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Mailbag: Fires have everything painted blackI live on Huntington Street and I live with the smoke and soot caused by the incessant daily beach fires. |
Commentary: Stop high-jacking the majority's willFor the past two decades there has been recognition of the need to gain adequate facilities for Huntington Beach's growing senior population. The trend, nationally and locally, is that the senior population is growing and growing. |
Commentary: Saving public from wood fires is not a local issueThe big news Friday morning was a proposed mayors-only meeting with South Coast Air Quality Management District board member and Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido. |
Commentary: Local control is the answer to fire ring debateWhen I was growing up in Costa Mesa in the '70s and '80s, I remember the days of poor air quality and smog alerts. |
Mailbag: Ascon landfill project is important to allI attended the Scoping meeting on April 24 about the proposed clean up of the Ascon landfill site. |
Mailbag: No need for fire ring ban on all beachesI have been a citizen of Orange County for 37 years and have frequently enjoyed the beach and the fire rings. |
Commentary: Seeing through the smoke on beach bonfire bansIt’s possible that fire rings on the beach are a major contributor to air pollution. But there's reason to doubt it, especially since air regulators don't appear to have been worried about the venerable tradition of the Southern California beach bonfire until the city of Newport Beach got into... |
Mailbag: Saving the Earth hardly starts with fire pitsMelville tells us in the opening lines of "Moby Dick:" |
Columns
In the Pipeline: A show of heart from Little LeagueThe playoffs are upon us. I'm not referring to the NBA or the NHL, though there are some terrific series taking place in those leagues. I'm talking about Little League baseball here in Huntington Beach, where, as the Jeff Pratto-led Ocean View team showed us a couple of seasons ago, it is never... |
Around Town: Marina student gets collegiate boostA big congratulations has to go out to Betty Nguyen for the unbelievable scholarship she earned. Nguyen is the first Marina High School student to win the Gates Millennium Scholarship, according to a news release. |
In the Pipeline: Tired of AQMD's non-responsive behaviorPeople keep asking me whether I think the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) will vote June 7 to ban beach bonfires in much of Southern California. |
In The Pipeline: A sign of the past turns up, along with its delightful ownerHow strange to be sitting at lunch at the site of the old Meadowlark Airport with the man whose name will be forever intertwined with it. |
From the Boathouse: Wear your lifejacket — when necessaryAhoy, and welcome to National Safe Boating Week! |
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In the Pipeline: Essay winner captures peace of local natureLast Sunday will long stand out for me as a special one in this city. |
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