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Tray May 24, 2013 at 12:26 pm
Not surprising but still disturbing,
Last few years many ppl. have serious infections caused by the…Read More water (cut) it can turn deadly,
I avoid the waters around here now,
I still have ash trays made from the abalone I took at will where the harbor now sits in 1966.
Penny Arévalo (Editor) May 24, 2013 at 01:00 pm
For those interested in the start-up online high school, I wrote a separate story on its future,…Read More based on comments Dr. Farley made yesterday http://sanjuancapistrano.patch.com/groups/schools/p/capos-new-online-high-school-may-be-on-chopping-block
fact checker May 24, 2013 at 09:22 am
Paige, California is one state that does NOT make kindergarten mandatory. It was also one of the…Read More few states to admit 4 year olds to Kindergarten. That has now been corrected and the entry date for kindergarten is changing to Sept. 1 over a 3 year period. Next year students must be 5 by Oct. 1st and the following year they must be 5 by Sept. 1st.
I believe Lori's point was that the curriculum bar has been raised. Some children will be reading in Kindergarten and others need more time to develop the physical skills needed for reading. As parents and teachers will testify, development varies for children in all aspects.
I agree with you that funding for education in CA needs to be addressed. We spend a lot less per child than most states.
As for full day K, the way the day is spent has a lot to do with the success of the program. Lack of facilities has prevented the implementation of full day K in CUSD. And the split day mentioned by Lori has been very successful in providing smaller groups for the teacher to work with. Students are in a class of 15 for half of their day. It works really well.
Penny Arévalo (Editor) May 24, 2013 at 08:13 am
It's called journalism shorthand, Shri. We also leave out the ":00" in the time (from 6-7…Read More p.m.) and the last comma in the series. ;-) Now back to the topic ...
Joker Joe May 24, 2013 at 01:49 pm
nobody
Do u believe in never neverland? How about the Easter bunny? How about the tooth fairy?…Read More
Everyone has their own spin on a so called God! You make him what you want to. No one was around to really say what he thought and said. It is all how you interpret it.
nobody May 24, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Joker, you said "The Lord would turn over in his grave if he could. Allah be praised!!! GOD is…Read More great!!!"
Do your homework. I don't care about a god who hate kids, or anyone else. If they were none religions this would be a much more peaceful planet. You seem to be a religious person, do you really believe God wants us to hate each other? Why did he create gays? for the rest of us to hate them? Or it was Obama who creates them?
Shripathi Kamath May 24, 2013 at 12:12 pm
"Where did the Lord say he was for gays?"
The same place where he said divorces ruin…Read More traditional marriages more than anything.
The Beast ! May 23, 2013 at 12:58 pm
@ greeninoc YES OURS !!!!!! We the people ! We the tax pay members of the community that pay for…Read More the beaches, parks streets etc..........
Yes I live at the beach so I claim it as mine. Just like people that live in the GHETTO'S claim the street as "Theirs" !
Tray May 23, 2013 at 12:31 pm
It's not about owning" the beach it's really about enjoying the beach, day or night, those days…Read More are gone just like any park......,
another reason anything public is off limits, unless" you can tolerate dirty ppl with the right to act or do things that we can't believe.
george gregory May 23, 2013 at 09:14 am
After a request to remodel and redeveloped the club house to compete with the casino for business…Read More
A council person railroaded the project into a very expensive and time consuming restoration , costing the city millions in lost revenue and moneys spent on restoration and not redevelopment .
This project has now become so expensive that the city is not able to move the mechanical equipment room to a out building and increasing the multimillion dollar club house usable foot print by approximately 25-30 % ,, most likely creating the best room in the house opened to A white water view of the pacific ,,value plus value = value
So today's quiz what group of citizens believes that 70,000 people can fit thru a single door but 70,000 people can not fit thru a double door
Sharon Thompson May 22, 2013 at 10:48 am
Upscale Resale is South County Outreach's thrift store in Laguna Hills. All proceeds support SCO's…Read More programs to fight hunger and homelessness. Donations for Upscale can be dropped off at Ritz Cleaners in Dove Plaza where they are picked up regularly. Ritz is a great business with terrific employees who believe in helping others! Upscale has a paid manager - all the rest of the staff are volunteers, of which I am one. SCO is on a scale with Salvation Army, Assistance League, Cancer Society, and hospital thrift stores. SCO/Upscale benefits folks right here in south Orange County! Every item donated is utilized in some manner. We at Upscale are diligent about maximizing what is given. Thank you, Penny, for this outstanding piece of investigative journalism. Major media outlets could use you and others of your calibre. WOW!
Ronc4109 May 22, 2013 at 10:08 am
As others have noted, really good work to trace the trail...as they always say, 'follow the money'.
Tray May 22, 2013 at 09:14 am
That's not the way to go about this collecting used goods, already to many legit ones,
It's an…Read More eyesore and distraction, they used to have SAmy bells and one way doors, a kid thought they threw money in it and crawled into it, he was found over a week later covered in trash.
Speaking of Spokes by Brenda Miller May 9, 2013 at 04:25 pm
Here's a link to last week's Patch story I wrote with lots of recommendations for safe bicycling for…Read More families and kids. Of special note is the part on sidewalk riding. See:
http://sanclemente.patch.com/blog_posts/primer-4-f-u-n-may-is-bike-month-come-ride-with-us
Stephanie Leon May 9, 2013 at 04:16 pm
What a great story and oh so much fun! :-) great job Concordia
sjchomeowner5772 May 21, 2013 at 11:49 am
Why do you find it necessary to say that SONGS will restart? Have you not noticed the mounting…Read More opposition to it and steady turning of the tide, including the ASLB decision ? I do not think SONGS will restart, it is too dangerous to do so for many reasons one of which you noted, the evacuation which is impossible, and people are becoming more and more on board to fight it. Across the nation attention is turning to nuclear power as a failed and dangerous idea. Fukushima and the reports from there are daunting to continuing it here without regard. Awareness, knowledge, organizations like Friends of the Earth, ROSE, San Onofre Safety, on and on are working hard. Please respect their efforts and be positive adding positive words!
San Juan May 21, 2013 at 08:02 am
Oh boy, here we go. Local residents be prepared for SONGS to restart, how could you think that it…Read More wouldn't. You must not know who your dealing with, Southern California Edison and the Nuclear Regulatory Committee, come on folks their gonna start those two monsters with or without the public approval. I would rather smell the smoke from the fire rings than to end up glowing from the radioactive material that is being washed into our ocean, and don't think it's not.
A nuclear incident is just one part of the equation, now try evacuating San Clemente and surrounding cities, residents are going to wish they had an evacuation route that moved quicker than 2 mph. You may own property in the area but SCE owns all of us. DEMO SONGS NOW
Ralph Palomares May 22, 2013 at 08:38 pm
Keep the fire rings in HB and if Newport doesn't want them so be it ! HB will welcome all ethnics…Read More groups at there beaches who pay to park and shop locally at markets or to get gas etc. theses people also buy burgers drinks souvenirs rent bikes and spend money so welcome to HB !!! Surf city USA " we welcome all of you to our town and beaches ". O ya I forgot parking tickets " lol. On another note we do need to ban lighter fire fluid as it does smell bad and cause black smoke and most peeps pour the whole can wet or green wood to get burning ,! Best management practices are needed! Education just like what doesn't go into a storm drain etc! Jim comments also fall true above who states airplane fallout from exhaust from take offs coming from John Wayne airport ! But wait isn't it newport beach who doesn't allow take offs after 10:00 pm nightly over there city and didn't want an international airport made out of the el toro marine base . Money talks $$$. So come and have your beach fires in HB city or state beachs And create your memories for life .
Jim May 20, 2013 at 09:43 am
KEEP the FIRE PITS. They are a long-standing and cherished tradition in these beach towns along the…Read More So Cal Coast. It's fine to regulate the months, dates and hours of use (e.g., Fri, Sat and Sun from 7 p.m. to midnight in the summer months), and the materials burned in the pits (only wood, not plastic or other toxic items). It's also fine to establish a system by which users must register or make a reservation and provide a credit card to cover costs of clean-up if they don't pick up afterward (similar to Crystal Cove State Park). As for the recent AQMD report detailing high levels of particulates, did anyone take into consideration all the particulates that are falling from the sky every day with the hundreds of commercial airplanes that take off from John Wayne and Long Beach Airports. These flights from John Wayne Airport take off hard-and-fast and fly directly over-head (right over the Back Bay, Balboa Island and the Peninsula). Try factoring that into your air quality tests. I bet you will find there are more pollutants and particulates in the air coming from those jets flying over-head than anything remotely close to the beach fire pits!!!! Jim M.
Joker Joe May 20, 2013 at 07:26 am
If the AQMD is worried about pollution I have a suggestion!!!
This should amaze everyone as I doubt…Read More you even recognize what is happening. Go look at your car. If it has been outside you will notice tiny specs of something that is not bird doo.
It is usually a pale yellow depending. What you are looking at is oil or hydraulic fluid.
Next question is where did it come from. Answer? Airplanes!!! Yes they leak, just like your car.
Get the AQMD doing something useful! Leave the fire rings alone.
MFriedrich May 23, 2013 at 04:40 pm
I think Spock was right. They're just "colorful metaphors".
You have to know how to wield…Read More them in English though. No age requirement. I know 11 and 84 year olds who are true masters at swearing. I don't swear very well in Spanish, but someday I hope my Spanish swearing training wheels will finally come off.
Shripathi Kamath May 22, 2013 at 04:35 pm
"First of all it is a slam on our military."
Because they used "sailors"? Why,…Read More are there no sailors outside the military? Or is it a fact that those in the military do not cuss?
"Second, the assumption is made that all calls made from California locations are made by Californians"
As opposed to all calls made from Ohio locations are certainly made by Ohioans.
Eric Bergstrom May 17, 2013 at 01:37 pm
To learn more about Hillary Caston go to: www.thecoastalpropertyexperts.com
To learn more about…Read More Eric Bergstrom go to:
http://sanjuancapistrano.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/meet-eric-bergstrom-patch-s-new-advertising-manager-40e992ed
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