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Planned downtown 7-Eleven won't seek liquor license
A proposed 7-Eleven in downtown Huntington Beach has withdrawn its application to sell beer and wine, according to the city's Planning and Building Department. Assistant Planner Jill Arabe said the company sent the city a letter Friday stating that while...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Manufacturing and Engineering, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking
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All About Food: A hydroponic paradise of produce
At Big Bend on Laguna Canyon Road, hidden behind a wall, is an amazing half-acre vertical hydroponic farm. This is the farm of the future, a system of producing food using 90% less water, 50% less fertilizer and 70% less land than traditional farming...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Science and Technology, Cancer
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Natural Perspectives: Corp members get to know critters
Last week, I enjoyed a pleasant walk around the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in the company of a rather large crew of new recruits from the Orange County Conservation Corps. Normally, my classes have eight to 10 young adults in them. This crew...Tags: Wetlands, California, Energy Saving, Manufacturing and Engineering, Shrimp
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Natural Perspectives: Getting to the bottom of drained wetland
A new freshwater wetland formed at Bolsa Chica, but someone drained it. That's right, someone drained a wetland at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. Vic cautioned me to handle this issue with a cool and level head, but it chapped my hide to think that...Tags: Wetlands, Los Angeles Times, Air Transportation Industry, California, Landforms
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Complaints sprout up over garden
The Huntington Beach Community Garden began as a way to bring people together for a common purpose: to grow their own organic fruits and vegetables.
But for some residents living nearby, the garden is a fruitless endeavor.
"It has become increasingly...Tags: Orange County (California), Newport Beach, Southern California Edison Company, Costa Mesa, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Hauling off the dead horses that couldn't outrun Oklahoma tornado
When a tornado rages across the plains of Oklahoma, the immediate focus is on people, pets and property. Largely forgotten are the horses, cattle and other large livestock caught in a twister’s path. These animals were thrown, twisted and...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Manufacturing and Engineering, Tornadoes
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Cars crashed, smashed and trashed in 'Fast & Furious 6'
It didn't have to be like this. In the age of green screens and VFX houses, filmmakers responsible for the sixth installment of the "Fast & Furious" franchise didn't have to actually destroy hundreds of cars. They didn't have to run over a custom 1969...
Tags: Navistar International Corporation, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Vehicles, Dwayne Johnson
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Cars crashed, smashed and trashed in 'Fast & Furious 6'
It didn't have to be like this. In the age of green screens and VFX houses, filmmakers responsible for the sixth installment of the "Fast & Furious" franchise didn't have to actually destroy hundreds of cars. They didn't have to run over a custom 1969...
Tags: Navistar International Corporation, Vin Diesel, Vehicles, Dwayne Johnson, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Erin Van Berkmoes: SCORE counselors offer expertise on many business topics
Editor's note: Erin Van Berkmoes, guest relations specialist with the Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce, submitted the following column. The Petoskey chamber provides administrative support and meeting space for the local SCORE business counseling...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sales, Small Businesses, Employment, Marketing
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Terry Wiechert
Terry Wiechert, 66, of Sundance died peacefully due to a health related illness on Friday, May 17, 2013 at Crook Country Memorial Hospital. Terry came into this world on March 9, 1947 in East St. Louis, Illinois and was raised by William and Helen M....
Tags: Human Interest, Vehicles, Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Army, Sundance Film Festival
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God's Pit Crew readies for trip to Oklahoma
WDBJ7 ReporterA group from Danville, sent to help victims after last week's tornadoes in Texas, is now on its way to Oklahoma. Tuesday volunteers with God's Pit Crew loaded trailers and packed buckets getting another crew to join the team in Moore, Oklahoma....Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Blaze consumes Eddie's Northside in Aberdeen
An Aberdeen service station and garage that had been filling fuel tanks for more than four decades was destroyed by fire Monday. Three employees working at Eddie's Northside Sinclair tried to put the flames out with fire extinguishers, but the blaze...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Fires, Traffic
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