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• 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.