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November 23, 2011
[UPDATED with Ban Approved:] Laguna Hills is Latest City to Prohibit Pervs from Parks
UPDATE, NOV. 23, 8:28 A.M.: The Laguna Hills City Council on Tuesday night approved on first reading an ordinance banning registered sex offenders from city parks and, if homeowner associations request to join in, their private parks as well.The city will join La Habra, Westminster, Yorba Linda, ... More >>
Columns
October 27, 2011
God Is Everywhere. Look, There's His Signature!
[Hey, You!] Jesus-tagging a rock in the wilderness? Really?
Blogs
September 12, 2011
[UPDATED with Odd Twist:] Steven Craig DePhillips, OC Homicide No. 41: Found Stabbed in Driveway of Residence Near Country Club
Jeffrey Alec HendersonUPDATE, SEPT. 12, 8:39 A.M.: Costa Mesa Police investigators still are not releasing many details about a motive (or anything else) in the Aug. 30 stabbing death of 40-year-old Steven Craig DePhillips near Mesa Verde Country Club. However, it's been revealed that DePhillips ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2011
Five Great Places in Orange County To Have A Picnic This Memorial Day Weekend
Flickr user johanAh, summer. Time for picnics, beaches, and parks. Time for picnics on the beach, picnics in the park, picnics at the beach parks. Here are five picnic spots to consider for this holiday weekend and for every summer weekend thereafter that would do well with picnics, beaches, and ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
[UPDATED with More and Scarier Details:] Young Man Wades Nude, Then Eats Beach Sand
UPDATE, APRIL 6, 3:34 P.M.: California State Parks confirmed that the naked man arrested after coming out of the San Clemente surf Tuesday morning was Jesse William Sauder, 18, of San Clemente.And, according to district supervisor Ken Kramer, the incident was more dangerous than might be indicate ... More >>
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January 17, 2011
Acclaim Technical Services of Huntington Beach Must Shell Out More Than $230,000 to Fort Irwin Workers
Following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation, a Huntington Beach company and two government contractors must pay $1,060,554 in back wages to about 885 employees at Fort Irwin, near Death Valley National Park.The share for Acclaim Technical Services is $234,311 to 177 employees.
Blogs
December 29, 2010
Orange County Great Park Corp. Isn't Paying Its Bills?
More money woes at the Great ParkLate this month, a Montclair contracting business filed a lawsuit against the City of Irvine and it's Orange County Great Park Corp. in hopes of collecting $361,000 after creating a "shade structure" for the park's dubious balloon ride PR scheme.According to lawye ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Candlelight Holiday Tour
Heritage Hill Historical Park
Blogs
October 22, 2010
Long Beach's State Senator Jenny Oropeza Passes Away at 53
State Senator Jenny Oropeza, who championed public health legislation and was expected to easily win reelection next month, died Wednesday night of complications from a blood clot. She was 53.The Democratic lawmaker represented Long Beach, first in the state Assembly and later in the state Senate ... More >>
Blogs
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 6, 2010
5 More Things Park Rangers Can Bury to Drive Nudists Off San Onofre Beach
Having already been played out on the sand, in the media and at the courthouse, state park rangers' crackdown on sunbathers who let it all hang out on a secluded stretch of beach off San Onofre's Trail 6 has taken a most stinky turn.
Blogs
December 21, 2009
OC Environmentalists Celebrate Momentous Decisions
Ancestor walks take on new meaning after efforts to carve a toll road through Pahne failed.Holiday celebrating started early for local environmental groups.On Friday, a diverse coalition of allies marked the one-year anniversary of a U.S. Department of Commerce decision that effectively stopped t ... More >>
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December 17, 2009
Winter Solstice Morning Walk
Laguna Coast Wilderness Park
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December 10, 2009
ENC Green Building Tour
Environmental Nature Center
Blogs
May 14, 2009
State Beaches May Not Be Ashtrays Much Longer
California could become the first state in the nation to ban smoking at state parks and beaches after the state Senate today passed legislation it says protects the marine environment and reduces fire danger. Introduced by Sen. Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach), Senate Bill 4 now moves to the Assembly, w ... More >>
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February 5, 2009
Manzanar Pilgrimage Exhibit
Soka University
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January 8, 2009
Historic District Walk
Crystal Cove State Park
Calendar
December 25, 2008
Tidepool Walk
Crystal Cove State Park
News
September 11, 2008
Huell Howser Talks Orange Groves, Blimp Hangars, Trestles, the Evil TCA
Crystal Cove State Park
Blogs
August 26, 2008
Saving Trestles: Game On!
The on-again, off-again hearing on the 241 Foothill South toll road extension by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce is back on, from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 22, and in an old/new home, O'Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, or the same place the California Coastal Commission met, took testimony ... More >>
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July 31, 2008
Bike and Hike
Bike Ride to Shipley Nature Center
Blogs
April 7, 2008
Radiohead's N. American Tour Dates Announced
Closest the British mope-rock kings come to OC is a two-date run at Hollywood Bowl, Aug. 24 and 25. Pre-sale tix are available April 9 and general on-sale April 12. Grizzly Bear support Aug. 3-15, Liars Aug. 19-28. Radiohead have good taste. August 1 - Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL August 3 - Verizo ... More >>
Blogs
March 20, 2008
Schwarzenegger Sacks Shriver
Governor Schwarzenegger sent a message to every one of his appointees this week by effectively firing the chair and vice-chair of the California State Parks and Recreation Commission. Bobby Shriver, chairman of the Commission, is a Santa Monica City Councilman and the Governor's brother-in-law. Clin ... More >>
News
February 14, 2008
They Didn't Pave Paradise: The top 10 reasons why the Foothill South Toll Road extension failed
Governor Schwarzenegger sent a message to every one of his appointees this week by effectively firing the chair and vice-chair of the California State Parks and Recreation Commission. Bobby Shriver, chairman of the Commission, is a Santa Monica City Councilman and the Governor's brother-in-law. Clin ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2008
The Real Reason Why 241 Toll Road Plan Failed!
Full disclosure: I'm not too informed on the 241 Toll Road. I don't see how extending it to San Onofre will reduce traffic on the 5 Freeway. I don't surf so don't particularly care if the legendary waves of Trestles disappeared. I do know that the Transportation Corridor Authority is one of Orange C ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2008
TCA Begs For Help From Lackeys
The Coastal Commission has had to change its February meeting venue to accommodate the expected 2,000-odd attendees. This is bad news for the Transportation Corridor Agencies, who already sent out an email to their contractors begging for support. The issue is the 241 (Foothill-South) toll road exte ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2007
Coming Sooner or Later: When Will the City Fix the Bixby Park Bandshell?
On February 19, 2005, after a heavy rainstorm, a massive tree fell on the historic, art deco-era bandshell in Long Beach's Bixby Park, the pride of the city's Alamitos Beach neighborhood since 1927, and more recently, a home to the homeless and weekly pottery classes. The tree crushed the building, ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2006
San Diego: Screw Trestles
San Diego has no business in San Diego County. At least, that's what their City Council seems to think. In our Best "Best of OC" Issue yet, Dave Wielenga eloquently described one of the major problems with the Save Trestles campaign: apathy. Surfers and the surf industry pay lip service to their be ... More >>
Features
October 19, 2006
UCI Arts Plaza
Seemed like a good idea at the time . . .
News
May 25, 2006
Shameless
Supervisor Wilson continues to portray himself as enviro-friendly, but thats a damn lie
Blogs
May 20, 2006
Pedro: Making Dreams Come True
Assemblyman Pedro Nava is taking his battle against the Foothill-South (241) toll road extension online. At risk is San Onofre State Beach, 5th most popular state park in California, home to critical populations of endangered species such as gnatcatchers and pocket mice, not to mention the San M ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2006
Bill Campbell Hates the (Surfin') USA
Today I listened to a State Senate Budget Subcommittee meeting on Transportation. Slightly more fun a C.I.A. interrogation. But as long as the TCA keeps trying to build a time/money-wasting toll road that might not even relieve traffic, when they haven't even done ANY studies on weekend traffic beca ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2006
Toll Road Decision Delayed; Newport Beach Freezes Over
Okay, Newport's fine, but there must be Satanic snowballs somewhere. Today, the Transportation Corridor Agencies announced a 30-day delay on their choice of alignments for the Foothill-South toll road extension. The TCA board voted 12-3 for the delay mere hours after its staff received a letter from ... More >>
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January 12, 2006
Environment and Sports
Okay, Newport's fine, but there must be Satanic snowballs somewhere. Today, the Transportation Corridor Agencies announced a 30-day delay on their choice of alignments for the Foothill-South toll road extension. The TCA board voted 12-3 for the delay mere hours after its staff received a letter from ... More >>
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January 12, 2006
Environment & Sports
Okay, Newport's fine, but there must be Satanic snowballs somewhere. Today, the Transportation Corridor Agencies announced a 30-day delay on their choice of alignments for the Foothill-South toll road extension. The TCA board voted 12-3 for the delay mere hours after its staff received a letter from ... More >>
News
December 29, 2005
The Year in the 241 Toll Road
The year in doing nothing
News
December 29, 2005
Toll Road Rage: 2005 in Review
The year in the 241, the year in doing nothing
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
Features
November 24, 2005
Yule Log!
Not So Easy Being Green
News
August 26, 2004
Out of the Park
Developers Eye Public Parks
News
November 20, 2003
Turning Water into Whine
Environmental concerns stall HB desalination plant
News
June 19, 2003
Trailer Trash
Paul Freemans campaign to preserve a private trailer park on a public beach
Features
May 30, 2002
No Escape
A night of illegal camping
Film
April 4, 2002
Deadly Quiet, Noisy Death
Killing time in the Badlands
News
December 6, 2001
Toll Road Collision
Two San Clemente city officials took more than $40,000 from the countys toll road agency
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September 6, 2001
Dick Nixons Revenge
El Toro Airport Watch No. 146
Columns
June 8, 2000
Scrubbing Bubbles
El Toro Airport Watch No. 146
News
July 8, 1999
Perpetual Indulgence
How taxpayers subsidize the Irvine Co.s Newport Coast development
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