05 May 2009
By JOHN EARL OC Voice Note: This article was originally published in the OC Voice Oct. 2007 print edition. It is reprinted here because it relates to Joe Shaw’s column about the banning of street signs by the Huntington Beach City Council. His column focused on the economic consequences, this article focuses on the related constitutional issues [...]
Posted in Cities, Costa Mesa1 Comment
11 March 2009
Over the past century, mean sea level has risen nearly eight inches at the Golden Gate in San Francisco according to NOAA oceanographers, and under a medium-to-medium-high greenhouse-gas emissions scenario, mean sea level is projected to rise from 1.0 to 1.4 meters (or 4-5 feet) by the year 2100.
Posted in Environment0 Comments
10 November 2008
Jesus may have been a carpenter, but would he build a "green" high-density and mixed-use development of luxury apartments and hep boutiques on Gothard Avenue and Center Street across from Golden West College? Red Oak Investments, seeking "To serve God in the marketplace," according to company literature, will ask the Huntington Beach City Council tonight for permission to build the project, which it calls Ripcurl, heralding a radical new approach toward redevelopment in the city.
Posted in Cities, Huntington Beach0 Comments
09 September 2008
Huntington Beach has one of the longest piers along the west coast of the United States, but it may not be big enough for both surfers and fishermen. As one of the few places in California to fish for free without a license, the H.B. pier attracts fishing enthusiasts from all over the Southland. And the world class waves rolling to shore along its sides attract thousands of surfers, swimmers and body boarders as well. But fishing lines sometimes hook and entangle surfers, forcing them to face the potential danger of injury, even death. The presence of surfers near the pier, on the other hand, conflicts with one of the pier's main purposes, fishing.
Posted in Huntington Beach, Uncategorized1 Comment
09 September 2008
By Christine Neilson Special to the OC Voice Are Californians desperate enough for oil to overcome their deep-seated aversion to offshore drilling? Will a new Democratic or Republican president and Congress lift the national moratorium on offshore drilling for oil instituted by former president George R. Bush, Sr., as requested by his son and current president, George [...]
Posted in Uncategorized1 Comment
09 September 2008
By Lisa Wells OC Voice Staff Writer Over 40 million Americans are uninsured and the nation’s 1,300 public hospitals cannot handle the resulting burden. So many patients are flooding hospital emergency rooms that one in five E.R. doctors knows of a patient who died due to waiting too long for care, according to a survey conducted last year [...]
Posted in Uncategorized0 Comments
16 August 2008
Residents fear proposed recycle center will attract homeless people By John Earl OC Voice Editor A recycling center vendor’s appeal of a denial by the city of Huntington Beach for a conditional use permit to operate a portable recycling center was voted down by the planning commission 6-0 at its Aug. 12 meeting. The center’s proposed location is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized1 Comment
16 August 2008
Local Business Profile By Lisa Wells OC Voice Staff Writer Perched at the corner of Adams Avenue and Beach Boulevard in Huntington Beach near Mother’s Market is a shop that’s for the birds and anyone else who wants to add some nature to their backyard environment. A step into this quaint store almost feels like a step into the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized0 Comments
16 August 2008
In Odd We Trust Created by Dean Koontz, written by Queenie Chan and Dean Koontz, illustrations by Queenie Chan (Del Rey) By Lyn Jensen Special to the OC Voice Manga in America has reached such a level of trendiness that even best-selling novelists such as Dean Koontz are joining in. The Orange County writer with a reputation for edgy [...]
Posted in Uncategorized1 Comment
16 August 2008
By Sarah Mosko Special to the OC Voice “Buying local” has become a mantra of many committed to shrinking their personal climate footprint by limiting the miles their food travels from producer to plate. The increasing globalization of food supplies has served to fan this trend. However, a new study finds that what you eat has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized1 Comment
Added on 25 December 2009
The Tipping Point ~ Part II: The Descent of Tom Harman - Born Again Immigrant Basher
Saving Trestles: A broad coalition of activists saved San Onofre State Park - for now
Shea Homes Flood Insurance Promise in Doubt, Letters Show
Community Voices
Bush - Rigged: Offshore oil drilling won't lower gas prices
Holocaust? What Holocaust?
The Tesla Electric Sports Car: 0-60mph in 3.9 Seconds
Joe Shaw Runs for City Council
Chilling Effect
Desalinomics:How Tax Dollars Built the Desalination Business
City Council Could Have Helped in Hard Times
Historical Landmark Restoration Proceeds
Is Nanotechnology Safe?
Cell Phone Ecology
Catch the Green Surfing Wave
Wave tribe: The article is very informative about how new surf...
Bud Dickman: I wish it would "chill" the illegals enough to mak...
Incredulous: Is this guy serious? Can't we do better for HB cit...
Theresa: In addition to recycling old cell phones, recharge...
HMG: Eileen said "Water is a necessity for life and it ...
© 2009 Orange County Voice. Powered by Wordpress.
