LOS ANGELES -- A longtime volunteer for the Tournament of Roses Parade, Commissioner Mark Priver's most recent task was surveilling the New Year's Day event like a military operation.
"Basically, what you do is sit in a computer room at Pasadena City College and you monitor the parade route from cameras that are on the street," he said. "You look for stoppage. You alert the people on the street that certain floats or entr... (continued)