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Tears and laughter at annual Relay for Life
Julie Elkins cried only twice during her 11-year battle with breast cancer. The first time was while walking out of a clinic with the words, "You have cancer" ringing in her ears. The second was when her husband shaved her head. The Costa Mesa...
Tags: Health Treatments, Colon Cancer, Lady Gaga, Human Interest, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Wooden Floor raises the ceiling
Itzel Guerrero can't imagine her life without the Wooden Floor. She tries to picture it sometimes, but fails. Most likely, she doesn't want to. So many experiences during her 18 years have taken root in the nonprofit's Santa Ana campus, she admits....
Tags: Technology, University of California, Irvine, Southern Methodist University, Cornell University, Financial Aid
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The God Squad: Can we find God through Einstein?
Q: Among all the questions you receive about the conflict between science and religion, you seem to take the accommodationist route, insisting there is no conflict and misquoting Albert Einstein in a way that makes him seem religious. How can you a)...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Science, Philosophy, University of Oxford, Separation of Church and State
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Svend H. Nielsen
Svend H. Nielsen Svend H. Nielsen was born on August 1, 1919 in Kalundborg, Denmark and passed away early Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Balboa, California, at the age of 93. Svend received a Master of Science in Civil and Structural Engineering...
Tags: Science, Technology, Easter, Engineering, Human Interest
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WWII icon losing to progress
Nearly a decade after the conclusion of World War II, folks in Orange County decided that a small corner of Costa Mesa should be dedicated to those who didn't make it back home. A 1.4-acre memorial garden — planned in 1953, erected the following...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Human Interest, Politics, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Friends of the Libraries: Reading offers ticket to the middle class
"Libraries are not a destination, they are the transportation. The Grand Central Station of every great city and town." This was a comment by a reader in praise of a Forbes Magazine article, "Why Public Libraries Matter: And How They Can Do More"...Tags: LEGO Group, Conservation, Book, Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Mesa High field project is only partially funded
Costa Mesa city administrators on Tuesday recommended funding only a fraction of a proposal to revamp the athletics field at Costa Mesa High School from the next fiscal year's budget. The recommendation surprised some of the project's supporters, but...Tags: Mountains, Research, Landforms
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Lawmakers ask for fire-ring records
Assemblyman Allan Mansoor (R-Costa Mesa) sent air-quality regulators a letter Wednesday requesting public records related to an ongoing study that shows increases in pollution near beach fire rings. The letter was also signed by state Sen. Mimi...Tags: Science, Curt Hagman, Allan R. Mansoor
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From the Boathouse: Beware hurricane-force conditions on West Coast
Ahoy, and welcome to a preseason hurricane! Good friend, airline captain and fellow Lake Arrowhead Yacht Club member Jeff Diercksmeier begins his article in the yacht club's newsletter with "from the flight deck." Very appropriate, since I am sure...Tags: Cabo San Lucas (Mexico), Weather Statistics, Radio, Entertainment, Tropical Storms
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Balboa Island in running for 8th Wonder of the World
It was built through a feat of engineering a long time ago, it regularly draws tourists from around the world and it rises from the sand. No, it's not the Great Pyramid at Giza. But according to Visit Newport Beach, the city's marketing arm, Balboa... -
City reimbursed for damaged sewer main
A dredging company reimbursed the city of Newport Beach for $25,000 in damages made to a sewer main, according to city documents. Newport Beach invoiced R.E. Staite Engineering Inc. for damages made Aug. 15 to the main during dredging around the... -
UCI develops easy, inexpensive prostate cancer test
UC Irvine chemists have found a way to detect prostate cancer that's as inexpensive and easy as a pregnancy test, the university announced this week. By identifying markers for the disease in urine, the method can detect prostate cancer's presence...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, University of California, Irvine, Prostate Cancer
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