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March 1, 2006
New Poll Takes Its Toll
A public opinion survey released this fine Wednesday morning shows that 73% of Californians are opposed to extending a toll road through San Onofre State Beach. Last September, the Transportation Corridor Agencies commissioned their annual public opinion poll on how much we all love toll roads. The ... More >>
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April 6, 2006
35th Senate Race - A Road to Nowhere?
Diane Harkey and Tom Harman are both running for the 35th District Senate seat. Harkey is the Republican's Republican, toeing the party line in her Dana Pointed way, while Harman has the misfortune of being a from-all-appearances honest politician in Huntington Beach (unlikely enough) as well as a f ... More >>
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May 3, 2006
Foothill-South: "The Wrong Direction To Take"
Don't worry about the Transportation Corridor Agencies getting their lawsuits moved to federal court. Federal regulations may be less stringent than any state restrictions, but it's not all bad news. Today the State Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 met to discuss, among other matters, a staff reso ... More >>
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July 11, 2007
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 sc ... More >>
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October 2, 2007
New poll shows mixed bag on 241 toll extension
Photo by Craig Coppola/Courtesy Surfrider. A poll released this morning shows that OC voters are generally in favor of more toll roads, but not when they go through protected state parks. The poll, which was financed by the California State Parks Foundation, asked 400 voters from each of ... More >>
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December 17, 2007
241 Toll Road Delayed Indefinitely
The 241 Foothill-South Toll Road extension that would have run through San Onofre State Park endangering wild life and costing tax payers $10 million, has been delayed indefinitely, according to Congressman Ken Calvert. In the Congressman's words, "thanks to Reps. Susan Davis and Loretta Sanchez ( ... More >>
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January 18, 2008
Toll Road Sound-Byte Wars
Governor Arnold Schwarnzenegger thinks the TCA's 241 (Foothill-South) toll road extension (which would bisect San Onofre State Beach, impact an Indian burial ground, mess with Trestles and possibly bring about Apocalypse) is about as tasty as steroids or a married woman's breast. The TCA (or Transpo ... More >>
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January 21, 2008
State Park Scare Tactics
Or, How to Fool a County. To soothe concerns that their 241 (Foothill-South) toll road extension would rape the environment, destroy endangered species and habitat, pave over archaeological and sacred sites, close the San Mateo Campground, bisect inland San Onofre State Beach and possibly impact th ... More >>
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January 23, 2008
YouTube Saves Trestles
The Save San Onofre Coalition really hopes the Coastal Commission is a buncha voyeurs. See, the SSOC (made up of Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Endangered Habitats League, Laguna Greenbelt, Surfrider Foundation, Audubon California, the California State Parks ... More >>
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February 1, 2008
Picture Your Favorite Park. Now Picture It Gone.
Fresh off the system of tubes some call an internets from the California State Parks Foundation comes an announcement of a photo contest. Get those pictures soon - regardless of the contest deadline, if the Governor follows through on his scare-tactic plan of closing 48 state parks, it might be the ... More >>
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February 4, 2008
Dirty Harry on San Onofre
Clint Eastwood is Vice-Chair of the California State Parks and Recreation Commission. He also used to surf down at Trestles in San Onofre. Thus it's little surprise he appears in the following video urging Southern Californians to save Trestles and San Onofre State Beach. This can be done by opposin ... More >>
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February 6, 2008
Coastal Commission Denies 241 Permit
The California Coastal Commission voted at 11:18 p.m. Wednesday night to deny a coastal permit to the Transportation Corridor Agencies. It will now be much more difficult for the TCA to construct the Foothill-South (241) toll road extension. The vote was 8-2 in favor of denying certification. More ... More >>
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September 12, 2008
More on Huell Howser and the Evil TCA
The strangest part in my interview with Huell Howser this week was learning that the Transportation Corridor Authority tried to get his special on San Onofre State Beach delayed. I knew the TCA hated ol' Huell for his opposition to extending the 241 Toll Road through San Onofre State Park, further t ... More >>
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March 10, 2009
Interesting Op-Ed Pieces on FBI Informant, Toll Roads
In "Breach of Trust: FBI Wants It Both Ways," the editorial board of UC Irvine's New University student newspaper takes issue with the indictment of a Muslim resident of Tustin and the use of a controversial government informant. (Background is here and here.) The case is bound to have a chilling ef ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
National Trails Day
Crystal Cove State Park
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February 19, 2009
Beach Walk
Crystal Cove State Park
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December 18, 2008
Keep It Wild
Volunteer Day
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December 11, 2008
Nature Photo Session
Crystal Cove State Park
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September 25, 2008
Say You Will Build It, and They Will Come . . . If the 'It' Is a Toll Road Over Trestles Parkland
Crystal Cove State Park
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July 31, 2008
Do San Onofre Nudists Stand a Stitch of a Chance Against the State's Efforts to Cover Them Up?
Crystal Cove State Park
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May 15, 2008
Goodmovie
Badlands
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January 10, 2008
Amber Waves
Shenandoah
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November 1, 2007
The Fire of the Century . . . of the Year
Hellish fires now, Sahara Desert later, says UCI doom prophet Mike Davis
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May 4, 2000
Bad Deeds Go Unpunished
Officials say discovery that county parks are open for development is no big deal
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August 17, 2006
Toll Road Rage
Hey, Porter! New firm cashes in on bad toll-road PR
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December 1, 2005
Toll Road Rage: Don't Trust the Register
Register a complaint
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November 24, 2005
Toll Road Rage: What Your Mimi Doesn't Know
What your Mimi doesn't know could fill San Mateo Canyon, if the TCA doesn't do it first.
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August 25, 2005
Toll Road Rage: Who Supports the Toll Road?
Shark Attack!
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March 31, 2005
No Mo Moiso
Grassroots campaign aims to stop homebuilder from invading OCs last protected wilderness area
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March 18, 2004
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Grassroots campaign aims to stop homebuilder from invading OCs last protected wilderness area
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September 11, 2003
Blood in the Water
San O. sharks bring out the Beast
Columns
August 9, 2001
No Friend in Deed
Supes quietly shelve park protection
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September 16, 1999
Beach Reach
Public access jeopardized at Crystal Cove
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June 18, 2009
Summer Solstice Beach Walk
Crystal Cove State Park
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June 25, 2009
Morning Tidepool Exploration
Crystal Cove State Park
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June 26, 2009
To Do This Weekend 6/26 - 6/28
Flock of Seagulls / Dramarama / When in Rome / Gene Loves Jezebel, Friday, 8 p.m.With a line up like this, how can you afford to miss it??House of Blues, 1530 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, CA; 714-778-2583Morning Tidepool Exploration, Saturday, 9 a.m.Join a state park docent on a morning tidepool exp ... More >>
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June 29, 2009
Bummer Summer for San Onofre's Nude Sunbathers
Photo by Tim MelidoNaturist attorney Allen Baylis loses latest round in court but vows to press on. As last summer was winding down, the Naturist Action Committee scored a legal victory in their fight to retain the right for nude sunbathers to go au natural on San Onofre State Beach's traditionally ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
Birds of Prey
Fullerton Arboretum
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March 19, 2010
[UPDATED:] Park Rangers' Dilemma: Bust Nudists or Smokers?
UPDATE: The bill to ban smoking at state parks and beaches fell short, but the Long Beach backer vows to bring it back. UPDATE: California lawmakers rejected state Sen. Jenny Oropeza's proposal to ban smoking at state parks and beaches, something that is already prohibited in Laguna Beach and Hu ... More >>
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April 30, 2010
William Louis Poolman Accused of Sending Mysterious White Powder to Spook Parking Citation Workers
A man angry over a $68 parking ticket he received at Carpentaria State Park will be arraigned today for allegedly sending an envelope containing white powder to spook employees of a Costa Mesa-based parking citation collection company. William Louis Poolman answers to one felony count of mailing ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Freeze, Punk! It's OC's Crime-y State Beaches
Crime sceneFour of the six most crime-infested state parks are in Orange County, and each is a state beach. Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area near Pismo Beach logged by far the highest number of crime calls in 2009 with nearly 6,000. Lake Perris State Recreation Area near Riverside ha ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
Gov. Brown's Proposed Budget Cuts Will Affect State Parks, Including Those in OC
Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyIt's technically San Diego County, but OC treats San Onofre like its ownJerry Brown hasn't held the governor title for long, but he's already worthy of our unsupportive scowl. Reasoning? Part of his current suggestions for budget cuts milk state parks for $11 million thro ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
[CORRECTED: Ex-Groomer Arrest] Pervs, Molesters and Creepers--Oh, My! DA Seeks Victims of Accused Pastor as County Parks Sex Offender Ban Sought
"Oh, Coker . . ."UPDATE, MARCH 31, 4:27 P.M.: The original version of this post has been corrected. At one point, the previous version referred to David Montano, who was picked up in Coto de Caza earlier this month on a child-molestation arrest warrant out of Turlock, as a "horse trainer." Later ... More >>
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April 9, 2011
[UPDATED with Not Guilty Plea:] Joe David Nelms, Former Pastor, Accused of Molesting Girl in 1993
UPDATE, APRIL 9, 10:16 A.M.: 47-year-old Joe David Nelms pleaded not guilty Friday to eight felony counts related to the sexual assault of a then-14-year-old girl he met while serving as a youth pastor in San Clemente in 1993.Nelms, who was extradited to Orange County from Texas, returned to Oran ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
[UPDATED with SJC Law on Agenda:] Banning Pervs in Parks Sweeps OC
UPDATE, JUNE 22, 10:09 A.M.: While expressing some concern the county pervs-in-parks ban is too broad, the San Juan Capistrano City Council did decide Tuesday night to bring a local ordinance back for a vote July 5.Among the options the city with huge swaths of open space will explore are applyin ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Paul Oakenfold: A Special Pre-July 4 Event
Sutra OC
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July 20, 2011
[UPDATED with Ban Maintained:] Councilman Wants to Allow Guns in San Juan Capistrano Parks
UPDATE, JULY 20, HIGH NOON: A San Juan Capistrano city councilman's proposal to legalize the carrying of unloaded guns in city parks was . . . wait for it . . . shot down by his colleagues Tuesday night.The City Council voted 3-1 to continue outlawing the firearms, with the lone dissent coming fr ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
[UPDATED with Early RSM Nod:] Banning Pervs in Parks Sweeps OC
UPDATE, JULY 29, 9:41 A.M.: The Rancho Santa Margarita City Council voted Wednesday night to move ahead with a ban on registered sex offenders in city parks that is similar to the county law enacted in April.The council agreed that banning only those who have preyed on children would leave kids v ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
[UPDATED with SJC Spooked:] Banning Pervs in Parks Sweeps OC
UPDATE, AUG. 17, 11:17 A.M.: It's become so routine it's lost its news value: The District Attorney's office announces it's sending a rep before the latest of the 7,000 city councils in Orange County considering a ban on sex offenders in local parks modeled after the county law co-written by DA T ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
Robert Carl Hopkins Jr., Alleged Vandal From Parked Cars and Poser for Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week
Pity Robert Carl Hopkins Jr. The Costa Mesan may have simply posed for a bad photo. Or, perhaps the camera caught him at an unflattering angle. Or, the 19-year-old could just need to grow some more into his face (and out of that thing on his forehead).Certainly Costa Mesa's upscale Mesa Verde com ... More >>
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