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UCI newspaper asks for student funding
The death of newsprint may hit UC Irvine's newspaper unless students hand over their votes — and money — in an upcoming election. Just like newspapers across the country, rising printing costs have forced UCI's weekly New University to cut...Tags: Online Advertising, Colleges and Universities, Newspapers, Politics, Teaching and Learning
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Local police take precautions
Some regional police forces have grounded their motorcycle units as a precaution while the manhunt for an ex-Los Angeles Police Department officer suspected of targeting law enforcement personnel continues. But Newport-Mesa police departments said...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Murder, Shootings
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Mourners gather for woman killed near UCI
A circle of white candles brushed against the steps to Walnut High School Monday night as classmates of a slain Irvine basketball coach huddled together, sharing memories and tears. Jaemy Oda made her best friend, Monica Quan, a poster with Michael...
Tags: Walnuts, Michael Jordan, High School Sports, University of California, Irvine, California State University, Fullerton
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Accepting the challenges of politics
Fifth in a series of profiles about those in the trenches of Costa Mesa's political battles. * Gary Monahan can't escape politics — not even during his morning commute. As the Costa Mesa councilman walks from his Eastside home to the...
Tags: Voting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Restaurants, Job Layoffs, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Smith: Legal drugs more deadly than guns
About a month ago, I commented on the futility of attempting gun control. I wrote that "there are 270 million privately owned firearms in the U.S. The U.S. is the world leader in both the number of privately owned guns and, more telling, the rate of...Tags: Gun Control, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Politics, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Check It Out: Keeping an eye on the curriculum
California public schools, along with public schools in 44 other states, are adopting a new set of standards. The Common Core State Standards (http://www.corestandards.org) for K-12 are a set of language arts and math standards developed to ensure that...Tags: Science and Technology, Schools, Conservation, Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues
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Commentary: Share the dangers of smoking with loved ones
For 17 years of my life, my family sheltered me from the issue of smoking, since no members in my family were smokers. It wasn't until I built a relationship with a smoker that I developed a deep concern for the issue since my boyfriend, along with the...Tags: Infertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Heart Disease, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Stress
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Fairgrounds to increase gun show security
It's likely to be business as usual, but with some increased security, for this weekend's Crossroads of the West Gun Show at the Orange County Fairgrounds, organizers said. The show, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, happens multiple times a year at...Tags: Gun Control, Laws, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Firearms
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Commentary: Take guns from the hands of shooters
Re. "Commentary: It's time to arm school personnel," (Jan. 9): Chuck Cassity has the gun issue about as upside-down as a person can. To begin, he cites "the hysterical pleadings from the gun-haters." The only hysteria I've heard is from his side of the...Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Politics, Empire State Building, Ted Nugent
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Costa Mesa woman arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run
A 49-year-old Costa Mesa woman was arrested early Saturday morning after allegedly getting into a car accident, hitting the driver with her vehicle then fleeing the scene, authorities said. The two vehicles were involved in a collision near West 19th...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Motorvehicle Accidents
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A Word, Please: Sometimes subjects disagree with their objects
A recent headline from the Los Angeles Times, "Teens plotting attacks tend to tip their hand," highlights a particularly difficult grammar problem. Do plural teens really share a singular hand? No. But would it be better to make "hand" plural, giving...
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