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Coastal consultant speaks up on sea level rise, local impact of state regulations
During a community forum last week, a longtime coastal planning consultant shared insight on sea level rise policies in the state and their local impact. During the Speak Up Newport’s monthly meeting on Wednesday (July 10), the featured speaker was Don Schmitz, president and principal planner of the land use consulting firm Schmitz & Associates. Schmitz represents a wide variety of clients, including the city of Newport Beach, for items that go before the California Coastal Commission. He also works as the consultant for Smart Coast California. He’s been involved with coastal planning and issues related to sea level rise for many years.
Santa Ana karate instructor offers inclusive environment to those with disabilities
For some people with disabilities, learning self-defense is crucial. But it can be hard to find the right place to go. One man in Santa Ana is creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can learn martial arts.73-year-old Kenneth Kellogg's main job is a real estate broker. But he's also soon to be an eighth-degree black belt in American Kenpo karate and has been inducted into the martial arts masters' hall of fame. He's running a martial arts school where students pay what they can even if that's nothing at all."It's really hard to make money at a...
Rising COVID clashes with carefree California summer as cases jump, precautions fade
COVID's spread is being aided by people who are still going to work or traveling while sick. Doctors say it's important for people who are sick to avoid putting others at risk.
California Billionaire Farmers Stewart and Lynda Resnick, Plan Major Industrial Expansion
The wealthiest farming family in California, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, are planning to significantly expand an industrial warehouse complex to transform the small town of Shafter into an international trading hub. The Resnicks, who own The Wonderful Company, already possess a large distribution center in Shafter, northwest of Bakersfield. The...
Shrek the Musical Heads to Segerstrom Center for the Arts 2024-25 Broadway Season
Shrek is a popular CG-animated film series from DreamWorks Animation that has spawned the stage musical that premiered on Broadway in 2008. Today, Segerstrom Center for the Arts announced that it has added Shrek the Musical to its 2024-25 Sensational Broadway Season which includes Mrs. Doubtfire, Back to the Future: The Musical, Life of Pi and more.
Extreme Heat Is a Death Sentence in California Prisons
(WIB) – In 2015, Adrienne Boulware was sentenced to 15 years to life in California state prison in connection to the 2011 death of a man in Sacramento. But over the weekend, as temperatures hit 110 in the Central Valley town of Chowchilla, where Boulware was imprisoned at the Central California Women’s Facility, prisoner advocates and her family say she died due the heat nine years into her sentence.
A glimpse at Crystal Cove in Summer
Crystal Cove Conservancy has kicked off the 2024 summer season with extensive programming for all ages that span from the beach to the trails. Visitors will be delighted to see a combination of new and returning programs at Crystal Cove State Park, as well as extended dates for one of the Conservancy’s most popular programs – “The Great Plein Air Art Experience,” which will now run through October.
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