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1.) Our Olympians: No one made us prouder this year than the capable athletes, coaches and announcers from Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Irvine who represented Team USA in the 2012 Summer Olympics Games in London. They grew up, trained or live here. Costa...
Tags: Tom Arnold, Tom Johnson, Elections, Arts and Culture, Local Elections
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Protesters ask Edison to decommission San Onofre nuclear plant
Environmental and anti-nuclear activists gathered at Southern California Edison headquarters in Irvine on Wednesday calling for the San Onofre nuclear plant to be decommissioned and for the utility to implement more extensive conservation programs. The...
Tags: Politics, Conservation, Nuclear Power, Environmental Issues, Southern California Edison Company
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Wu: The council critics will rise up [Updated]
Clarification: An earlier version of this column described a telephone call Newport Beach council critic Bob Rush said he had with Newport Beach Councilwoman Leslie Daigle in which she yelled and screamed at him. On Sunday, Daigle said she did not have...Tags: Primaries, Orange County Register, Republican Party, Dana Rohrabacher, Politics
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Protesters rally to save sailboat
Dressed in festive pirate regalia, more than a dozen protesters rallied Saturday afternoon below the Ferris wheel at Balboa Fun Zone, supporting the side yard boat restoration project of Newport Beach shipwright Dennis Holland. Holding pirate flags and...
Tags: Politics, Netherlands, Facebook, Court Preliminary, Arts and Culture
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Wu: How 2 Newport activists got their starts
After the tragic passing of famed Newport Beach and Greenlight Initiative leader Phil Arst in 2008, I had a chance to sit down with now-Mayor Nancy Gardner over a cup of coffee to lament his passing and the seeming end of an era. The initiative was a...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Dana Rohrabacher
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Corona del Mar Today: Republicans plan to protest Obama's Newport visit
Local Republican activists are planning a rally to greet President Obama when he visits Corona del Mar on Thursday morning for a breakfast fundraiser. "I'm hoping what we can make this one of the most significant political rallies in the history of...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Politics, U.S. Secret Service
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Editorial: Activism is alive and well in O.C.
A wonderful upswing in activism is taking place in Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Irvine and much of Orange County, and it's assuring to see that a community once wrongly assumed apathetic is making itself heard on a wide range of issues. We're not here today...Tags: University of California, Irvine, Politics, Demonstration, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Wayne
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Occupy O.C. wins extension
IRVINE — Occupy Orange County protesters have been granted another extension, permitting overnight camping at the Civic Center through noon Dec. 21, according to the city website. The latest amendment to the agreement between protesters and the...Tags: Politics, Demonstration, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lobbying
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Occupy OC plans to move, continue movement
IRVINE — Occupy Orange County protesters have agreed to end overnight camping at the Irvine Civic Center in January, but the movement will continue in other forms, a lawyer working with the group said. "What is not correct is that it is being...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Protest, Demonstration, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Irvine Co. plans not to renew Russo's Pet Experience lease at Fashion Island, Irvine Spectrum
NEWPORT BEACH — Russo's Pet Experience, which has sold purebred puppies and fancy cats for more than three decades at Fashion Island, is likely to close. The Irvine Co. does not plan to renew Russo's leases at Fashion Island or at the Irvine...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Human Interest, Politics, Dresses (clothing), Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes
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Protested pet store to close
Eight months after its opening drew thousands of protesters to Corona del Mar, I Heart Puppies is closing its retail shop at 2801 E. Coast Hwy., according to a sign in the shop's window. "I Heart Puppies would like to thank the community of CdM for their...Tags: Politics, Craigslist, Inc.
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Activists crow, er bark, about ban on pet sales
IRVINE — Jim Gardner had a good reason for wearing a head-to-toe dog suit to City Hall on Tuesday night. His furry alter ego, "Big Dog," and other animal activists turned out en masse to the public hearing of an animal welfare ordinance that bans...Tags: Dog (animal), Pension and Welfare, Cat (animal), Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Politics
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