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  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    [UPDATED: Surfer Died of Heart Attack at San Onofre] Waves, Waves and Even Bigger Waves: Massive Swell is Here and Growing

    Chasen Marshall/OC Weekly​UPDATE, SEPT. 7, 5:11 P.M.: According to a Orange County coroner's report, Russ Yamada died of a heart attack on Saturday afternoon, reports NBC Los Angeles. The 42-year-old Torrance resident had been surfing at a surf break called Old Man's in San Onofre State Park ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Utility Giant, Texas Oil Companies Fight Back With California Voter Initiatives

    ​An anti-tax group and a coalition of businesses quietly led by Texas oil companies have launched a signature drive for a November ballot initiative that would suspend California's pioneering law to combat global warming.Meanwhile, a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)-bankrolled measure that cons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2007

    California Police Secrecy Takes a Hit

    Is the public entitled to know who has been granted police powers in California? Or are cops entitled to, as they claim, near-national-security-level secrecy about such basic information as their names and what department employs them? These were the type of questions the California Supreme Court ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2007

    New Year, New Laws

    Despite the fact that the new year sports a number associated with operating outside the law-- this year is '007, after all-- a raft of new state laws are kicking in well before the year loses that new calendar smell. You can no longer chain your dog to any "stationary object" (tree, dog house, etc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2006

    San Diego: Screw Trestles

    San Diego has no business in San Diego County. At least, that's what their City Council seems to think. In our Best "Best of OC" Issue yet, Dave Wielenga eloquently described one of the major problems with the Save Trestles campaign: apathy. Surfers and the surf industry pay lip service to their be ... More >>

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    June 30, 2005

    Body Politic

    San Diego has no business in San Diego County. At least, that's what their City Council seems to think. In our Best "Best of OC" Issue yet, Dave Wielenga eloquently described one of the major problems with the Save Trestles campaign: apathy. Surfers and the surf industry pay lip service to their be ... More >>

  • Features

    October 14, 2004

    Death Row Defender

    UC Irvines William Thompson exposes the soft underbelly of ironclad DNA evidence

  • Features

    April 5, 2001

    This Could Be the Year Register Reporter Robin Hinch Gets to Know You

    UC Irvines William Thompson exposes the soft underbelly of ironclad DNA evidence

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