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Cost of state beach parking increases
For some, living near the beach in Orange County is a priceless luxury. But actually going to the beach — by car, anyway — is about to get a little pricier. The California Dept. of Parks and Recreation announced this month that annual...
Tags: Travel, Services and Shopping, Gardens and Parks, State Parks, Vehicles
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Joe Surf: His thoughts on going cold
What's a surfer like you doing in a place like this? That was my first thought when I saw Huntington Beach's own Timmy Turner at a neighborhood Christmas party the other day. Turner had his five-month old daughter, Tynzlee, strapped to his chest in one...Tags: Indonesia, Documentary (genre), Entertainment, Santa Claus (fictional character), Travel
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Natural Perspectives: Priority should be preventing extinction
An article in Physorg.com this week reported that a team of scientists from Japan and Russia believe that they may be able to produce a living woolly mammoth within the next five years by a cloning process. Key to their research will be finding an...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Gardens and Parks, Animals, Science, Natural Resources
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Greer's OC: Touring chef coming to Costa Mesa
Orange County is in for a major foodie treat. Chef Ryan Carson brings his touring restaurant, 'Pri-v¿, to taco asylum for a nightly tasting at 7 p.m. on these select dates: Sunday till Tuesday, Feb. 19 and 20, and Feb. 26 and 27 . The globally...Tags: The Happiest News!, French Toast, Personal Service, Dining and Drinking, Tourism and Leisure
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Wetlands group wins grant
The Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy, a nonprofit dedicated to acquiring and preserving local wetlands, has gotten a $750,000 state grant for an educational center and interpretive trail. The California State Coastal Conservancy awarded the grant...Tags: Wetlands, Travel, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Natural Resources, Environmental Pollution
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'Low-Down' and raw
Kevin Keller found himself in a familiar spot Monday afternoon — in downtown Huntington Beach, extolling the virtues of his hometown without a script.
Keller, the tourism coordinator for the city's Marketing and Visitors Bureau, serves as host of...Tags: Documentary (genre), Concerts, Travel, YouTube
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City Council prohibits registered sex offenders from parks
An emotionally charged Huntington Beach City Council voted Monday to ban all registered sex offenders from entering city parks, a move that went against the city attorney and police chief's recommendations and made the city's law even more stringent...Tags: Local Elections, Sexual Assault, Labor Legislation, Gardens and Parks, Justice System
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City Lights: Sands mix to unite the surfing world
There's that song "Yesterday's Gone" by the 1960s British duo Chad & Jeremy that goes, "We walked together hand in hand/cross miles and miles of golden sand." The first time I set foot on an English beach, I wondered if they had composed those lyrics...Tags: Monaco, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Travel, England, Elections
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Natural Perspectives: Adventures, photo ops are close to home
Vic and I had an out-of-town guest last week, Harold Drabkin from Bangor, Maine. We were friends with Harold back in our graduate school days at Wesleyan University, nearly 40 years ago. We've seen Harold only a couple of times since then. It's amazing to...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Water, Gardens and Parks, Animals
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In The Pipeline: Museum gets down to the bones
In this column this summer, I've wanted to occasionally focus on a few things slightly outside of Huntington Beach. As a travel writer, I enjoy sharing interesting places, especially for families, and this week provided something special.
By now, you may...Tags: Science and Technology, Paleontology, Travel, Elections, Science
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Natural Perspectives: Losing forests to pests in the East
Wherever Vic and I travel, we study the area, searching for environmental stories. Our recent trip to Tennessee yielded a number of interesting tales about eastern forests.
First, we learned that the magnificent forest that we saw in Great Smoky...Tags: Tennessee, New York, Gardens and Parks, Central Park, Forestry and Timber
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Commission votes to officially name Triangle Park
The Huntington Beach Community Services Commission voted unanimously May 11 to give a city park an official name. Although it has long been known as Triangle Park, the city had to go through the process of naming it after the property, which surrounds...Tags: Travel, Gardens and Parks
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