Subject: Marine Animals

• Ear Splitters

  A federal judge has temporarily forbidden the Navy from using high-intensity sonar in war-game exercises off the coast of Hawaii, ruling that environmental groups had provided "considerable convincing scientific evidence that the Navy's use of ... sonar can kill, injure, and disturb many species, including marine mammals." The Defense Department last week granted the Navy a six-month national-security exemption from the Marine Mammal Protection Act, despite anecdotal evidence collected over the

  July 5, 2006

• Animal Uprising in Long Beach

  Crazy animals have begun invading Long Beach by sea and land. Yesterday, a six-foot female blue shark was spotted swimming in circles near docked boats at the Marina Pacifica. The shark was in good health except a for a fishing hook and line hanging from its mouth. Marine workers were forced to scoop up the shark with a giant net and release it back into the ocean before it could confuse any innocent byswimmers. No rescue workers were harmed in the transportation process. The revolt continued

  July 11, 2007

• Tuesday's Headlines

  Gore guilty: Al Gore III pleaded guilty Monday to possessing marijuana and other drugs when he was caught speeding in OC earlier in the month, reports the LA Times. This shooter's a giver: "Machine-gun Sonny" has mastered a shooting game at the OC Fair and wins mountain bikes nightly. But he doesn't keep his winnings, instead giving 'em to unsuspecting kids. The fair officials don't mind being cleaned-out, reports the Reg. See you in court, sea lion stabber: On Sept. 10, the Garden Grove man wh

  July 31, 2007

• Beach Break: Killing Nemo

  Cut off from the powerful, cleansing waves of the Pacific ocean by a massive concrete breakwater, the gentle swells that lap the Long Beach coastline are so dirty that they were recently ranked the most polluted beach water in California by the Santa Monica-based environmental group Heal The Bay. Although Mayor Bob Foster and a majority of the city council favors studying the possibility of tearing down at least part of the breakwater, such action could be years away. But city residents might b

  August 2, 2007

• Irvine Starbucks Climate Crisis Discussion Today

  Just came over the wire: At 2 p.m. today, the Starbucks Coffee at 3995 Alton Pkwy. in Irvine is hosting a "National Day of Discussion" on the issue of "climate crisis" in support of a new Paramount/National Geographic-sponsored film, Arctic Tale. Filmmakers Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson, as well as May Chiu with Global Green USA, will be on hand. According to the press release, the new film is "about the real-life adventures of a polar bear and a walrus struggling to survive as warmer temp

  August 15, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines. No Surprises: Bishop Brown citation dropped

  Bishop Brown citation dropped: The Los Angeles Times reports that a contempt-of-court citation against Orange Bishop Tod Brown has been dropped as part of an almost-$7 million sex abuse settlement. Plaintiff's attorney John Manly said the diocese forced them to drop their bid for the citation: "The diocese insisted that it be done this way or they would have refused to pay our clients." But Diocese of Orange attorney Peter Callahan, in typical Callahan form, said the contempt case was dismissed

  November 29, 2007

• And the Wet Envelope Goes to ...

  If you're burning $2,000 for a VIP table at Surfer Magazine's 36th annual Surfer Poll and Video Awards ceremony Tuesday night at the Grove of Anaheim, at least you can feel warmed that you are helping two worthy causes. Proceeds from VIP table sales at the annual, invite-only event that honors the best in surfing and surf cinematography will be shelled out to the Save Trestles campaign and Surfers for Cetaceans. Surfrider Foundation's Save Trestles has been one of the leading opponents of the

  September 3, 2008

• Crystal Method

  November 4, 1999

• Da Kine Grinds

  August 15, 2002

• Letters

  December 11, 2003

• Reality Bites

  August 5, 2004

• Marine Wildlife Cruises

  April 2, 2009

• The Harkeys' Shamu-Size Scandal May Be More Than A Fluke

  Let's get the obvious out of the way. Someone over at the Register took my advice. How else to explain that their headlines about Dana Point Festival of Whales have evolved from the predictably punny triteness of last week's "Whale of a Festival" to yesterday's far more excellent "Festival of Whales isn't fin-ished"? This really represents a sea change for the newspaper.Diane Harkey. This is the best the Weekly paparazzi (me) could do.Anyways, at the kick-off for the festival last Saturday, your

  March 12, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 3/16

  Annual Gray Whale Migration, 12 p.mThousands of Grey Whales along our coastline and right now there's a 96% success rate viewing whales and/or dolphins. Check out the 2 1/2 hour cruises offered multiple times daily at Newport Landing if you'd like to see these giant creatures of the sea.Newport Landing, 503 E. Edgewater, Newport Beach, CA; 949-675-2373Asobi Seksu; Bell; Resplandor, 9 p.m.Brooklyn's Asobi Seksu: a band whose name is Japanese slang for "casual sex." Price: $10Detroit Bar, 843 W.

  March 16, 2009

• Up Clse and Personal

  February 26, 2009

• See Creatures With Kraken and Kraten at the Box Gallery

  February 26, 2009

• Sea of Love

  February 12, 2009

• International Polar Year Speaker

  December 25, 2008

• Tidepool Walk

  December 25, 2008

• Tall Tail

  August 21, 2008

• Fishy Business

  January 10, 2008

• Surf on Our Turf

  December 6, 2007

• Thursday - 12/6

  John R. Wooden Classic Golf Tournament at Oak Creek Golf Club, Ocean Adventure Cruises at Dana Wharf

  November 29, 2007

• So Many Bad Songs

  Barstow Boyz cover you in DNA

  November 16, 2006

• Needing a Bigger Boat

  Shark Week

  August 2, 2007

• 'Gaff!'

  On deck with weekend warriors angling for the mighty Humboldt squid

  June 21, 2007

• Sci-Fi Dada

  August 7, 2003

• Specific Abstractions

  Abstract Works actually looks like stuff youve seen
  

  March 15, 2007

• Dance of the Penguin

  That whole talking animal genre? Let's be done with it

  November 16, 2006

• Environment and Sports

  January 12, 2006

• Environment & Sports

  January 12, 2006

• Electric Blues

  July 21, 2005

• Hotter-Than-Hell-enanny

  July 7, 2005

• Sea Sick and Twisted

  December 23, 2004

• Animal attacks

  February 12, 2004

• Dear Register Reader

  January 15, 2004

• The Poseidon Misadventure

  December 11, 2003

• Blood in the Water

  September 11, 2003

• Deep Do-Do

  August 21, 2003

• From Scrubs to Trunks

  July 24, 2003

• Flipper Off

  November 14, 2002

• Wine Does Salmon Good

  August 1, 2002

• He Shelves Sea Shells By the Seashore

  July 5, 2001

• Letters

  June 28, 2001

• Kick Some Emo Ass!

  June 21, 2001

• No Food to Free Willy

  June 14, 2001

• Mother Ocean

  October 5, 2000

• Shark Summer: Here We Go Again?

  You'll be forgiven if you take a fleeting glance at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific's latest tourist-season promotion and feel deja vu all over again. After all, posters with teeth-blaring maneaters and a "Shark Summer" logo with an ominous fin replacing the "a" in shark do evoke memories of 2001's infamous "Summer of the Shark."For those fortunate to have forgotten that sad chapter in the history of the American media, the Summer of the Shark parlayed a June 2001 bull shark attack that s

  May 6, 2009

• Duh-Dunt. Duh-Dunt. Duht-Duht-Duht-Duht-Duht-Duht . . .

  The Aquarium of the Pacific in the Long Beach is the only aquarium in the contiguous United States to have a tiger shark on exhibit--and they couldn't be prouder. The 5-foot baby is being studied as tiger sharks are often feared as the second-most dangerous shark in the ocean. They're also among the most endangered. Tiger sharks have slow re-population rates, but that hasn't stopped dickwads from heavily harvesting their fins, meat and livers. Vitamins and other every-day products contain shark

  July 17, 2009

• "The Cove" Filmmakers Wade Into Edwards University

  The Cove, a documentary about the annual massacre of more than 25,000 dolphins in Wakayama, Japan, created quite the buzz when it played at the last Sundance festival. An Orange County audience gets a chance to meet the creators of that buzz tonight. Filmmakers Charles Hambleton and Larry David Eudene introduce their movie before the 7:20 p.m. screening at Edwards University Theatre in Irvine. They will take questions from the audience afterward. Youths who attend can joi

  September 10, 2009