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Mailbag: 'Mean-spirited' fire pits column overlooked health hazards
Re "Wu: Fire pit removal illustrates lack of conservatism," March 25: Your credibility is at stake if you have edited the above column, which erroneously portrays the Newport Beach City Council and Corona del Mar residents as being guided by racist or...Tags: Sports, Health and Safety at Work, Basketball, Cancer, Coughing
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Newport mayor encourages being water-wise
The mayors of Newport Beach and Laguna Beach will face off Friday to see whose city is more water-wise in a month-long national online competition. Mayors Nancy Gardner of Newport and Jane Egly of Laguna will kick off the National Mayor's Challenge for...Tags: Arts and Culture, Conservation, Culture, Ceremonies, Environmental Issues
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Mailbag: 'Bridge to nowhere' is wrong priority
Too bad you can't do a survey to determine how the residents who get stuck with the bill feel about this latest City Council decision to build a bridge to nowhere. (Re. "Newport council approves $2-million bridge," Nov. 29). Every day we read about...Tags: John Larson, Learning Disability, Environmental Pollution, USC Trojans, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Mailbag: Irvine 11 coverage ignores Jewish viewpoint
Why would you reprint most of the "Applauding the 'Irvine 11'" article from the Los Angeles Times on Sept. 27, 2011? The article already appeared, in its entirety, the previous day in the L.A. Times. Did you feel we hadn't gotten enough of the prejudice...Tags: Minority Groups, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Islam, Hate Crimes, Landforms
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Community Commentary: There's too much unknown about 'fracking' effects
An essential element of a viable democracy is that its citizens be accurately informed, and that, once informed, they actively participate in the process of decision making. I fully believe that when the people of this nation have the information they...Tags: Water Supply, Louisiana, Natural Gas, Energy Resources, Natural Resources
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Verde Laguna: Be aware of your water usage
As World Water Week winds down, I headed out with my wife for dinner to honor the UNICEF Tap Project as we have for the last three years, only to notice that no restaurants were participating (something I am committed to change next year). So we...Tags: Los Angeles, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Regional water filtration project in doubt
Editor's note: This corrects the cost of the regional project to filter selenium. City and county officials have hit some setbacks in an ambitious effort to reduce the amount of selenium, a naturally occurring yet potentially toxic element, that...Tags: Rivers, Local Government, Natural Resources, Bodies of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Electric car not exactly revving up hopes
COSTA MESA – Most car buyers have anxiety before they make a purchase. Is it the best deal? A set of wheels with good resale value?
In Costa Mesa this weekend, a group of buyers and a new car dealer have a whole new set of concerns.
As they...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Passenger Cars, California, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Catalina Flyer looking for substitute
NEWPORT BEACH — The Catalina Flyer, a popular 500-passenger catamaran that makes daily trips to Santa Catalina Island from the Balboa Pavilion, may halt operations for a few months to buy and install a new engine that complies with a state...Tags: Judges, Standards, Justice System, Travel, Lawyers
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Catalina Flyer to be replaced Sept. 20
The Catalina Flyer, which ferries passengers between Newport Beach and Santa Catalina Island, has managed to avoid a long-term service disruption, which grew out of a mandatory state environmental law that required that it replace the engines on its...Tags: Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Newport Beach
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City study: Particulate at low levels
NEWPORT BEACH — Planes flying out of John Wayne Airport emit potentially harmful particles, but at levels lower than federal clean-air standards, according to a study released Monday.
Commissioned by the city, the $60,000 study looked at air...Tags: Standards, Bars and Clubs, Santa Ana, Lifestyle and Leisure, Newport Beach
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Catalina trips still on
NEWPORT BEACH — Though confusion surfaced when Catalina Flyer took its main boat out of service for retrofitting, the company is using a backup catamaran to ferry offseason passengers between Newport Beach and Avalon.
A tour boat built by Geo...Tags: Honolulu, Hawaii, Travel, Newport Beach, Catalina
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