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OCInSite Site Admin
on January 04, 2012 5:18 PM
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In a win for ocean conservationists, the state Fish and Game Commission earlier this month finalized marine protections for Southern California, preventing fishing or taking anything from the shorline along most of Laguna Beach, effective Jan. 1. Fishermen are adjusting more than their lines to comply with the new order. Volunteers also are stepping up to serve as shoreline sentinels as cash-short state and local regulators have no plans to expand manpower despite broader enforcement responsibilities under the newly enacted mandate.
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OCinSite
on December 30, 2011 10:45 AM
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Rare coin dealer Steven L. Contursi of Laguna Beach sold the Brasher Doubloon, the first gold coin minted in the United States. A Wall Street investment firm purchased the coin for a record price of nearly $7.4 million, the coin dealer said in a statement.
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Ted Reckas
on December 30, 2011 10:42 AM
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In a win for ocean conservationists, the state Fish and Game Commission earlier this month finalized marine protections for Southern California, preventing fishing or taking anything from the shorline along most of Laguna Beach, effective Jan. 1
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OCinSite
on December 16, 2011 10:19 AM
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A trial got underway this week in Westminster for three San Diego gang members, the final trio of defendants accused in an August 2009 crime spree involving armed hold-ups at jewelry stores in Tustin and Laguna Beach. Prosecutors say the crimes were committed to benefit their street gang.
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Roger Bloom
on December 09, 2011 3:43 PM
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Listening to Henning Kraggerud lead the Pacific Symphony strings in Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” on Thursday night, I felt something like a California native transplanted to, say, Scandinavia and experiencing real weather for the first time.
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