What you get to read this morning:
SOBER-LIVING HOME DEBATE: LA Times - Balboa Peninsula's plethora of sober-living homes faces the wrath of the Newport Beach City Council as well as the Concerned Citizens of Newport Beach. One wonders whether these Citizens are related to the Cannery Village Concerned, who tried to have the Newport Brewing Company closed because (eek) it was a bar! Welcome to the peninsula, douchebags.
WATER POLO GONE WILD: OC Register - Photos of OC high-school water-polo pl
The Newport Beach City Council will vote today on an ordinance to ban Sytrofoam products. Initially proposed by students of Newport Harbor High School, the citywide ban would curb the use of those to-go containers we are all too familiar with, but according to The Daily Pilot, it includes a hardship clause that "exempts restaurants if eliminating Styrofoam products from their businesses would cause owners undue economic hardship and no reasonable alternative can be found."
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At 10:05 this morning in the lawsuit brought by Newport Beach Police Sgt. Neil Harvey against his department and the city, the clerk entered and said, "We have a verdict." All of the parties were present, including Police Chief John Klein (pictured) and Harvey. The 27-year veteran claimed he was repeatedly
blocked for promotion because of false rumors spread among fellow cops
that he is gay.The jury of seven women and five men entered courtroom. Several of them shot glances--neutral ones, it see
Photo by Jennie WarrenAre certain fair board elements taking Orange Countians and state taxpayers for a ride?Some anonymous Orange County Fair employees have created a website that channels their displeasure with the proposed sale of the state-owned fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.OCUnfair.com takes particular aim at: Steve Beazley, the Orange County Fair president and CEO; David Ellis, a Newport Coast resident who serves on the governor-appointed Orange County Fair Board of Directors; and Richard "Di
