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February 14, 2012
[UPDATED with Plug-In Memorial:] Doug Korthof, Enviro and Electric-Car Activist, Loses Battle with Lung Cancer
UPDATE, FEB. 14, 2:31 P.M.: What a wonderful way to mark Valentine's Day: Adopt a Charger ("Accelerating the adoption of plug-in vehicles via fee-free electric car chargers") has established the Doug Korthof Memorial Charger Fund. Money raised will be used to install and maintain a charging stati ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
OCTA Thanks Congress for Transportation Bill Language Friendly to Finishing Toll Road
When one author praises another on a book jacket, and the second author then does the same on the first author's tome, that's logrolling. It's a practice that's also common among academics and movie critics. In politics, logrolling happens when political favors are exchanged, even among members o ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2012
Bolsa Chica Mesa Landowner Fined $430,000 for Damaging Ancient Native American Village
A near-unanimous California Coastal Commission and the Goodell Family Trust have agreed on a settlement that will have the property owner paying a $430,000 fine for unearthing artifacts at the Cogged Stone Site, the 9,000-year-old Native American village on the mesa overlooking the Bolsa Chica w ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
[UPDATED: Gates Still Locked, Surfrider Speaks] Dana Point: Unlock the Gates, Let Them Have Beach Access, Court Rules
Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyEven Jim Moriarty, CEO of Surfrider Foundation, is locked out.UPDATE, JUNE 16, 11:51 A.M.: It's been 15 days since the San Diego Superior Court ruled that The Strand at Headlands development in Dana Point needed to stop preventing beach access to the public. At 7 a.m. on ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2011
Coastal Commisssion Votes in Favor of Medical Pot Clubs
Not sure how we missed this, but kudos to The Orange County Register for reporting that the California Coastal Commission voted--against the recommendation of its own staff--to deny Laguna Beach's effort to seek its approval for a ban on marijuana dispensaries. The Jan. 19 story by Claudia Koerne ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2011
[UPDATED] Frog House Surf Shop [Not Quite] Saved
UPDATE, FEB. 21, 5:02 P.M.: When we last checked into the Frog House, the legendary surf shop was working with the city to remain in the west Newport Beach spot it has darkened since 1962.But there is one thing you can say without reservation about the City of Newport Beach: It's not the Californ ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2011
Judge to Bay Island: Bridge is Public
Brandon FergusonFor decades, residents of über-exclusive Bay Island have had the benefit of a narrow salt-water moat that which prevented the beach goers from getting too close to their million-dollar homes. Now, thanks to a ruling by Orange County Superior Court Judge Tam Nomoto, island r ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2010
Sunday News Notes
News highlights include:Meg Whitman's cash is buying her second placeCathleen Decker of the LA Times reports that new polling shows Jerry Brown gaining a "slight edge" over Meg Whitman and that Barbara Boxer has "opened a wider margin over GOP nominee Carly Fiorina in the race for U.S. Senate. ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2010
Surfrider Foundation Strikes Back for Access to Beach Below Dana Point Headlands
Dana Point sued the state last month to keep locks and posted hours on gates leading to the Headlands' access paths to the public coastline. Now, the Surfrider Foundation--the San Clemente-based nonprofit that promotes the right to low-impact, free and open access to the world's waves and beach ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2010
Dana Point Sues State to Keep Gates Locked to Headlands' Public-Access Paths
Keep off!Remember all that crap flowing about guaranteeing public access to the magnificent Dana Point Headlands while plans were winding through the city and state for a gated community of 118 multimillion-dollar homes atop the bluff?The operative word above is "bluff."
Blogs
November 17, 2009
[UPDATED] Huntington Beach to Annex Sacred Indian Site
Photo by Russ Roca Chief Anthony Morales came up empty at November 2008 California Coastal Commission hearing. UPDATE: Jaimee Lynn Fletcher reports in Orange County Register: HUNTINGTON BEACH--The city will absorb an unincorporated county island that some environmentalists believe is an A ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2009
Interesting Op-Ed Pieces on FBI Informant, Toll Roads
In "Breach of Trust: FBI Wants It Both Ways," the editorial board of UC Irvine's New University student newspaper takes issue with the indictment of a Muslim resident of Tustin and the use of a controversial government informant. (Background is here and here.) The case is bound to have a chilling ef ... More >>
Blogs
February 6, 2009
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indian Rifts at Bolsa Chica
For Chief Anthony Morales of the Gabrielino-Tongva Band of Mission Indians, his long fight for the dignified treatment of Native American remains unearthed on the mesa overlooking the Bolsa Chica wetlands may finally be coming to an end. Healing a rift with rivals from the Juaneño Band of M ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2009
Battle Over Bolsa Chica and Indian Bones Keeps Humming Along
When the California Coastal Commission meets in Huntington Beach on Thursday, panelists will be staring into at least one familiar face: that of Chief Anthony Morales of the Gabrielino-Tongva Band of Mission Indians (pictured). While the commission deals with coastal development ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2009
Celebrate Saving Trestles by Tying One On. Or Two. Or a Dozen
The Surfrider Foundation South Orange County Chapter hosts a "Trestles Victory Party" at 8:30 p.m. Friday at O.C. Tavern, 2369 S El Camino Real, San Clemente. The little surfer girls and boys feel like hoisting a few in honor of the U.S. Commerce Department deciding against overturning the ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2008
The Return of Toll Road Foister Jerry Amante
Here were told you about our question to Tustin City Councilman Jerry Amante, the chairman of the Orange County Transportation Authority, the Transportation Corridor System Board of Directors and the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA) who was all over the news last week after Comm ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2008
Toll Road Foister Jerry Amante: We're Doomed
As chairman of the Orange County Transportation Authority, the Transportation Corridor System Board of Directors and the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA), Tustin City Councilman Jerry Amante (pictured) is all over the news today, reacting bitterly to the Commerce Secretary Carl ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2008
Native American Saga, Part 2: So Many Bones, So Little Time
"Next is another fun item," joked Chairman Bill Mungary as the California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) moved on to the controversy surrounding remains unearthed on the mesa above the Bolsa Chica wetlands after a lengthy debate over the treatment of buried remains at Miss ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2008
State Panel Backs Native Americans Battling Bolsa Chica Project
After local Native Americans and the Bolsa Chica Land Trust lost their bid before the California Coastal Commission last month to halt Brightwater/Hearthside Homes construction on the Bolsa Chica mesa until they could be satisfied Indian bones were being handled properly, Anthony Morales&n ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2008
Too Much Mike Carona on the Mind at LA Times
Poor Los Angeles Times, Orange County Edition. Not only has it been operating with reduced numbers for years, not only did it suffer layoffs and buyouts this year, not only are its alumni preparing to destroy parts of it, not only is it commonly playing catchup to the also-suffering Orange County Re ... More >>
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November 6, 2008
Handle With Care
Bolsa Chica Preservation
Blogs
October 29, 2008
Marine Land
Dorothy Green: remembered Academics, government officials, business people and clean-water advocates have been meeting since Tuesday at the seventh annual Headwaters to Ocean (H2O) Conference at the Westin Long Beach, and unless they all got swallowed up by the creatures they gawked at during free ... More >>
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September 25, 2008
Toll Road Warriors
Dorothy Green: remembered Academics, government officials, business people and clean-water advocates have been meeting since Tuesday at the seventh annual Headwaters to Ocean (H2O) Conference at the Westin Long Beach, and unless they all got swallowed up by the creatures they gawked at during free ... More >>
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September 25, 2008
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September 25, 2008
Say You Will Build It, and They Will Come . . . If the 'It' Is a Toll Road Over Trestles Parkland
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Blogs
August 26, 2008
Saving Trestles: Game On!
The on-again, off-again hearing on the 241 Foothill South toll road extension by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce is back on, from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 22, and in an old/new home, O'Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, or the same place the California Coastal Commission met, took testimony ... More >>
Features
May 29, 2008
How New Developments in Laguna Beach Will (and Won't) Deal With the Pollution in Aliso Creek
The on-again, off-again hearing on the 241 Foothill South toll road extension by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce is back on, from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 22, and in an old/new home, O'Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, or the same place the California Coastal Commission met, took testimony ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2008
Army Tackles Toll Road
When supporters of the 241 (Foothill-South) toll road and its builder, the Transportation Corridor Agencies, hear opponents claim they'll stop the project, the reply is usually along the lines of, "You and what army?" The United States Army, assholes. That's right, the Army is finally providing the ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2008
Thanks For Nothing
The Transportation Corridor Agencies, whose Foothill-South (241) toll road extension was recently vetoed by the California Coastal Commission, sent out the following letter to its supporters. My edits are in italicized bold. Dear Supporter: Thank you for your ongoing support for the completion of ... More >>
News
February 14, 2008
They Didn't Pave Paradise: The top 10 reasons why the Foothill South Toll Road extension failed
The Transportation Corridor Agencies, whose Foothill-South (241) toll road extension was recently vetoed by the California Coastal Commission, sent out the following letter to its supporters. My edits are in italicized bold. Dear Supporter: Thank you for your ongoing support for the completion of ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2008
The Real Reason Why 241 Toll Road Plan Failed!
Full disclosure: I'm not too informed on the 241 Toll Road. I don't see how extending it to San Onofre will reduce traffic on the 5 Freeway. I don't surf so don't particularly care if the legendary waves of Trestles disappeared. I do know that the Transportation Corridor Authority is one of Orange C ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2008
Wake Up and Suck the Orange 2.7.08
DEAD END FOR TOLL ROAD: LA Times, OC Register - The California Coastal Commission voted 8-2 to deny the Transportation Corridor Agencies a coastal development permit for their Foothill-South (241). The Register says over 2,000 people showed up; the Times says over 3,500 attended. One surfer in atten ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2008
YouTube Saves Trestles
The Save San Onofre Coalition really hopes the Coastal Commission is a buncha voyeurs. See, the SSOC (made up of Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Endangered Habitats League, Laguna Greenbelt, Surfrider Foundation, Audubon California, the California State Parks ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2008
Hu-what?! Schwarzenegger gives toll road stamp of approval
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's neutral stance on the 241 toll road extension magically changed for the worse Tuesday, and the Los Angeles Times reports that he's now urging the California Coastal Commission to approve the much-opposed project. The people at the Transportation Corridor Agencies are pre ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2007
Tuesday's Headlines & Surprises: Dana's Selective Memory
Can Bishop Brown Utter The Truth? Frank Mickadeit has an excellent column this morning on yesterday’s press conference by women who have been victimized at least three times--that would be: molested, ignored and then harassed--by Catholic Church officials. There will be more festivities today. Th ... More >>
Blogs
October 2, 2007
New poll shows mixed bag on 241 toll extension
Photo by Craig Coppola/Courtesy Surfrider. A poll released this morning shows that OC voters are generally in favor of more toll roads, but not when they go through protected state parks. The poll, which was financed by the California State Parks Foundation, asked 400 voters from each of ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2007
More woes for toll lovers
Apparently building a six lane, 16 mile long toll road right down the middle of an environmentally protected state park would break some hippy-dippy law from way back in the 70s, according to the eco-nazis at the California Coastal Commission via the Los Angeles Times. The commission released a 23 ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2007
Monday's Headlines & Surprises: Ass Slapping Fun!
Worm Attack in Dana Point? TMZ reports that Orange County police are investigating former Los Angeles Laker/Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman for allegedly committing a “crime” inside the Hennessy's Tavern near PCH in Dana Point. The celebrity website says Rodman was accused of slapping a female custo ... More >>
News
March 15, 2007
Road to Nowhere Fast
Foothill-South delayed until 2011, possibly forever
Features
December 28, 2006
Coots!
Thats whos fighting to save our last wetlands for you whippersnappers
Columns
June 3, 2004
Diary Of A Mad County
Thats whos fighting to save our last wetlands for you whippersnappers
News
November 20, 2003
Turning Water into Whine
Environmental concerns stall HB desalination plant
Columns
January 9, 2003
Pick the Next State Coastal Commissioner
Environmental concerns stall HB desalination plant
News
July 4, 2002
In the Sewage Pipeline
Anti-dumping bill picks up steam
Columns
November 29, 2001
Green With Anger
Anti-dumping bill picks up steam
Columns
January 4, 2001
The Year in Bits:July - December
Anti-dumping bill picks up steam
News
April 27, 2000
Green With Anger
One mans campaign to save a wetland
Columns
December 2, 1999
Crystal Chlorination
One mans campaign to save a wetland
Columns
September 2, 1999
Go with the Flow
One mans campaign to save a wetland
Columns
February 4, 1999
Lightning Rod
One mans campaign to save a wetland
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