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Day laborers in Costa Mesa are suing the city to repeal its anti-solicitation ordinance which they say has led to First Amendment violations and harassment by police.

By Vern Nelson OC Voice Columnist “We think our healthcare system is actually pretty good right now.”-State Senator Tom Harman, Sept. 2006. At the time the senator uttered this astonishing remark to Laguna Beach’s Coastline Pilot, the U.S. was spending nearly twice as much per capita on health care as other developed countries, while rating [...]

By John Earl and Scott Sink OC Voice Increased deportation raids conducted at gun point by “La Mirgra” in work places and homes across America are terrorizing documented and undocumented immigrants alike. Multinational corporations operating under the banner of “free trade,” and xenophobic hate groups like the Minuteman Project, are the main beneficiaries of what [...]

By Serge Dedina Special to the OC Voice “Abuelita,” the eager grom asked his gray-haired grandmother as they saw around the campfire at San Mateo Campground after a long day surfing a late-season southern hemi at Uppers. “Tell me again about how you saved Trestles. Tell me about Big Wednesday.” The abuelita smiled. She could [...]

By Dr. Amer El-Ahraf Special to the OC Voice Amid the controversial problem of global warming and its potential impact on human health, there is a rush to fix the blame-either on human activities or natural weather cycles. But the issue is too important for that. We must develop rational strategies to fix the problem [...]

By Vern Nelson OC Voice Columnist In the first Naked Gun film, Lieutenant Frank Drebin, while impersonating an umpire in a major league baseball game in order to prevent an assassination, finds himself at a loss what to do when the batter swings and misses. After a long, uncomfortable silence, feeling a thousand expectant eyes [...]

From a press release: Concerned Native Americans, the California Cultural Resources Preservation Alliance and the Bolsa Chica Land Trust have all signed on to the attached letter to the Coastal Commission requesting a revocation hearing on the archeological issues surrounding the Brighwater development project at Bolsa Chica Mesa. June 2, 2008 California Coastal Commission Teresa [...]

Media Contact: Barbara McMurray McMurray Marketing Communications 949-494-5388 office 949-233-9548 mobile mcmurray@mac.com Sponsorships Available for 2008 Huntington Beach 4th of July Parade & Pier Festival HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., April 28, 2008 – The Fourth of July Executive Board for the City of Huntington Beach has announced that it is offering eight levels of sponsorship to [...]

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” -Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night By Vern Nelson OC Voice Columnist Huntington Beach environmentalists who remember the 1990′s and the struggle to protect Bolsa Chica Wetlands, who still refer to State Senator Tom Harman as “Tommy,” express puzzlement [...]

By John Earl and Lisa Wells OC Voice Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama accuse each other of bowing to “big oil,” and Huntington Beach mayor, environmentalist and Democratic candidate for congress, Debbie Cook, has taken hits in the local media for having large investments in oil corporations that many people blame for the [...]