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Commentary: Proposed bonfire ban is not based in sound science
As the Great Bonfire War of 2013 continues, we can agree to one thing: If beach fire rings really do generate demonstrably dangerous levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions, they probably need to go or be reduced ("Fire ring hearing may be delayed,...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology, Air Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Water Polo: McLaren, Papa, Kapana help Team USA advance
Newport Harbor High graduate Maddy McLaren, Corona del Mar senior Cassidy Papa and Newport Harbor sophomore Carlee Kapana have helped the United States women's water polo youth national team win its group at the FINA Youth World Championships in Perth,...Tags: Polo, Water Polo, Sports, Science and Technology
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Commentary: Electric cars, the AQMD and other bad ideas
Do you know who, or what, is behind the AQMD? If you're from Southern California, you're likely aware that this bureaucratic acronym stands for the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Sounds innocuous, right? It's anything but. These are the un-...Tags: Executive Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Senate, Global Warming
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Apodaca: Common Core and Newport-Mesa
The first thing I noticed upon entering Supt. Fred Navarro's office was the frame on the wall containing his two UCLA diplomas next to a picture of the university's iconic Royce Hall. Newport-Mesa Unified School District's new leader immediately...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Mountains, Landforms, Students, University of California, Los Angeles
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Costa Mesa police fills captain vacancy
The Costa Mesa Police Department has selected a captain to fill a position left vacant for more than a year. Lt. Allen Huggins was chosen from six internal candidates, according to Police Chief Tom Gazsi. He will share second-in-command duties with the... -
Mailbag: District can improve API scores in low-scoring schools
As a teacher at Jim Thorpe Fundamental School in Santa Ana, the top scoring Santa Ana Unified School District school with an API of 901, I have some suggestions for the Newport Mesa Unified School District. There are several components involved in...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Human Interest, School Examinations, Jim Thorpe, Students
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Art on Pacific Standard Time
The UC Irvine art school's role as an academic center on the West Coast for studying and experimenting with radical forms of creativity in the 1960s and '70s will be evident at October exhibitions in Laguna Beach, Newport Beach and at UCI.
A roster of...Tags: Fine Arts, Artists, Colleges and Universities, Getty Foundation, Claire Trevor
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Old and new meet cool
George Herms has poured most of his 76 years into making art out of found objects.
His 1960 work, "The Librarian," currently on display at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, is considered an icon of California's school of Assemblage Art, which broke new...Tags: Fine Arts, Lemon Bars, Arts, Artists, Museums
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The Crowd: Tiffany hosts 'Blue Book Weekend'
In celebration of "Pacific Standard Time," the regional art program showcasing Southern California's contribution to art from 1945 to 1980, Tiffany & Co. at South Coast Plaza, led by group director Michael Botsko, has joined forces with major arts...Tags: Restaurants, Richard Serra, Jean Dubuffet, Christmas, Economy, Business and Finance
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Arts center has a 'silver' lineup
The Costa Mesa institution now known as the Segerstrom Center for the Arts held its first performance in September 1986.
Nearly 25 years later, the largest performing arts venue in Orange County is planning a robust lineup for its silver anniversary...Tags: Sonny Rollins, Blue Man Group, Alvin Ailey, Audra McDonald, Entertainment
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It's A Gray Area: It's as 'sound as the dollar'
I still remember my parents commenting during the 1964 presidential election about the silliness of Barry Goldwater's recommending that we go back on the silver and gold standard for our nation's monetary system. But now I know that Sen. Goldwater was...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Foreign Exchange Market, Sociology, World War I (1914-1918), Petroleum Industry
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Lobdell: When did pets become more important than humans?
What should be the criminal penalty for angrily swinging an 8-pound puppy from the end of a leash like a lasso, then kicking the dog hard enough so it skids across asphalt, and then twice smacking the Chihuahua-dachshund mix across the face? OK, remember...Tags: Animals, Punishment, Los Angeles Times, Physical Therapists, Crime, Law and Justice
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