Email Author CHASEN MARSHALL

Awards

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published November 4, 2010

  "Fifth Ward Saints"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published November 4, 2010

  "Fifth Ward Saints"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published November 4, 2010

  "Fifth Ward Saints"

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2010 Stories by CHASEN MARSHALL

• Katrina Foley Resigns City Council Seat, Will Remain With NMUSD Board of Education

  published Dec 31, 2010

  After serving six years on the Costa Mesa City Council, Katrina Foley sent an email, officially resigning her position yesterday, choosing, instead, to focus her time and efforts on her new position w... More >>

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  Beached Boat Found at Crystal Cove State Park; Illegal Immigrants May or May Not Have Been Aboard

  published Dec 30, 2010

  Around 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a call came into the police from a woman reporting she'd seen a small fishing boat come ashore, with nearly a dozen people sitting inside. Upon striking sand, the boa... More >>

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  [UPDATED:] Fullerton Snowboarder Dies After Colliding With Trees At Mountain High; Not Wearing Helmet

  published Dec 30, 2010

  Update, December 30, 7:00 a.m.: Details are starting to come forward about the young Fullerton male who died from a snowboarding accident. Authorities are saying that when the 24-year-old collided wit... More >>

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  [UPDATED:] Storm Damage: Mother Nature Owes OC $23 Million

  published Dec 29, 2010

  Update, December 29, 4:22 p.m.: Photographic evidence of the storm-caused carnage at Main Beach in Laguna Beach. Update, December 29, 11:41 a.m.: It's raining again, so this information... More >>

• [UPDATED:] Four Miles of OC Beaches Closed Due To Pollution; More Expected To Close In Coming Days (WITH PHOTOS)

  published Dec 29, 2010

  Update, December 29, 3:50 p.m.: In case you were wondering why you were being told to stay out of the ocean at select beaches, see Exhibit A to the right. That's a flowing brown river of only Zeu... More >>

• [UPDATED:] What Court Rulingr OC Fairgrounds Board of Directors Meeting Called For New Year's Day--Now Called Off

  published Dec 29, 2010

  Update, December 29, 10:28 a.m.: Meeting cancelled. Attorneys threatened to seek contempt of court if the OC Fairgrounds Board of Directors held its emergency meeting, and they backed off. Going ... More >>

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  Airline Treats Kenyan UC Irvine Professor, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Like A 'Terrorist Menace'

  published Dec 29, 2010

  Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a celebrated Kenyan author and distinguished professor at UC Irvine. He's 72 years old and married. He's not a terrorist. And yet, for an unexplained reason, he and a group o... More >>

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  Big Brother Mickey: Disney Exec Has Creepy Hopes For Future Park Characters Capabilities

  published Dec 28, 2010

  Just in time for the New Year, here's aother half-frightening, half-inspiring bit of Disney magic coming out of the creative braintrust. This bit of technology foresight from Bruce E. Vaughn, chi... More >>

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  Walt Disney Company: Insurance Claims, Murder and Suicide, Oh My!

  published Dec 28, 2010

  Let us be clear about this very early: there wasn't some weapon-wielding costumed Mickey Mouse running down Main Street popping people, nor was some disgruntled Toy Story 3 producer slipping cyanide c... More >>

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  [UPDATED:] Andy Irons' Widow Trying To Delay Release Of Autopsy Report; Trust Fund Created

  published Dec 28, 2010

  Update, December 28, 12:24 p.m.: In news that will surely upset many of the commenters on the earlier post, a trust has been set up for Andy Irons' widow, Lyndie and their infant son, Andy Axel I... More >>

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  Irvine Resident Charged With $2.4 Million Childhood Obesity Scam

  published Dec 28, 2010

  True, childhood obesity is certainly a problem, but Charles Davis, despite what he may have told potential investors, does not have the answer. He was more than willing, however, to take $2.4 million ... More >>

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  Planning On Hitting The Slopes In Big Bearr Not By Way Of Highway 330, You Aren't

  published Dec 27, 2010

  Heavy snow and record rainfall took its toll on Highway 330--the prime route for getting to our local mountains--sending a large chunk of the two-way road sliding down the mountain. We hate to po... More >>

• Parolee Leads Police On Early Morning High-Speed Chase Through OC

  published Dec 27, 2010

  Criminals aren't the sharpest bunch of individuals. History has shown us that. They forget video surveillance and fingerprints matter, obvious stuff like that. They also seem to believe, even aft... More >>

• Melanie Kathleen Astin: Your Gift Is Her Gift

  published Dec 27, 2010

  For some, the holiday season is a time for giving. For others, it's all about receiving. For 42-year-old Melanie Kathleen Astin, it's about stealing the shit she can't afford from well-to-do folks in ... More >>

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  Lawrence Joseph Brown: OC District Attorney Trying To Keep The Violent Child Rapist In Jail

  published Dec 22, 2010

  You may remember Lawrence Joseph Brown, the convicted rapist who was released on parole on Nov. 17, 2010, despite what was a gruesome attack on a pair of young girls in 1983. Orange County l... More >>

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  [UPDATED:] Fate of the OC Fairgrounds Stalled Until January 2011

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Update, December 22, 2:15 p.m.: The non-money grubbing side won in the matter of the OC Fairgrounds. Sort of. Yesterday the Fourth District Appellate Court agreed to hear the case, which will prevent ... More >>

• Winter Solstice & Total Lunar Eclipse Coincide For First Time In 372 Years, But OC Won't See It

  published Dec 20, 2010

  There's an extremely rare, celestial happening tonight. It's the only time the winter solstice and a lunar eclipse will happen on the same night in our lifetime--so rare, in fact, that it didn't ... More >>

• Quang Van Quan, Convicted Murderer Of Garden Grove Family, Sentenced To 3 Life Sentences

  published Dec 20, 2010

  rOn May 27, 2006, Quang Van Quan entered the Garden Grove home of Phuong Le, supposedly a friend he had made while in prison. Both were serving for robbery charges. The house-call wasn't a welcom... More >>

• Cover Story: 50 Years of Surfer Magazine--The Good, The Bad, And The Neon

  published Dec 17, 2010

  John Severson didn't really know what he was getting himself into when he introduced The Surfer to surf film-going crowds in 1961. He just wanted the extra $1.50 per copy. He didn't intend to be part ... More >>

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  [UPDATED WITH VIDEO] San Clementian Pat Gudauskas, Final OC Surfer Competing At Pipeline, Loses In Round 3

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Quality scoring waves just weren't finding their way to Pat Gudauskas' in his Round 3 heat at the Billabong Pipeline Masters today.Gudauskas, of San Clemente, was the only remaining OC representation ... More >>

• [UPDATED:] La Habra Teachers Ready To Head Back To Classrooms, But Are 'Locked Out' By District

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Update, December 15, 1:08 p.m.: Well, the strike is over--sort of. Teachers won't be walking the picket lines, but a contract settlement is yet to be reached. Actually, it still seems far off. Fo... More >>

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  The White Buffalo At Detroit Bar Last Night

  published Dec 15, 2010

  The White BuffaloDecember 14, 2010Detroit BarNot much is known or written about singer-songwriter, The White Buffalo. Just finding his real name is difficult.But to those who know his music or ha... More >>

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  Wave of the Future

  published December 16, 2010

  Surfing existed long before Surfer magazine. History books, along with the writings of Mark Twain and Jack London, tell us so.But... More >>

• OC Surfers Competing At Pipeline: Gudauskas Through, Simpson Out

  published Dec 08, 2010

  Triple Crown season in Hawaii is rapidly coming to a close. The first two contests at Haleiwa and Sunset are behind us, with only the final stop at Pipeline, the crown jewel of the Seven Mile Miracle ... More >>

• La Habra Teachers On The Picket Lines With No Settlement In Sight; School Day Goes On As Planned

  published Dec 08, 2010

  rrNinety-two percent of the La Habra school teachers honored the strike plan by the La Habra Education Association, and were out on the picket lines this morning.As for the nine schools affected,... More >>