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Given that beet and bean fields made up a lot of what is now Costa Mesa, it’s likely the small strip center at 2424 Newport Boulevard rose from what was once farmland. A 10-by-10-foot room inside Suite B—the middle unit between a day spa and pet-grooming shop—is a farm once again. It’s where Chadd and …
It’s “green” the verb as much as “green” the adjective at the Green Long Beach! Festival, where locals come together for environmentally responsible action in pursuit of environmentally responsible results. This year’s fest combines local vendors and workshops (like the how-to-make-the-world-a-better-place classes taught at Catalyst on First St.) with music from a happily diverse set …
Video games are great. Whether it is used as a means to bond with friends or as a quick method to relieve stress, there are few entertainment mediums that have the ability to captivate us the way video games have. Unfortunately, there are certain characteristics of video gaming that have completely ruined its experience, or …
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Well that's wrong. Despite the headlines at sites like the Week and the LA Times's Brand X blog, this accusation, based on speculation and suspect evidence, is quite old. ] Though she only recently took out a newspaper ad focusing on it, Taitz has been harping on this theory for nearly two years. In her …
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In 2008, 57.7% of Orange County voters supported Proposition 8, the law banning gay marriage. Today, if a poll from Brandman University–the new spin-off of Chapman–is to be believed, 52% of county residents are fine with gay marriage. Support among Democrats is 74%, Republicans 31% and independents/third-party voters 67%. Also, 74% of residents support the repeal of …
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A new poll conducted by Lewis Consulting Group shows that Bill Hunt's campaign is enjoying a “surprising surge” in recent weeks and now the race for Orange County sheriff is “essentially a dead heat.” ] The results: Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, 21 percent; ex-sheriff's lieutenant Hunt, 20 percent. For some unknown reason, a specific number wasn't …
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Look out, gals, it’s something else you didn’t know about to spend your money on: eyelash perming. Did your eyeballs just retract themselves into their sockets? Sorry. Though the practice has been around for ages in Asian countries, eyelash perming has only made its way Stateside this past decade. In fact, you might be hard-pressed …
You can't help but get a kick out of Pelada, a documentary about playing pick-up soccer games around the globe. But as I also discovered at the Saturday afternoon Newport Beach Film Festival screening, there's also a little Orange County twist at the end. ] Let's just say someone involved in the production unexpectedly joins …
The first public poll of voter support in the Orange County sheriff's race found that Sandra Hutchens is far in the lead but significantly short of winning the necessary 50 percent plus vote to avoid a November runoff, according to the Voice of OC. ] The Voice of OC poll conducted by Republican pollster Adam …
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A recent statewide poll shows a majority of California voters support the state's landmark 2006 law that requires reducing greenhouse gas emissions and imposing fees on companies that emit these gases if most of the money collected is returned to state residents. The breakdown in the poll conducted for Next 10 by Field Research Corp. …
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As is fashionable nowadays, last night's city council meeting in San Juan Capistrano saw members of the public comparing elected officials to mid-century fascist monsters. The tyrant of choice? Benito Mussolini. ] Roy L. Byrnes was mayor of the city during the 1970s. Now, he's a tortoise-shell-glasses-wearing 85-year-old who thinks he smells something fishy on the city council. …
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Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine), who's in the middle of a longshot bid to become your U.S. senator, is cooing about his impending endorsement Sunday from the Tea Party Express, the national conservative movement that helped sweep Scott Brown to Ted Kennedy's former Senate seat in Massachusetts. ] Guess ol' Chuckie's not put off by the …