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Community & Clubs: Lions dole out more than $17,000 for charity
Harbor Mesa Lions at a recent meeting presented local charitable organizations with funds to help their causes. The club has held fundraising events such as a casino night, a garage sale, bingo night, candy sales and a fashion show to raise more than $17,...Tags: Education, NFL Draft, College Sports, Mountains, Schools
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Commentary: Goodbye, my Newport-Mesa friends
When I was in seventh grade, growing up in La Mirada, I decided to become a teacher because I thought it was the greatest and most important job in the world.
In the last 43 years, my opinion has not wavered. In the course of my professional career as an...Tags: Students, Landforms, Mountains, Tennessee Williams, Teaching and Learning
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Professor remembered as a legal ally
Friends of a Chapman University law professor who died after falling from a parking structure last week remembered her as a legal ally to supporters of same-sex marriage. Mary "Katherine" Baird Darmer was one of the founding members and served as the...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Princeton University, Marriage, Family, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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O.C.'s 'hidden minority' celebrates Prop. 8 ruling
Supporters of same-sex marriage called Tuesday's federal court ruling negating Proposition 8 a step in the right direction while opponents argued that the will of California voters should stand.
"It is incredible, marvelous," Newport Beach Dr. Jorge...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Politics, University of California, Irvine, Justice System, Judges
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Tar Heels win Swoosh MLK crown
The Newport-Mesa All-Net fifth-grade boys' basketball team competed in last weekend's Swoosh Martin Luther King Classic in Downey and won the 11U division. The Tar Heels defeated IE Scorpions, SCV Playmakers and Camarillo Swoosh to win the tournament...Tags: Landforms, Mountains, Landforms, Basketball
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Community Commentary: Trader Joe's should join the Campaign for Fair Food
People often forget that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tenn., while he was standing in solidarity with sanitation workers as they sought justice in their workplace. I could think of no better way to honor his legacy than by...Tags: Burger King, Career and Workplace, Slavery, Wage Contract Issues, Labor Legislation
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Rotary has polio on the ropes in India
Rotary Club members worldwide, including those in Costa Mesa and Newport Beach, are cautiously celebrating a milestone in the global effort to eradicate polio. India, until recently an epicenter of the wild poliovirus, has gone one year without recording...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Diseases and Illnesses, College Sports, Mountains, Pakistan
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Letters From the Editor: Children inherently know MLK's message
My 5-year-old daughter started singing "We Shall Overcome" at the dinner table the other night. I asked her where she learned the song. At school, she said, explaining that they are teaching her about Martin Luther King Jr. It's his birthday, she...Tags: Justice and Rights, Justice and Rights, Entertainment, Music, Civil Rights
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Beckman's Kim keeps coming
Jeff Kim came to America from Korea with his family five years ago, but like many immigrants, the only "football" he knew was soccer. And when Kim first enrolled at Beckman High, soccer is what he played. "My freshman year, the head coach was actually...Tags: Football
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Irvine 11 case in jury's hands
SANTA ANA — An Orange County Superior Court jury will decide the fate of 10 college students accused of illegally disrupting Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren's speech last year at UC Irvine. After two full days of closing statements from six defense...Tags: Israel, Trials, Prosecution, University of California, Defendants
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Corona del Mar High walks away with heads held high
Corona del Mar High School students didn't walk home from Hurley's Walk the Walk championship empty-handed.
CdM won the men's Head-to-Toe Design Challenge at the fifth annual "Project Runway"-esque fashion show on the beach Thursday during the U.S....Tags: Education, Kanye West, Tom Petty, Tristan Wilds, Entertainment
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Irvine 11 defense: Oren went to Lakers game afterward
SANTA ANA — The Israeli ambassador to the United States did not take questions after completing his speech at UC Irvine last year so that he could attend a Lakers game, according to opening statements made by a defense attorney in the Irvine 11...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Politics, Paul Wilson, Diplomacy, University of California, Irvine
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