With her bare hands, UCI Professor Joleah Lamb on Monday fished out pieces of plastic waste she had collected that morning from Newport Beach: a sports drink bottle, a trash bag, child’s sand toy, crumpled foam cup and some straws. “Oh, wait,” she said, letting go of a particularly grimy piece. “I am going to…
Two people scaled the iconic globe outside Universal Studios on Monday as part of an Earth Day demonstration. The members of the Los Angeles chapter of Extinction Rebellion — a group of climate change activists — waved green flags that read “climate emergency,” while they sat atop the structure,…
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Monday afternoon 56 miles from Capetown, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:20 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 2.5 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 68 miles from Fortuna, 71 miles from Eureka…
Love VW buses? Get an eyeful Saturday, April 27, in Huntington Beach at the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show. A colorful array of 60 vintages buses will line the pier – all the way from Duke’s to Ruby’s restaurants. And another 50 classics will welcome visitors on the pier’s plaza. ***If you…
A federal mediator could increase the number of negotiation sessions between Southern California’s three major supermarkets and the union that represents their workers, a union leader said. Leaders of the United Food and Commercial Workers‘ seven locals met with executives from Vons, Ralphs and Albertsons on Thursday and Friday. The two sides are still not…
There aren’t many businesses that claim growth of 250 percent in two years, but Green Solar Technologies can. The North Hollywood company accomplished it largely by going where other solar companies have failed to tread — or have treaded lightly. Edward Harner, Green Solar’s chief operating officer, explains it this way: Where opportunity exists “Our…
Crews remove dead brush on Thursday, April 18, 2019 after an illegal trail was cut in the Buck Gully Reserve in Newport Beach, CA. The trail was discovered Sunday, April 14, 2019. The trail in the photo is the illegal trail. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) A tree stump is all that’s left…
At least one person died in a crash on the Ortega Highway Monday morning, causing traffic backup on the major thoroughfare between Orange and Riverside counties. The crash between two vehicles was reported at 5:39 a.m. on the highway near Caspers Wilderness Park, according to the California Highway Patrol. Details about what led to the…
PLAYA DEL REY — New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is scheduled to mark Earth Day by touring the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant in Playa Del Rey Monday with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. The visit is part of Booker’s “Justice for All Tour,” in which the candidate running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination speaks…
The ocean can draw you in — a place where passion and pastime meet just beyond the shore in a liquid playground. But as fun as the sea can be, it can be dangerous, even deadly. Among the dozens of films that will be showcased at the 20th annual Newport Beach Film Festival, which opens…
