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Nature and the Environment

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Marbel A. Para Popped for Poaching 42 Spiny Lobsters from Marine Sanctuary

    ​A Riverside County man was cited Sunday for allegedly poaching 47 California spiny lobsters from Laguna Beach waters within Southern California's new marine sanctuary zone that went into effect Jan. 1.State Department of Fish and Game warden popped Marbel A. Para, 30, of Romoland, off Heisler Pa ... 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 >>

  • Film

    June 16, 2011

    Waddle, Waddle, Mug, Repeat

    Jim Carrey and his tuxedoed friends on a grim march to nowhere in 'Mr. Popper's Penguins'

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Daniel Moreno Guilty of Pelican Stomping

    ​A fisherman who stomped on a California brown pelican at Newport Beach pier last March pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Tuesday and was sentenced to three years' informal probation and 20 days in jail.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    OC's Mystery Mammal Heads to LA

    ​The Orange County Mystery Mammal is coming! No, not the OC housewife with an addiction to plastic surgery. It's a sea creature, also known as Paleoparadoxia, that once foraged for food like an ancient hippo-elephant thing, off the Southern California coast before going extinct some 10 million yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Beware of Bodysurfing Maneaters in the Breaks

    ​What the freak is happening off our beautiful, sin-kissed coast?There was the giant squid invasion this past winter. There was the rare sighting of Orcas earlier this week (with a giant halibut thrown into the cioppino for good measure). And there's the constant threat by that sea monster the egg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Ginormous Squid: It's What's for Dinner

    Let's see, there's calamari, calamari salad, calamari tacos, squid sushi, squid burgers . . . Indeed, locals should demand anyone serving the mollusks to lower their prices considering the number of giant squid being pulled out of our waters. It's the law of supply and demand, baby. Call it squid pr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 9, 2009

    Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

    Honda Center

  • Blogs

    March 12, 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 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 11, 2008

    Fantastic Voyage

    Africa: The Serengeti

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Ba-Deep Brapp Boop

    Monterey Jazz Festival

  • Blogs

    July 31, 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' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2007

    Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: 'Stinky' White House

    777: The Gabrielino-Tongva tribe is coming to Garden Grove with a huge bag of Halloween goodies. What's the treat? $78 million-a-year to city coffers, 10,000 permanent new jobs and college scholarships to every graduating high school student in the city. The trick? Let the tribe--and some guys name ... More >>

  • News

    June 21, 2007

    'Gaff!'

    On deck with weekend warriors angling for the mighty Humboldt squid

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2007

    Rohrabacher's Appalling Flatulence

    In case you missed it, you can find video of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Surfin') speculating about the effects of dinosaur flatulence here. And no, booze was not involved in the congressman's ramblings. Probing the effects of dinosaur farting is just something Rohrabacher sees as part of his officia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2006

    The Virgin Birth (Deadly lizard edition)

    It's a familiar sounding story this time of year-- a virgin with child. Only this time the natural world is outdoing the supernatural, because this virgin is with children. Seven, in fact. And these virgin offspring will have grow up to have mouths filled with toxic bacteria-- though I'm not sure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2006

    Flipper Rules OK

    Scientists testing/messing with dolphins at Disney EPCOT have taught them to sing the Batman theme song: "The dolphin was reinforced for producing a specific rhythm to a specific object," says Harley. "For example, when we presented him with a Batman doll, he received a fish for producing a spec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2006

    Arnold Cuts Some Gas

    We keep waiting for Arnold Schwarzenegger to show his true colors, especially with the media reports over the weekend indicating that while the country may swing left in the next election, California may swing back to the right. Surely, then, Schwarzenegger is just biding his time, waiting for more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2006

    The Memory Hole Goes Green

    Having previously suppressed, ignored, and dishonestly redacted scientific reports that proved politically inconvenient, the Bush administration has taken the next logical step. The Environment News Service reports: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is closing its Headquarters Library ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2006

    Baby, It's Warm Outside

    The Inconvenient Truth is on its way to becoming the box-office champeen of documentaries (pound sand, Michael Moore!). Orders are already brisk for the DVDs that won't be out until November. However, because Truth starred Satan's spawn Al Gore, there's a good chance many holy rollers skipped it and ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 7, 2006

    Commie Girl

    Freedom Costs a Buck-O-Five: Ladies and gentlemen, your Labor Day weekend!

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2006

    Footprints (Sands of Time Not Included)

    In his 1838 poem A Psalm of Life, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (once America's most popular poet, now an item on every high school's forced-feeding menu), wrote We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time Yeah, well, maybe... But what is certain is ... More >>

  • Film

    April 13, 2006

    New Reviews

    Mountain Patrol: Kekexili; Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont; La Mujer de mi Hermano; Preaching to the Choir; Scary Movie 4, The Wild

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2006

    Good Timing, Bad Air

    The Orange County Register reports this morning that the Irvine-based Beckman Foundation has donated $20 million to the City of Hope in Duarte, to help finance cancer research. The Foundation has an excellent sense of timing– because, as every other newspaper in the state is reporting this mor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2006

    Change in the air?

    This is certainly a refreshing development, although the participation of a gubernatorial candidate smacks of political posturing. NEW REPORT ON COMPANIES IN CALIFORNIA, ELSEWHERE TO FIND WIDE DISPARITY IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSES; INVESTORS WILL PUSH POOR-PERFORMING FIRMS TO SHAPE UP NEWS ADVISOR ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2006

    Environment and Sports

    This is certainly a refreshing development, although the participation of a gubernatorial candidate smacks of political posturing. NEW REPORT ON COMPANIES IN CALIFORNIA, ELSEWHERE TO FIND WIDE DISPARITY IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSES; INVESTORS WILL PUSH POOR-PERFORMING FIRMS TO SHAPE UP NEWS ADVISOR ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2005

    Toll Road Rage

    Not So Easy Being Green

  • News

    December 22, 2005

    Toll Road Rage: Green(back) Alignment

    Not So Easy Being Green

  • Music

    November 25, 2004

    For Those About Duroque, We Salute You!

    Not So Easy Being Green

  • Film

    August 5, 2004

    Reality Bites

    Friendly sharks, briny visuals and soggy acting diminish Open Waters fear factor

  • Columns

    January 29, 2004

    Dear Register Reader

    Friendly sharks, briny visuals and soggy acting diminish Open Waters fear factor

  • Columns

    December 25, 2003

    We Respond to Register Letters!

    Friendly sharks, briny visuals and soggy acting diminish Open Waters fear factor

  • Columns

    December 11, 2003

    Letters

    Friendly sharks, briny visuals and soggy acting diminish Open Waters fear factor

  • Features

    October 23, 2003

    The Last Bear

    Teddy Roosevelt, race suicide and the killing of Orange County's last grizzly

  • News

    September 11, 2003

    Blood in the Water

    San O. sharks bring out the Beast

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Return of the Native?

    Wish they all could be California plants

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    Ratting Out the Mouse

    Is Disneyland a haven for rodents?

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Hellooooooo, Mr. Wilson!

    Enviros give pro-development supervisor the kid-glove treatment

  • Columns

    July 5, 2001

    He Shelves Sea Shells By the Seashore

    Dennis Kellys tales of briny woe

  • Columns

    June 28, 2001

    Letters

    Dennis Kellys tales of briny woe

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    No Food to Free Willy

    Eco-activist fasts 31 days to protest Navy sonar linked to sea-mammal deaths

  • Columns

    December 14, 2000

    I Was Not a Beaver

    This weeks featured NFL game: Philadelphia vs. Cleveland

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Its Food, Stupid!

    Lapin a la OC Weekly

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    There Goes Peter Cottontail

    Leisure World declares war on wabbits

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Rabbitts Split on Offing Thumper

    Hares and Bunneys also divided

  • Columns

    May 18, 2000

    The Rabbits Are Coming!

    Cute woodland critters or sex-crazed maniacs?

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    A River Runs Beneath It

    Santa Ana River toll road elevates eco-fears

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Crystal Method

    Irvine Co.s Crystal Cove project raises eco-disaster fears

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    The Bird Question

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 115

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