Writer says he has now been paid more for the option than most people make actually finishing a movie LOS ANGELES – A local screenwriter’s decade old spec script has reportedly been optioned for the fourth separate time by a different production company, a milestone the writer describes as simultaneously validating and mildly absurd given …
Local surf commission says it has no jurisdiction over ocean behavior but will investigate anyway MALIBU, CA – A local surfer has filed a formal grievance against a wave he says deliberately closed out on him during Tuesday’s dawn patrol, in what he describes as an unprovoked and frankly disrespectful personal foul. The California Coastal …
Harbor patrol says the citation is less about the paddling and more about the deeply distracting serenity NEWPORT BEACH, CA – Harbor patrol officers have issued an unusual citation to a local paddleboarder accused of drifting slowly and repeatedly into a restricted swim zone while in what witnesses describe as a state of near total, …
Wave pool operators say bookings have surged among surfers hoping to skip the trip to Oahu entirely LEMOORE, CA – Bookings at a Central California artificial wave facility have surged in recent months among surfers hoping to practice barrel riding without ever leaving the mainland, a trend the facility’s marketing team has enthusiastically promoted and …
Surfers say the real challenge these days is the Pacific Coast Highway, not the point break MALIBU, CA – Longtime surfers at Malibu’s famed First Point say the single hardest part of their morning routine is no longer reading the swell, checking the wind, or negotiating a crowded lineup, but rather surviving the drive along …
Fellow surfers say enlightenment was more tolerable before he started explaining it to everyone in the lineup SAN CLEMENTE, CA – A 16 year old surfer has reportedly achieved a genuine state of flow state enlightenment during a routine Wednesday session, describing the experience afterward, at considerable length, to every single person in the lineup …
Residents say they keep meaning to field a rival candidate but somehow never quite get around to it MANILA – A barangay captain in a quiet residential district has secured his eighth consecutive term in office after running entirely unopposed once again, a streak residents describe less as a resounding public endorsement and more as …
Colleagues say his neutral Midwest tone has become so precise that real callers keep asking where in Ohio he grew up MANILA – A call center agent at a major business process outsourcing firm has reportedly developed an American accent so precisely calibrated that several customers have begun asking, with apparent sincerity, which part of …
Colleagues say his technique remains a mystery even to those who have watched him work for years MANILA – A traffic enforcer stationed along a notoriously congested stretch of EDSA has become something of a local celebrity after footage circulated online showing him successfully halting three lanes of oncoming jeepneys using nothing more than a …
City engineer says the potholes technically have seniority given how long several have occupied the same spot MANILA – The city mayor’s office announced an ambitious new initiative this week promising to repair every reported pothole within city limits by year’s end, a pledge that was reportedly met within hours by an informal but surprisingly …