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Blogs
May 21, 2012
Four Tons of Floating Weed Discovered Off Dana Point
Presumably this is unrelated to the arrival of Japanese tsunami debris along the California coastline that we've all been hearing about. But at about noon yesterday, a boater who either really hates marijuana or really loves obeying the law, called authorities to report several large bales of weed f ... More >>
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April 19, 2012
California Wine Festival
Dana Point Yacht Club
Blogs
November 1, 2011
[UPDATED with I.D.'s Confirmed:] Hoarding Cited as Hampering Firefighters at Home Where Author Died
Dana Point Historical SocietyDoris J. Walker-SmithUPDATE, NOV. 1, 2:19 P.M.: The Orange County Register confirms that the couple killed in Sunday's fire in a cluttered home on Bremerton Street in Dana Point was Jack Pierson Smith and his wife, the author and Dana Point Historical Society founde ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
Pacific Blue Whale Gets Up Close and Personal with Viewing Boat Off Dana Point
Passengers, a videographer and even the skipper are still shaking their heads over an unusually close encounter with a Pacific blue whale from a viewing boat in the fleet of Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari Friday afternoon off Dana Point."Dude, that was a miracle," a woman can be heard sa ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2011
Marijuana War Alive And Well In Dana Point
Despite this week's news that the federal government is declaring war on medical marijuana dispensaries, an attorney for one such operation that was shuttered by Dana Point officials in March 2011 says his client hasn't given up yet. Jeff Schwartz, who represents Beach City Collectives, which is ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2011
Dana Point BBQ Championship
ProfessorSalt.comBeef brisket from Los Alamitos team Inhale BBQLast Friday and Saturday, September 23 - 24, fifty BBQ teams from across the Western states took over the lush lawns of Sea Terrace Park for the inaugural Dana Point BBQ Championship. Top teams featured on TLC's BBQ Pitmasters show su ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2011
This Saturday: Dana Point Lobster Fest
Photo Courtesy of Dana Point Lobster Fest Last year was the first year of the Dana Point Lobster Fest and evidently it was successful enough that they're doing year two this Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 4 to 9pm at Doheny State Beach.
Blogs
June 17, 2011
[UPDATED with Dispensary Filing $30-million suit against city:] Dana Point Wins Another Judgment Against Cannabis Clubs
UPDATE, JUNE 17: Seems like the back-and-forth legal wrangling between the city of Dana Point and a pair of marijuana collectives is never going to end. The latest news: According to a recent OC Register story, Holistic Health, one of three Dana Point dispensaries that have been ordered to pay mi ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2011
[UPDATED: Pot Club Rescinds Truce]: Dana Point Officials Winning War on Medical Pot?
UPDATED, May 13, 12:25 PM: The Beach City Collective rescinded a truce offer yesterday that had been extended to the Dana Point City Council in a May 4 letter, the Dana Point Times has reported. The medical marijuana dispensary had offered to withdraw its $20 million lawsuit against the city if D ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Alcantara Piano Trio
St. Edward's Church
Blogs
March 16, 2011
[UPDATE: National Tsunami Week] Tsunami Watch OC: Crowds Gathering to Catch Glimpse of Tsunami, But Not Much to See
Will it come?!UPDATE, MARCH 16, 5:32 P.M.: To the people of Japan and even (to a lesser extent) the seafaring folk in Santa Cruz, the Weekly sends its best regards for a full recovery. The devastation that has rocked and continues to rock Japan is unlike anything we ever hope to see again in a li ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2011
Dana Point Shuts Down Three Pot Clubs
It's getting harder to find legal marijuana in Dana Point. In March 2010, city officials sued half a dozen cannabis collectives in an effort to shut them down, demanding access to patient lists and other records. The next month, sheriff's officials raided the Safe Harbor Collective as well as hom ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2011
Forking Around With . . . Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq.
John Gilhooley/OC WeeklyOrly Taitz was the subject of a Weekly cover story in June 2009."Forking Around With . . ." is our occasional feature meant to spotlight the food likes and dislikes of people of prominence in Orange County. Dr. Orly Taitz, the Rancho Santa Margarita attorney and dentist wh ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2010
Malinda Traudt, Blind, Wheelchair-Bound Woman's Medical Marijuana Appeal Proceeds
Now that an Orange County Superior Court judgment has been formally entered tossing out the lawsuit that claims the city of Dana Point's medical marijuana dispensary ban unconstitutionally interferes with Malinda Traudt's fundamental rights to life and safety under the California Constitution, th ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
Dana Point Martial Arts Shop Tops Hot List
The Dragon Institute on Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point has nabbed the No. 1 spot of MyFoxLA's "Hot List" for Orange County martial arts shops.The institute specializes in Wing Chun Kung Fu that teaches how smaller, weaker persons can defend themselves against big creeps or county Supervisor ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
Malinda Traudt's Attorney Hails Small Victory in Blind Woman's Medical Marijuana Suit
The 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana has stopped a lower court hearing that could have immediately shut down a Capistrano Beach medical marijuana dispensary.The appellate justices' temporary stay of Tuesday's scheduled preliminary-injunction hearing is related to the lawsuit filed in Or ... More >>
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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 >>
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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
May 20, 2010
Malinda Traudt's Suit Argues State Constitution Should Keep Her Dana Point Collective Open
From Beach Cities Collective's Facebook pageA San Clemente woman born with epilepsy, blindness and cerebral palsy has filed the first lawsuit by a medical-marijuana patient alleging Dana Point's dispensary ban unconstitutionally interferes with her fundamental rights to life and safety under the ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2010
Dana Point's Legal Ping-Pong Match Over Cannabis Collectives is in Full Swing
SafeHarborCollective.comDana Point Safe Harbor Collective looks safe from here.Sheriff's deputies served search warrants at a Dana Point medical marijuana dispensary and four homes in San Clemente associated with the business.
Blogs
December 9, 2009
Mexi Restaurant Uses ¡Ask a Mexican! Logo for Ad in Dana Point Paper, No One Asks for Permission
The few times I bother with Dana Point, I pick up a copy of the Dana Point Times. It works--better than the Orange County Register's community rags, but it ain't no Fullerton Observer. But I haven't visited in months, so imagine my surprise when a reader forwarded me an early November copy of the ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
Turkey Trot
Corner of Dana Point Harbor Dr. and Golden Lantern
Blogs
November 10, 2009
Crime Time: Creepy Toys, Slick Bank Robbers, Egged On Victims, Dog-Beating Dipshits and At Least [Alleged] Criminals Still Read Newspapers
It's the Weekly's weekly roundup of local police calls and assorted mayhem.MONDAY, NOV. 2". . . and I don't like you!" "I'm Talking Tina . . . and Things Are Going to Be Different Around Here" A woman called 9-1-1 around 3:45 in the morning to say she heard a baby toy go off downstairs in her hom ... More >>
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October 8, 2009
Dana Point Art Festival
Lantern Bay Park
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June 18, 2009
Father's Day Art Show
Dana Point Harbor
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June 11, 2009
Surf-a-Rama
Doheny State Beach
Blogs
May 27, 2009
The Spirit of Cooperation Prevails in Diane Harkey's Hometown?
Diane HarkeyThe latest "Soapbox" page in the Dana Point News provides a nice little study in contrasts. The bulk of the page goes to a column from Joel Bishop, Dana Point's jolly, Twittering councilman. He's all about "the power of collaboration": "I get weary of people in power blaming one another ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2009
Dana Point's Beautiful Bridge To Semi-Nowhere Opens
Giant ceremonial scissors made an appearance along Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point this morning, as members of the city council and OC Board of Supervisors member Pat Bates dedicated a brand new pedestrian bridge.It's not just a pedestrian bridge, though. It's "beautification." It's a "great wor ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2009
Heal The Bay Gives the Baby Beach a Clean Bill Of Health
Heal the Bay has released its annual report card of California beach water quality. Each of Orange County's beaches has received a grade, and the 88-page report has some other info on the county. Let's break it down:We've got two "beach bummers." On Heal the Bay's list of the top 10 worst beaches in ... More >>
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May 14, 2009
Doheny Blues Festival
Doheny Beach
Calendar
April 9, 2009
Junior Oceanographer
Ocean Institute
Blogs
March 31, 2009
Politics Devours Journalism In Dana Point, Courtesy Of Twitter
My own stupid phone picture of the meeting. Compare to Bishop's.Here's a story. Your reporter attends Dana Point City Council workshop tonight about the proposed Town Center design. Your reporter leaves midway through, unsure of what to later write about the generally uneventful first half of the me ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 2009
It's Time To Harpoon A Whale Of A Cliché In Dana Point
SparkyLeigh / Flickr / Creative CommonsBrighten up your baleen and brush your blowhole, because for the next two weekends, Dana Point hosts its 38th annual Festival of Whales. Despite the fact that I've lived in that silly little seaport for some two decades, I have exactly zero memories of this eve ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 2009
Starting This Friday: Dana Point Restaurant Week
Not a moment after the first ever Orange County Restaurant Week winds down (it ends this Saturday, March 7th, after a one week extension), another "Restaurant Week" waits in its wake. Up next? Dana Point with its own Dana Point Restaurant Week. It starts this Friday, March 6th and runs to th ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2009
This Week in Reasons To Be Embarrassed About Dana Point
Diane HarkeyNow, I love Dana Point, my sleepy, crusty, adorable harbor-village-that's-trying-to-dress-up-as-Newport hometown. But its legal cityhood is only a little bit younger than I am, and so I can relate to the public embarrassments it has had in the last week or so. You turn 20, you're told th ... More >>
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February 12, 2009
Ahoy!
Pyrate Adventure Sail
Blogs
January 6, 2009
To Do Tonight 1/6
Wildcat Duo, 7:30 p.m.Not one, but two wildcats. Wow. Renaissance Dana Point, 24701 Del Prado Ave., Dana Point, CA; 949-661-6003Playwright Festival, 7 p.m.Learn to write plays and listen to live readings.Fullerton College, 321 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton, CA; 714-992-7433TNT Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.A dyna ... More >>
Blogs
December 4, 2008
Rendezvous To Be Replaced By New Steakhouse
The revolving door of eateries continues. According to the Capistrano Dispatch, the space that the recently departed Rendezvous occupied in San Juan Capistrano's train depot is being developed by the people behind Gemmell's of Dana Point.In it's place, come mid-January, will be a steakhouse calle ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2008
Check Out My Package
It's pretty well-known that I'll go almost anywhere I'm invited if there's free food and booze, but some invites make more sense than others. Movie premieres, I understand. Art gallery openings, sure. But a meeting held by a package tour company to pitch their getaways to local travel agents? I mean ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2007
Sunday's Headlines & Surprises: The Shame of Wayne Gross
Dana Point Gets a Celebrity! Earvin “Magic” Johnson and his wife, Cookie, have purchased a $7.6 million gated-community “vacation” home in Dana Point, according to the Times. Though “Hot Property” reporter Ruth Ryon didn’t share more details about the location, you can assume it’s a ... 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
August 23, 2007
Recall Madness!
The nuts and bolts (with extra nuts) of direct democracy gone wild
News
April 12, 2007
Doheny Dumps
Do Mexicans doo-doo in Dana Points streets?
Features
October 19, 2006
Alan Hess
The architecture critic and author shares some of his favorite things
Blogs
May 25, 2006
Dana Point: Not As Disgusting As It Used To Be
Santa Monica's Heal the Bay has issued its 16th annual Beach Report Card, documenting the water quality at Southern California's beaches-- though "quality" may not be exactly the right word, since the report card lists SoCal's top ten beaches in terms of water pollution. This year, Los Angeles Count ... More >>
Features
October 20, 2005
Dana Point
Santa Monica's Heal the Bay has issued its 16th annual Beach Report Card, documenting the water quality at Southern California's beaches-- though "quality" may not be exactly the right word, since the report card lists SoCal's top ten beaches in terms of water pollution. This year, Los Angeles Count ... More >>
Food
June 23, 2005
Beach Cities Pizza
Santa Monica's Heal the Bay has issued its 16th annual Beach Report Card, documenting the water quality at Southern California's beaches-- though "quality" may not be exactly the right word, since the report card lists SoCal's top ten beaches in terms of water pollution. This year, Los Angeles Count ... More >>
Columns
June 6, 2002
Diary of a Mad County
Santa Monica's Heal the Bay has issued its 16th annual Beach Report Card, documenting the water quality at Southern California's beaches-- though "quality" may not be exactly the right word, since the report card lists SoCal's top ten beaches in terms of water pollution. This year, Los Angeles Count ... More >>
Features
August 9, 2001
Whos Acai Now?
Eat exotic fruit, surf and save the rain forest
News
August 5, 1999
This Is War?
Behind-the-scenes ties between El Toro Airport supporters and the countys biggest anti-airport groups have to make you wonder
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