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Mailbag: No need for fire ring ban on all beaches
I have been a citizen of Orange County for 37 years and have frequently enjoyed the beach and the fire rings. Never have I heard of a problem until this year. It appears that the rich of Newport Beach have convinced themselves that they are being...Tags: Environmental Issues, Automotive Equipment, Health, Conservation, Air Pollution
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Art á la carte
A street-level window showcasing a solitary painting. This is the scene that greets people who pass Current, Innocean USA's recently christened art gallery, in downtown Huntington Beach. "We had an internal contest asking our employees to submit names...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Lobbying, Artists, Fine Artists
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City Lights: Some toys have a real story
Oh, those traumatic memories of "Toy Story 3." For some reason, I've kept encountering playthings during my last couple of weeks covering Huntington Beach. First, there was the Course of the Force, a "Star Wars"-themed charity relay in which participants...Tags: Star Wars (movie), Toy Story 3 (movie), Quentin Tarantino, Pixar Animation Studios, Toy Industry
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Greer's OC: Take a different kind of vacation
Take time off for yourself at a three-day wellness and fitness retreat starting Friday through Sunday with Body Design's all inclusive Fitness Vacation at its Newport Beach studio. The getaway is offered once a month (next one is Sept. 21 to 23, and then...Tags: Medical Specialization, Plant Openings, Hotels and Accommodations, Travel, Personal Service
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You can't miss it now
Motorists heading to the upcoming 45th annual Sunset Beach Art Festival should spot the post office. The local landmark at 16885 Pacific Coast Hwy. is a block from the site of the festival, which will happen during the Mother's Day weekend. Out-of-...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Artists
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In the Pipeline: To Bolsa Chica, with love
This week we're talking historic milestones. First of all, Valentine's Day marks the 15th anniversary of the major state acquisition in Bolsa Chica, which tripled the size of the state ecological reserve. And last month was the 20th anniversary of the...Tags: Restaurants, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, Dining and Drinking, Human Interest
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City Lights: Cross-country walk an inspiration
Oh, it feels good to write this column. Even a year and a half later than expected. In February 2010, I wrote a piece about how Kent Treptow, a longtime photographer for the Huntington Beach Independent and its sister papers, had left his job to walk...Tags: Steve Irwin, Jane Goodall, Amelia Earhart
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Natural Perspectives: Current situation more like 'global weirding'
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center's "State of the Climate: Global Analysis for Annual 2010" makes for some pretty sobering reading. Vic and I waded through the nine-page document over the hot Fourth...Tags: Environmental Issues, Disasters and Accidents, Energy Resources, Ecosystems, Global Change
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The Gossiping Gourmet: A marriage of coastal cuisines
The best way to describe the food at Raya might be "Mexasian." The new restaurant at the Ritz Carlton has been advertised as Latin American or Pan-Latin coastal cuisine, but that doesn't explain the presence of miso black cod with kabayaki sauce, tuna...Tags: Mushrooms, Shrimp, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lemons, Chili
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Natural Perspectives: The wildlife of our waters
Our missing summer seems to have found us. It's been so hot here that our chickens are laying boiled eggs.
Vic beat the heat this past weekend by taking a pelagic trip with his birding class. They joined members of Sea & Sage Audubon Society on a...Tags: Skin, California, Lifestyle and Leisure, Ecosystems, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California)
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More than a place for mail to gather
Just as she has done for the last 50 years, Jean Hylton, 85, on Monday walked into the small, buttercup-yellow, one-story building on Pacific Coast Highway between 10th and 11th streets.
The building wasn't always yellow — it recently underwent...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Transportation, Arts and Culture, Travel, Mail Order Industry
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Natural Perspectives: Nature's magnificence in Yosemite
Last week, Vic and I rented a vacation house on a fork of the Fresno River in Oakhurst with our friends Paul and Sue Hertzog and their delightful 15-year-old daughter Katie. Paul and Vic have been friends since they lived in France and shared a house...Tags: Arts and Culture, Hotels and Accommodations, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Wildflowers
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