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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2006

    The Foothills in your Headlights: The Extension approved

    Yesterday, the board members of the Foothills/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency voted 12-3 to approve the $875 million Foothills South (241) extension, which will cut through both San Onofre State Beach and the Donna O'Neill Land Conservancy. But that ominous rumbling you hear in the distance i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2006

    Troubled Waters

    Normally, when a major clean-up effort for a polluted site is announced-- an effort which will bring to bear the resources of both the local and federal government-- environmentalists are happy. But this is Orange County, where the eco-friendly have often seen their green hopes fade to grey (and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2006

    Love That Dirty Water

    Troubling news from American Rivers, the 75,000-member strong nonprofit that is trying to save and restore our nation's rivers: The Supreme Court of the United States today handed down a divided decision in the Rapanos and Carabell cases that will lead to confusion on the ground and grave risk for t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2006

    Something Stinks

    You know how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency announced recently they are joining forces to clean up stinky Aliso Creek (finally), which spews its filth into South Laguna's Aliso Beach? Yeah, when have we heard that before? Oh, yeah, eight years ago. Anyway, you'd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Army Tackles Toll Road

    When supporters of the 241 (Foothill-South) toll road and its builder, the Transportation Corridor Agencies, hear opponents claim they'll stop the project, the reply is usually along the lines of, "You and what army?" The United States Army, assholes. That's right, the Army is finally providing the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2008

    Colonel of Wisdom

    This toll road debate is starting to feel like Clue—who's going to kill the project? Was it Colonel Magness, in the media, with cold, hard facts? Col. Thomas Magness wrote a little letter the Transportation Corridor Agencies didn't like. The letter disclosed that the TCA's preferred, certified a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2008

    241 Toll Road Update

    The Department of Commerce has stated their interest in holding a public hearing on the Foothill-South toll road extension, disregarding the impotent raging of Transportation Corridor Agencies counsel Robert Thornton. The LA Times reported on the road's construction cost leaping from $875 million to ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Beach Blanket Stinko

    Corky's fight to keep our ocean clean

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Whose Poop Is It Anyway?

    How not to solve the Aliso Creek pollution mystery

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    A River Runs Beneath It

    Santa Ana River toll road elevates eco-fears

  • Features

    September 15, 2005

    The Tragedy of It All

    Orange Countys own Hurricane Katrina: the Great Flood of 1938

  • Music

    October 9, 2008

    Hot Little Pony Are Actually Emo Icons Far. Or Are They?

    Orange Countys own Hurricane Katrina: the Great Flood of 1938

  • Culture

    July 10, 2008
  • Features

    May 29, 2008
  • Columns

    April 1, 1999

    The Anus of Aliso Viejo

    Orange Countys own Hurricane Katrina: the Great Flood of 1938

  • News

    March 15, 2007

    Road to Nowhere Fast

    Foothill-South delayed until 2011, possibly forever

  • News

    November 23, 2006

    A River Runs Through Us

    Patrick Mitchell tells the story of the Santa Ana River

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    Three Steps to Nowhere

    Letter from New Orleans

  • Film

    March 23, 2006
  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Dana Point

    Ocean Revolution Film Fest

  • Columns

    September 8, 2005

    Thank God for That Tax Cut!

    Its hard to celebrate 10 years of the Weekly when youre busy hating the president

  • Columns

    September 1, 2005
  • Columns

    September 1, 2005
  • Features

    May 19, 2005

    Killer Fish

    On a date!

  • News

    January 27, 2005

    Dam Us!

    Januarys flooding wasnt an act of god, but man

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    A Road Runs Through It

    Ride the Santa Ana River trail while you still can

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    Colonial Capitalism

    Ride the Santa Ana River trail while you still can

  • Features

    February 28, 2002

    Remembering the Future of Orange Countys Great Park

    Ride the Santa Ana River trail while you still can

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    Toxic Company

    Feds say Tustin base cleanup company is dirty

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    When the Levee Broke

    How a boy reporter stopped a flood with a letter

  • News

    October 21, 1999

    Talking Shit

    Words speak louder than action in cleaning OC beaches

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    A Sewer Runs Through It

    The life and death of the Santa Ana River

  • Columns

    April 15, 1999

    Letters

    The life and death of the Santa Ana River

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    July-September

    The life and death of the Santa Ana River

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    Ron Packard, Military Whore

    Beneath the South County Congressman's Mr. Vanilla exterior beats the heart of an old-fashioned, log-rolling, back-scratching, pork barreling special-interest pol

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    Knock 'Em Down

    Our 15 favorite places OC developers have missed

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Where Will Surfin' Congressman Stand on Long Beach Breakwater?

    The surfin' congressman. As Louis Sahagun blogged on the LA Times' L.A. Now, Long Beach has released the long-awaited results of a study aimed at reconfiguring the breakwater to create bigger waves, cleaner water and beaches, and more surf tourism. According to the study, the city could gain $5 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    DeVore and Fiorina Still Milking Barbara Boxer "Ma'am" Comment

    Don't call her ma'am, ma'am!​Associated Press reports termed-out Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) and former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina, who are vying for the Republican nomination to face U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer in November, are still mining fund-raising gold from a video of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Long Beach Breakwater Reconfiguration Moves a Baby Step Forward

    The old days in Long Beach, before the breakwater​Reconfiguring the Long Beach Breakwater--championed by environmentalists, dissed by some beachfront residents--has moved another step closer to reality as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' district office in Los Angeles has recommended approval of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    City and Army Corps of Engineers Celebrate Partnership to Reconfigure the Breakwaters

    ​Time was, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was perceived as a foe--or, at least, slow on the uptake--when it came to the proposed reconfiguration of the Long Beach breakwaters, which surfers, environmentalists and even some city officials want to return waves to the city shoreline. However, the C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Sirous and Sons, Rug Store at Center of Rape Case, Clashes with Landlord and Laguna Beach

    ​You may recall the name Sirous and Sons from our coverage of Saeid Boustanabadi Maralan, the Laguna Beach rug store's manager and registered sex offender facing up to 60 years to life in state prison for allegedly sexually assaulting and/or exposing himself to 11 women. Most incidents having h ... More >>

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