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Surf Brand’s Return of 175-Gram Flying Disc Hailed as Biggest Equipment Breakthrough for Days When There Is No Surf – Surfing LA

Huntington Beach surfers begin analyzing a round piece of plastic with the intensity normally reserved for fin placement HUNTINGTON BEACH – The restocking of a 175-gram flying disc by a Southern California surf label has been received by the local surfing community as a major development in high-performance equipment, with riders up and down the …

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Hermosa Beach Weighs Air Traffic Control for the Strand After 12-Year-Old on Electric Bike Passes a Pelican – Surfing LA

Beach cities draft new rules as surfboard-carrying middle schoolers on fat tires reach speeds previously seen only on the 405 at 3 a.m. HERMOSA BEACH – City officials are considering emergency measures for the Strand, the oceanfront path shared by walkers, joggers and strollers, after a 12-year-old on an electric bicycle was observed overtaking a …

Volume 1 Issue 20 June 28 1947 – Screw the News
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Volume 1 Issue 20 June 28 1947 – Screw the News

Late June Covers Economic Shifts The June 28, 1947 edition focused on economic transitions as America adjusted to peacetime production, featuring articles about factories converting from weapons to washing machines. The business section optimistically predicted prosperity for all, which turned out to be somewhat accurate if you ignore massive inequality. Headlines proclaimed “Jobs Plentiful, Housing …

Metrolink Riders Brace for Major Service Cuts as Southern California Rediscovers the Joy of Sitting in a Car Alone – Screw the News
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Metrolink Riders Brace for Major Service Cuts as Southern California Rediscovers the Joy of Sitting in a Car Alone – Screw the News

OC and Antelope Valley commuters face reduced trains from next month, prompting officials to remind everyone that traffic is ‘just a state of mind’ Metrolink service cuts are on the way for Orange County and Antelope Valley riders, and the region’s reaction has been a calm and philosophical one, in the sense that everyone is …

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Costa Mesa Runs Out of Breweries to Host Surf Film Premieres as Every Surfer in Orange County Releases a Movie – Surfing LA

Census of local filmmakers locates one remaining resident who only surfs and describes him as isolated COSTA MESA – The city’s supply of brewery taprooms available for surf film premieres has been exhausted through February, organizers said this week, as the number of Orange County surfers with a movie in production passed the number without …

Santa Monica College Faces Accreditation Scrutiny, Assures Students the Campus Will Remain ‘Mostly a College’ – Screw the News
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Santa Monica College Faces Accreditation Scrutiny, Assures Students the Campus Will Remain ‘Mostly a College’ – Screw the News

After years of financial struggle, administrators vow to balance the books, preferably before somebody asks what the beach is costing Santa Monica College is under scrutiny after years of financial struggle, and the question on every student’s mind is whether the college will remain accredited, solvent and, just as importantly, within walking distance of a …