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Surfboard Scientist Paul ‘Son of Cobra’ Lefèvre Slithers Away From ‘Artist’ Title

Paul Lefèvre doesn’t like to be called an artist, but anyone who has seen what he can do with a surfboard, car or other physical medium would have a hard time arguing that what he does isn’t art. The French surfboard shaper, glasser, designer and manufacturer—who is best known by his nickname/brand, “Son of Cobra”—may …

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Is the Battle for Whale-Watching Customers Underhanded or Healthy Competition?

The Pacific Ocean off Southern California’s coast generates opportunities for businesses to profit from selling boats, seafood and cruises. But our waters also provide chances for capitalistic mischief. Though it’s difficult to imagine, tempers have flared in a money-making endeavor you’d probably guess would inspire more joy than conflict: whale watching.  Boats regularly take excited …

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UCI Prof: Poly Sci Grad Students Read Few Works by Women

Political science graduate students read very little scholarship written chiefly, or exclusively, by women. This is a pretty damning finding from a new paper published in The Journal of Politics and PS: Political Science and Politics by two professors–Heidi Hardt of UC Irvine and Amy Erica Smith of Iowa State University (two others, Philippe Meister …

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Riip’s Flannels & Flip Flops, Our Beer of the Week!

Most brewery collaborations come together out of the love for a certain brewing process or a fondness for a certain ingredient, or even the admiration for one another. Chef collaborations are no different, but the results are bound to be more culinary-driven. One chef who loves a collaboration as much as the average brewery does …

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A Woman Inspiring Women Leads to County’s First All-Female Playwrighting Festival

Once that big light goes off and we move on to wherever, or don’t, the best most of us can hope for is a kindly remembrance or two. Rare are those who inspire others after they’re gone. Count Peggy Hesketh among the latter. A writer, journalist, educator and all-round funny, fierce and fearless person (she …

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Sewage Spill Prompts OC Health Agency to Close Harbor Area

Uh oh: a 60,000-gallon sewage spill originating from a sewer main blockage in Stanton has prompted the Orange County Health Care Agency to close a huge part of the harbor area near Surfside and Sunset Beach, the county announced today. “The County of Orange Health Care Agency’s Environmental Health division has closed the harbor water area encompassing Anaheim …

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Real Street Fest Recognizes and Celebrates Mural Art

Five days before Real 92.3 FM’s first annual Real Street Festival, the grounds of the Honda Center were transformed into an outdoor arena that included two giant stages for R&B and hip hop performers, but the Anaheim venue’s staff also welcomed several artists to paint murals for an added special touch to last weekend’s event.  More …

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Monday Munchies: Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone

Evolution may still be a hotly contested idea depending on the person you’re talking to, but around the world we see examples of certain species adapting and evolving as we speak. The rock-climbing goby fish, which is native to the Hawaiian Islands, uses suckers in its mouth to literally scale entire waterfalls and swim upstream …

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