendron Road.
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