2013 People Archive Stories

The annual red tide returns later this month to swarm the beach and coastal waters of every waterside city in the OC.This isn’t the occasional red tide, a natural algae bloom that, at its worst, poses a threat to fish, birds and marine mammals.Rather, it’s the annual wave of junior lifeguards who hit the sand

The quest to build a “greener” surfboard has been one of slow starts and

Call Gensler one of the biggest design firms you’ve barely heard of. With 43 offices around the globe – six in California alone – the architectural behemoth has designed and built some of the world’s most recognizable buildings. And its Newport Beach office, which has been operating for three decades, is no exception. Joh

As Ryan Parks flips a bo staff from his right hand to his left hand, behind his back and over his head in one fluid movement, he says one thing to himself:“This is easy.”That mantra is part of a learning system called Kung Flow that the

FOR MADDIERegistration for the third annualA Mile for Maddie is $30 for adults and $20 for children. Individua

STRING IT UP  Have a guitar built, restored or repaired at Guitar Doctor, or just stop by for a story or two a

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At the headquarters of 24 Carrots, a high-end Irvine-based catering company, there’s a flurry of activity. Meetings are taking place; flowers, décor and various wedding paraphernalia are being hustled to and fro; and in the background, the sounds of construction – walls being torn down, offices built – signal the company

The Newport Beach Police Department is enthusiastically married to NIXLE.Costa Mesa PD is engaged.San Clemente is kind of dating.The OC Sheriff decided not to pursue NIXLE, preferring to embrace Twitter and Facebook. And other coastal cities have been watching and weighing their options.NIXLE is a

For many Southern California residents, real cold is a foreign concept. Even saying the word “snow” can strike fear into the hearts of beach-goers along the coast. There are some, however, that love the outdoors and adventure, despite any freezing conditions they may bring. One of these adventurers is Fountain Valley resi

Hi, I’m Shawn and I’m a snake. Apparently, this is my year. Whew! What a relief. It’s about time. This comes as news to me, since I tend to think astrology is nonsense. Using animals as stand-ins for people is only valuable in children’s stories and allegorical adult fiction, and I’m as Chinese as a bottle of Scotch

It’s undeniable that the sonic cycling boom along the coast is real, the relentless by-product of our fitness culture, the attraction and challenge of our topography, the visual appeal of our coastline, and a shift in reasons why people are mounting up.Today’s two-wheel mix includes serious, long-distance “road warr

Suza Scalora used to live with an emotional abuser – someone close to her who constantly told her she wasn’t good enough. This must have been true, she thought, because it came from the person who knows her best: herself. As a “recovering perfectionist,” Scalora, a life coach and co-founder of the workshop-bas

Imagine the worst loss you could experience. Now imagine that same tragedy transmitted in every newspaper, every news show and streamlined all over the Internet for all to see. Such is the plight of Eve Miller, the main character of Aria, a novel by Orange County author and Coast Magazine Editor at Large Susan Segal. Segal is also

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