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Most local homeless have ties to Costa Mesa
Challenging perceptions that the homeless mostly come to Costa Mesa from other communities, new data show a solid majority of the city's homeless population have ties of some kind to the city. At least 65% of the 182 homeless interviewed last year lived...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Culture
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Mailbag: Give teachers better seats at board meetings
Thirty-five years ago, I wrote a letter to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education arguing that the teachers' organization should have an equal place on the board dais during meetings. For those of you who have not been to a board...Tags: Feminism, Landforms, Abortion Issue, Mountains, PTA
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Mailbag: Another side of the man killed in explosion
Re. "Records: Man killed in bomb blast had lab equipment," (May 1): Get the facts right! The white powder was flour. He was upset with Pillsbury. We found notes he had written to them complaining about the packaging, etc. The liquid was water. He had...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Roman Catholicism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Christianity, Hospitals and Clinics
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Commentary: Hoag abortion ban is a step backward
Earlier this month, Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach announced to its staff that its physicians would no longer be able to perform elective abortions at the hospital ("Hoag: no more elective abortions," May 8). This came as a surprise to some of its...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Family Planning, Politics, Planned Parenthood, Women's Health
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Commentary: Congressional bill will help the homeless
Finally! A viable solution for the homeless experience. We see homeless people and families in our parks, on our beaches, under our bridges and in our subway stations, and we ask ourselves, "When is someone going to do something about this? How did...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Politics, U.S. Congress, Family, Mental Health
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Mailbag: Balboa Island story left out link to global warming
Re. "Flood risk: Bane of Balboa Island's existence," (May 5): I was surprised no mention was made of the reason the Federal Emergency Management Agency revised its flood maps — global warming. FEMA's conservative estimate of sea rise, according to...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Global Change, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Conservation, Christianity
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Hoag to no longer perform elective abortions
In a letter to affiliated physicians and staff, Hoag Hospital announced that elective abortions will no longer be performed at the Newport Beach facility because of the low number of procedures done annually. The decision was based on a review of...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Family Planning, General Practitioners, Medical Procedures and Tests, Planned Parenthood
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It's A Gray Area: Government is not the road out of poverty
The road to success for communities struggling with poverty is generally not hard to find, or even to travel. All it requires is a firm reliance upon yourself instead of government. To drive that point home, candidly ask yourself what government has...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Taiwan, Peace Corps, Orange County Superior Court
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Fraternity suspends itself after blackface video
A UC Irvine fraternity volunteered to suspend itself this week after it was blasted for a member-produced video that featured a student in blackface. Lambda Theta Delta announced Wednesday that it would cancel all major events and stop operating as a...
Tags: Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Halloween, University of California, Irvine, Racism
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Blackface video sparks anger at UCI
A UC Irvine fraternity is trying to distance itself from a member-produced video featuring a man in blackface. But UCI's Black Student Union says it's an example of racial insensitivity that is common on campus. This month, members of Lambda Theta...
Tags: Students, Jay-Z, Teaching and Learning, Social Media, Civil Rights
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McBean, Hayes part of KidWorks charity golf event
Los Angeles Galaxy soccer player Jack McBean, the former Corona del Mar High standout, and NFL official Laird Hayes highlight those involved in the inaugural KidWorks Classic Golf Tournament at Aliso Viejo Country Club April 29. In addition to McBean...Tags: Matt Barkley, Golf, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sports, Football
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Block grant money discussed
A portion of Costa Mesa's federal funding that's annually awarded to nonprofit agencies was up for discussion during a City Council's study session Tuesday. Though what to do in the coming fiscal year with the public service grants within the city's to-...Tags: Politics, Social Services, Economy, Business and Finance, Civil and Public Service, Government
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