Just a few of my articles featured in the Orange County Register:
- Harbor revitalization is go! California Coastal Commission will talk all about it on June 11 in Marina Del Rey.
- Video gaming community embraces orphan diseases through used game charity in Dana Point.
- Dana Point bridge dedication, called ‘beautiful,’ draws large crowd. One person gets stuck int he elevator.
- Cost for bridge over PCH + street widening and paving was $6.2 million; none of the city’s general funds used.
- Dana Point OKs housing plan change. June 8 city council will discuss state and planning-approved housing element.
- Win prizes for the biggest halibut all this month in Dana Point. 77-year-old in top for kayak division.
- Free Jazz concert in Dana Point on Sunday will benefit local animal shelter.
- SCWD considers 35% water rate increase. Their customers are in Dana Point, San Clemente and Laguna Beach.
- Dana Point City Council stand by Planning commission and denies demolition of Doheny House.
- Slumping economy? Tell that to the well-selling Doheny Blues Festival coming this weekend to Dana Point.
- OC Band, well-liked in Dana Point, has seen growing success from the international reach of the internet, iTunes.
- Take a photo tour inside the Doheny House, Dana Point’s historic home that goes before the city council tonight.
- Doheny House owner wants to demolish, rebuild and add new homes. City Council will hear their appeal on Monday.
- PCH & Del Obispo property OK’d for zone change by planning comission. Future’s up to city council and coastal commission.
- Dana Point Relay for Life raised $41,000 this weekend.
- Dana Hills grad awarded bronze star for valor.
- Colonel talks frankly about efforts in 13-month tour in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
- Dana Point Mayor makes assurances about budgeted projects, city’s future.
- Wag-A-Thon draws 1,000 dogs, 1 cat and $50,000 at Dana Point Harbor.
- Dana Point makes Tourism Business Improvement District a fact, set to begin in Jan 2010.
- Dana Point Grand Prix this Sunday. Will this be a part of recovering addict’s cycling comeback movement?
- Wonder where the federal stimulus will hit Dana Point? Over $1 million of supplmntal stimulus fnds may be headed our way
- Hundreds of gulls at Doheny State Beach are migratory and wintering. Who wouldn’t want to spend the winter in Dana Point
- Dana Point city councilman donates entire monthly stipend paycheck to music education.
- Pink-slipped Capo Unified teacher takes her first-grade class on a reading camp out with their families.
- Orange County Firefighters caught clowning around in Dana Point. Chalk it up to a safety issue at Palisades Elementary.
- Dana Point approves rail-crossing safety upgrade in Capo Beach after weighing liability. Eventual quiet zone ahead?
- Hotel occupancies down around the country, but one Dana Point resort is capitalizing on the down time.
- Dana Point moves forward on $19.1 million PCH and Del Prado changes. You could go south on PCH once again… eventually.
- Dana Hills Baja California science trip canceled due to safety concerns. Principal says the decision was unanimous
- Sheriff: man who drove off Dana Point bluff was suicide. Friends say once homeless man struggled with drugs, sadness.
- Border Patrol pursuit ends in San Clemnte.
- Dana Point kayak found floating off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale , Fla. Coast Guard: It certainly didn’t float there.
- South Coast Water District questioned about lack of bidding on contract.
- Listen to audio and read public comments from the Dana Point surf museum town hall meeting. Comment with your opinion.
- Doheny Beach reopens after Monday’s 750 gallon sewage spill.
- HB denies vying for proposed Dana Point surf museum, and more from the Town Hall meeting last night.
- Lack of competitive bidding, or a poorly written staff report? SCWD questioned re: bid process on $36k of work.
- Dana Point children read to raise money for goats, chickens.
- Dana Hills’ new theater faces funding freeze, SOCSA hopes Opera fundraiser will do small part to help.
- Sex offender arrested in Dana Point Harbor thanks to watchful residents.
- Six million-dollar short sale homes hit Dana Point housing market.
- Orange County’s first-ever Opera festival could come to Dana Point.
- Festival of Whales isn’t finished in Dana Point. It’s back this weekend with tons of fun things to do.
- Dana Point tourism and marketing fees for large hotels set to begin in 2010.
- Could Dana Point be the next city to ban plastic bags?
- Sexual abuse survivors hand out fliers at St. Edward in Dana Point, hoping to connect with victims.
- Weekend 25,000 gal sewage spill closes Doheny State Beach just before Festival of Whales.
- Wondering what the Festival of whales has for you? It’s 38 years old this year and keeps getting bigger.
- Dana Point elementary schools ranked in top 5 of Capo Unified and top 1/3 of all Orange County.
- Doheny House in Capo Beach saved from demolition but the future of the house is still uncertain.
- SCWD moves forward with water conservation ordi
- nance, public meeting coming March 18.
- Dana Point moves forward on false-alarm fees and OCTA rolls out Festival of Whales wrapped buses.
- SCWD ordinance at Thurs. board meeting will create tiered conservation system focusing first on outdoor watering.
- Capo Beach residents photograph rail crossing subverts as evidence to claims for needed upgrades
- Proud Mary’s reopens to crowds and satisfied stomachs.
- Dana Point ghostwriter says there’s no room for ego when writing. Learn more about ghostwriting.
- Dana Point Assemblywoman Harkey’s husband accused of fraud.
- Reef builder eyes old Dana Point harbor pilings for future location of DP coast.
- UPDATE: Proud Mary’s delays public opening to Monday, citing equipment faults.
- Storms bring Feb rainfall total to 2.5 inches plus really nice sunset photo from Dana Point Harbor.
- Garage fire displaces family of nine from their Dana Point home Sunday afternoon.
- Dana Hills High gym floor splitting, worn out. Parents are rallying to raise funds to replace floor & bleachers.
- Zombie warning hit Dana Point this past weekend.
- Dana Hills students break records to help fulfill wishes and hope to continue the trend on Saturday
- South Coast Water District found liable for 2005 landslide in Dana Point. Damages to be awarded in March.
- Dana Point city staff will do a more thorough traffic study for proposed zone change at PCH and Del Obispo.
- Major part of Dana Point Harbor Dredging completed. Equipment should be gone by the end of the month.
- Surprise! Dana Point city staffers review code, discover Michelle Brough forfeit planning comm. seat weeks ago.
- Dana Point City Council proclamation picks city’s first-ever non-profit of the year: Sunrise Rotary.
- Graffiti vandals strike at least 12 locations in Dana Point this week.
- San Clemente estate, next door to Nixon’s Western White House listed at $15 million.
- Dana Point father of four takes memoirs and pens book “Daddy’s First” to advise first-time fathers.
- Meet a Dana Point retiree who loves to have fun with his toys – including his flashy yellow electric vehicle.
- Boaters docked in Dana Point Harbor will see a tax reduction.
- Jazz In January at the Ocean Institute has 7 chefs from OC bumping elbows in the kitchens.
- Surf Museum “needs to be in Dana Point.” City to hold town hall meetings re: locations; Sea Terrace Park a fav.
- Dana Point Harbor restroom to get $350,000 makeover.
- Mayor: Dana Point lifestyle is ‘envy of other cities’.
- Looking ahead at 2009 in Dana Point
- Did Dana Point visitor see a flying saucer off coast of Capo Beach?
- Illegal immigration groups clash in protest in Capistrano Beach.
- Dana Point celebrates 20 years.
- Christmas tree fire burns Dana Point home.
- Microchip reunites family with cat just in time for Christmas.
- This Dana Point family decks their halls with 17 Christmas trees.
- Dana Point Marine support group ships more than 250 boxes of Christmas presents to troops in Iraq.
- Dana Point’s coffers up compared with the same time last year. Prudent investment policy is credited.
- Dana Point knows how to decorate for the holidays. Check out these photos.
- Harbor revitalization pulled from coastal commission meeting, will be resubmitted.
- Sand Dollar Guild raises $1 million over its 20 years history.
- St. Regis one of the top places to work in Orange County.
- How to solve world hunger? Let kids ‘Doo-it’, New PBS show from Dana Point.
- Gov. Schwarzenegger taps Dana Point woman for accountancy board.
- Sea Terrace Park is revamped, dedicated and ready to open on Dec. 13.
- Dana Point resident’s Christmas trees will be replanted in Southern California burn areas – you can get one too.
- Lisa Bartlett chosen as Dana Point Mayor.
- What’s that smell? Oh it’s just Capistrano Beach’s nourishment project. Don’t worry it’s not dangerous, just sand.
- The Turkey Trot is holiday fun — but it also helps out families in need through the Second Harvest Food Bank.
- Dana Strand Beach’s northern staircase closed through February 2009. Make way for the public funicular.
- San Clemente man opts for $1 million after winning Ocean Institute’s Million Dollar Home Raffle.
- Celebrate Veterans Day by giving to our troops.
- Anderson, Schoeffel win Dana Point council seats.
- Dana Point voters get an unexpected flu shot in the arm
- Dana Point man will continue replacing downed Prop. 8 signs.
- 40-year-old man with cerebral palsy finds new best friend.
- Campaign finances largely from outside Dana Point.
- Council holds off on 30 percent stipend increase to look at number.
- Chamber of commerce unveils new Web site.
- Meet the new R.H. Dana principal.
- Dana Point teen entrepreneur thinks roving nightclubs are what the kids want, decides to fund college with new biz.
- Dana Point city council moves ahead on 30 percent pay hike.
- Baby beach closes Thursday for about three weeks as beach nourishment and harbor dredging begin.
- Golf balls and a helicopter net big prizes.
- More than 1,000 attend emergency expo in Dana Point.
- 127 pounds of trash recovered during coastal clean up in Dana Point.
- DP may break record with $12.5 million real estate lot.
- DP’s stand up paddle champs.
- DP Council OKs million dollar budget adjustment.
- Cardio-focused: The new take on tennis.
- Penrose by any other name is still on council ballot.
- Dana Point man Invests in historic, iconic properties.
- Dana Point woman sells hand bags to help Tsunami victim.
- RH Dana students started classes this week.
- Dana Point council hopefuls tell why they’re running.
- Dana Point Shakespeare festival. Twelfth Night + flappers + a speakeasy = fun for actors, audience.
- Rodeos still about winning after all these years.
- Water district chooses developer for future boat, RV storage facility.
- Volunteers set out to rescue rabbits.
- It isn’t often someone can recount their chute-ride out of their landed plane’s cabin. This Dana Point man can.
- Badges ‘should never have been issued,’ sheriff says.
- Family: Slain Capo Beach man found in San Clemente park was trying to turn his life around for the better.
- Is there a $100,000 penny in your couch cushions?
- Hard economic times for south Orange County ministries.
- Original ‘Proud Mary’ visits restaurant’s construction.
- SOCSA grads band together with music.
- Take chance to win $1.2 million Laguna Beach home.
- Doheny State Beach – it isn’t so dirty in summer.
- Dana Point’s Rare Coin Warehouse secretive, lucrative coin currency business.
- Laguna coin collector sells penny for over $100,000.
- Dana Point’s happy, active harbor.
- Sheriff’s database to help combat graffiti in Dana Point.
- $2.1 million Dana Point Harbor dredging contract OK’d.
- Round trips from Dana Point for under a gallon of gas.
- Thousands flock to Dana Point summer concert.
- Surfer Munoz helps cystic fibrosis patients find relief on waves.
- Dana Point resident turns 103.
- BluWood stands out on Dana Point’s Headlands.
- Fire evacuee loses valuables to car thief in Dana Point.
Festival of Whales isn’t finished in Dana Point. It’s back this weekend with tons of fun things to do.