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By Chris MacDonald, Writer/Photographer,HB Ambassador/The Local News Columnist

The Local News

The Golden Bear- Where the StarsShined Brightly

V isit the Huntington Beach Interna-tional Surfing Museums' special ex-hibit on "The Golden

Bear--Memories, Music and Magic from theGolden Days of HB." It runs through the restof the year at 411 Olive Avenue. The mu-seum is open this holiday season, M, W, Th,Fri, 12-5; T, 12-9 and Sat/Sun, 11-6. 714-960-3483

Jerry Garcia. David Crosby, RobinWilliams, BB King, Jimi Hendrix, SteveMartin, Jimmy Buffet. The Doors. Talk about Star Power! It made HuntingtonBeach's Golden Bear, a local as well as in-ternationally-famous restaurant/entertain-ment club (on and off) for more than 50years.

The Bear was started in 1929 by restaura-teur Harry Bakre as locals and Hollywoodheavyweights like Humphrey Bogart andLionel Barrymore came to dine across fromthe Pacific Ocean, near Pacific Coast High-way and Main Street. How-

ever, by 1963, the buildingwas vacant, when entrepre-neurs Del Kauffman and JimRyerson leased it to create afolk music club. They broughtin a variety of performers andgroups featuring David Crosby,Judy Collins, Jackson Browne, Jimi Hen-drix, Stan Getz, Hoyt Axton, The Lovin'Spoonful, Lenny Bruce and others. Still,with all its musical success, the Bear closedin 1966, but not for long.

That same year, George Nikas and a part-ner reopened it and helped raise its fame byhiring The Doors, Byrds, Janis Joplin, Jef-ferson Airplane, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,

Neil Young, Jose Feliciano, John Denver,The Mamas and Papas, Steve Martin, Dizzy

Gillespie, Robin Williams, Pat Paulsen, theSmothers Brothers and more. With suchamazing acts, the Golden Bear rivaled Hol-lywood's Sunset Strip.

Musicians appreciated the small venuewhere appreciative audiences really listenedand inspired the performers to new heights.In 1974, Nikas sold the famous club toChuck and Rick Babiracki, who along withRick's wife, Carole, made the Bear roar evenmore.

Jimmy Buffet, Jerry Garcia, The Tower of Power, David Crosby, Bonnie Raitt, TomWait, Muddy Waters and Arlo Guthrie were

just a few of the talents who loved playinghere. "...Musicians prized the room as a

place where the ambiance, owners, crew and public all welcomed a spirit of musical ad-

venture," wrote noted journalist, Jim Wash- burn. They did two shows a night, at 8:30and 11.

There even was a "Monday Hoot Night,"where unknowns auditioned for a slot in theBear lineup. A couple guys named Cheechand Chong tried out and made the cut.

Van Halen was the opening act for agroup called, "Yesterday and Today." "Theysaid to take their photo because they weregoing to be famous someday," CaroleBabiracki-Kirby, recalled recently. "NoDoubt also played here."

"Men at Work and the Average WhiteBand did their first shows in the US at theBear," Carole proudly said. "One week, wehad Robin Williams trying out his new baby

jokes during his 'Mork and Mindy' days."

Many of the acts were so sensational thateven Cher, Helen Reddy, Joe Walsh and

Peter Frampton dropped by to check themout. Frampton ended up jamming with Fire-fall.

A young artist named Wyland painted amural on the side of the Bear. He cleverlydrew portraits of performers on musicalnotes, featuring Linda Ronstadt, Steve Mar-tin, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix and BobDylan. "We didn't have much money to payWyland but we gave him free food

(spaghetti and Bear Burgers) and show tick-ets," she said. (Now, he too is world fa-mous.)

"I'll always remember when the entire building shook when Steppenwolf played'Born to be Wild,'" Carole fondly remem-

bered. "And when Honk had a junior highmusician come on stage and play baritonehorn with them." What memories! But thelegendary Bear came to a rather abrupt end,when the building reportedly did not meet

Earthquake Codes and stood in the way of city redevelopment plans. The last concertwas Robin Trower. The Bear closed itsdoors on January 29, 1986

and was torn down shortly thereafter."While we were packing, it began to rain

inside the kitchen," Carole said. "Almostlike the Bear was crying goodbye."

But the Bear, and it's Golden Memories,will never be forgotten and you can hear itsmusic and feel its magic by visiting the HBInternational Surfing Museum exhibit therest of this year. Museum Board Member Dan McCoy, who loved going to shows atthe Bear, thought its magical past should beremembered with an exhibit, which includesmany of Carole's original Golden Bear items(such as tickets, matchbooks, shirts, jackets,

handbills, posters, bricks, photos) as well as beautiful color prints and other artwork byHB Painter Bill Anderson, and what McCoysays is the first instrument to play at theGolden Bear, a ukulele, and a rare photo of the Novelty Boys who played it in 1938.

You can purchase the prints and other "memories," including copies of menus,

posters (with your favorite musicians who played there) and much more. Also availableis the definitive book, "A History of TheGolden Bear, Huntington Beach" by RobertJ. Carvounas, which is full of valuable in-formation and photos. (The longtime Bear fan said he even purchased the north side of the famous club sign at a garage sale.) Car-ole also has a scrapbook of Golden Bear photos that she took through the years that

can be purchased. Portions of all sales go toassist the museum.

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Providing donations to variouscharitable organizations through-out the year is one of the waysHBFA helps the community. TheGBF golf tournament was created13 years ago by HBFA to raisefunds to continue their work of reaching out and assisting thelocal charities to help the peoplein the community. Since its in-ception, the GBF golf tourna-

ments have raised over $1,100,000 and all profits have

been donated to a number of dif-ferent charities. This year, Co-lette's Children Home was the2012 Primary Beneficiary.

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A lady was checking out at thestore, a young cashier suggested to

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cause plastic bags weren'tgood for the environment.The woman apologized and

explained, "We didn't havethis green thing back in my ear-

lier days."The cashier responded, "That's

our problem today. Your generationdid not care enou gh to save our environment for fu-ture generations."She was right -- our generationdidn't have the green thing in its day. Back then,we returned milk bottles, pop bottles and beer bot-tles to the store.

The store sent them back to the plant to bewashed and sterilized and refilled, so it could usethe same bottles over and over. So they really wererecycled. We refilled writing pens with ink insteadof buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor

blades in a razor instead of throwing away thewhole razor just because the blade got dull.

But we didn't have the green thing back in our day. We walked up stairs, because we didn't havean escalator in every shop and office building. We walked to thegrocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine everytime we had to go two blocks. But she was right.

We didn't have the green thing in our day. Back then, we washed

the baby's nappies because we didn't have the throw-away kind. Wedried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burningup 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their broth-ers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young ladyis right.

We didn't have the green thing back in our day. Back then, wehad one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. Andthe TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the county of Yorkshire. In thekitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have elec-tric machines to do everything for us.

When we packaged a fragile item to send in the post, we usedwadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic

bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't f ire up an engine

and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower thatran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't needto go to a health club to run on treadmills thatoperate on electricity. But she's right.

We didn't have the gree n thing back then.We drank water from a fountain or a tap when

we were thirsty instead of demanding a plastic bot tle flown in from another country. We ac-cepted that a lot of food was seasonal and didn?texpect that to be bucked by flying it thousandsof air miles around the world. We actuallycooked food that didn?t come out of a packet,tin or plastic wrap and we could even wash our own vegetables and chop our own salad.

But we didn't have the green thing back then.Back then, people took the tram or a bus, andkids rode their bikes to school or walked insteadof turning their mothers into a 24-hour taxi serv-ice. We had one electrical outlet in a room, notan entire bank of sockets to power a dozen ap-

pliances. And we didn't need a computerizedgadget to receive a signal beamed from satel-lites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find thenearest pizza joint.

But isn't it sad that the current generation laments how wastefulwe old folks were just

because we didn't have the green thing back then? Please forwardthis on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conser-vation from a young person.

Remember: Don't make old people mad. We don't like being oldin the first place, so it doesn't take much to piss us off.



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Mission Statement -Surf City Food & Beverage

Marketing Association(SCF&BMA)

The Surf City Food & Beverage Marketing Associa-tion is created for the purpose of promoting, protect-ing and improving the food & beverage serviceindustry in the City of Huntington Beach, Ca. Our pri-

mary marketplace is diverse in both geographic &ethnic issues. The Association is committed to bridg-ing those gaps by defining common goals and offer-ing collective marketing opportunities and a groupvoice to our members' needs when appropriate.

The Surf City Food & Beverage Marketing Associa-tion is dedicated to providing a clear, unified andprominent voice for food and beverage business op-erations located in the entire City of HuntingtonBeach, CA. The Surf City Food & Beverage MarketingAssociation is dedicated to the continued prosperityand preservation of the City of Huntington Beach asone of the safest, vibrant and wonderful CoastalCommunities in all of Southern California. Our Down-town is a National Treasure, and throughout the Har-bour area across through South East HuntingtonBeach exists hundred's of food and beverage estab-lishments serving the entire community with qualityproducts and services.

The Surf City Food & Beverage Marketing Associa-tion is dedicated to and is charged with the respon-sibility of preserving a harmonious mixture of members, assisting them in expansion opportuni-ties, offering them a focused approach to gettingtheir individual and collective message out to thegreater community. We are drawn together by com-mon goals, challenges and industry rules, standardsand requirements. The Surf City Food & BeverageMarketing Association will coordinate those issues,create an Ombudsman’s role for the Association andhelp create and manage community opportunities tofoster the continued success of our current and fu-ture members.

Dear Huntington Beach Business:

A number of local Huntington Beach Food & Beverage based businesses have come to-gether to form a 501c6 non-profit Marketing Association to further the goals and expectationof our Food and Beverage based members, assist them in their on-going effort to be suc-cessful and help them hire, train and sustain an effective workforce in our industry. Thisletter is an invitation to join the Surf City Food & Beverage Marketing Association(SCF&BMA).

Today's restaurant industry is growing rapidly. The national restaurant industry employs12.8 million people in over 960,000 locations — and 2010 sales in the U.S. were approxi-mately $604 billion. Locally there are approximately 555 eating establishments, employingover 5,000 people in Huntington Beach with estimated gross sales in excess of $100 million.

Most recent extrapolated annual sales tax earned by the city equaled about $1,225,000.These numbers include Restaurants with and without alcohol. The primary market area islarge and ethnically diverse both in terms of residents and nature of Food & Beverage busi-nesses.

Please consider joining! We would like to ask you for some help as we organize and begina thorough community-wide membership drive.

Our Membership director will call you in the very near future. We can promise you thatthe SCF&BMA will be dedicated to helping our Members grow their businesses and expandtheir reach to the local and regional customer base. Help us make a difference. It's good for

business and by helping each other; the entire local Food & Beverage industry will prosper.

Sincerely,On behalf of the Organizing BoardMarco Perry,President

S URF C ITY FOOD & BEVERAGE MARKETING ASSOCIATION

President: Marco Perry , General Manager,Shorebreak Hotel/Zimzala RestaurantVice President: Membership: Pete Truxaw , Owner, Mama’s on 39 Restaurant

Secretary: Treasurer, Patrick Cox , Team Manager Whole FoodsDirector: Alessandro Pirozzi , Owner, Cucina Alessa Restaurant

Director: Mike Franco , Owner, La Brique RestaurantDirector: Chris Grodach , Owner, Corner Restaurant

Director: Michael C. Adams , Owner, Michael C. Adams AssociatesDirector: Jim Krohn , General Manager, Cheesecake Factory

Director: Dave Garofalo , Owner, The Local News Community Newspapers

S URF C ITY FOOD & BEVERAGE MARKETING ASSOCIATION500 Pacific Coast Hwy. - Huntington Beach, CA 92648

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P lease join me in remembering a great ICON of the entertainment community.

The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeastinfection and trauma complications from repeated

pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy was buriedin a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebritiesturned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. But-terworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, BettyCrocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch.The grave

site was piled high with flours. AuntJemima delivered the eulogy and lov-ingly described Doughboy as a manwho never knew how much he waskneaded.

Born and bread in Minnesota ,Doughboy rose quickly in show busi-ness, but his later life was filled withturnovers. He was not considered a verysmart

cookie, wasting much of his dough onhalf-baked schemes. Despite being a lit-tle flaky at times, he still was a crustyold man and was considered a positiveroll model for millions. Doughboy issurvived by his wife, Play Dough, and

three children: John Dough, Jane Dough and DoseyDough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also sur-vived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.

The funeral was held at 350 for about 20 minutes.If this made you smile, please rise to the occasionand take time to pass it on and, share that smile withsomeone else that may be having a crumby day andkneads a lift.

Ed Note: Thanks Bob

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Former Mayor Don Hansen SaysNO BRIDGE

H untington Beach Mayor Don Hansen re- ported that the full board of the OrangeCounty Transportation Authority

(OCTA) unanimously voted to eliminate the19th Street Bridge for the Master Plan of Arte-rial Highways (MPAH).

Today, the Mayor's last meeting as a member of the Board of message of elimination of this

bridge to our community as one of my final of-ficial acts.

This multi-decade battle is finally over and theresidents of the affected communities can nowrest easy without the fear of this bridge beingadvanced in the future.

Don went on to say that he appreciated all of those who participated in this process. "I think it is proof-positive that you can make an impactthrough activism."

Don closed with a thank you for the opportu-nity to serve as your voice

A Sad Passing

Former Mayor Don MacAl-lister becomes an Octoge-

narian and shares the moment

with 150 of his closest friends.Donald Gerdes-Hansen trav-eled the farthest coming from

Dalbeattie, Scotland tohelp Don celebrate. Atraditional feast of Hag-gis and Bundt Cakeswere served to keep theScottish Theme in

place.His family, including

Denise Gayle andMickie were there to

make sure Don was taken careof from morning t o night asonly family can.

We all wish Don a contin-ued happy, healthy and pros-

perous li fe in Surf City USA.Happy Birthday Don.

You've had a long run in our home town and the best wecan tell at The Local News...you are still out there stirringup the pot....and please don'tstop.

Former Mayor Don MacAllister

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Reality Check: That Gucci Bag On Sale At HB Pier, Hmm, Do You Want To

Buy a Bridge Also...LAist reporters were all over this

one. ICE can send a chill up any pone's back side...but when ittouches home...another realitycheck and they report..."Sorry labellovers, if you've been buying your Gucci and Louis Vuitton acces-sories out of kiosks by the Hunting-ton Beach Pier, or in some other random Orange County spots, youmay have been duped by phonygoods. And those phony goods--and their sellers--have just been

busted in something the feds called"Operation Fashion Faux Pas."

Indeed, it is a huge no-no to sporta fake Chanel bag or shades (atleast if you're trying to pass it off as the real thing). It's also illegal to

sell them, which is where special

agents with U.S. Immigration andCustoms Enforcement's(ICE) Homeland SecurityInvestigations (HSI) camein.

This week they "exe-cuted state search war-rants this week againstf i v e

local vendors and seized more than$200,000 worth of goods, cappinga six month crackdown" in the OC,explains ICE.

For this round of "OperationFashion Faux Pas" busts, ICEcracked down on Tustin hair salon,a Garden Grove shoe store and sev-eral retail kiosks near the Hunting-ton Beach pier. They also showedup at the private residences of named sellers.

Goods seized included "purses, jewelry, sunglasses, cosmetics and perfume, bear the counterfeit trade-marks of more than two dozenwell-known brands, such as LouisVuitton, Gucci, Rolex, Hermes andChanel."

The moral of the story, savvy

shoppers, is that while buying knockoffsmight save yousome bucks, thefeds want you to

remember thatcrime never pays.

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T he closure of a three-story andan eight-story office buildingwill mean Boeing employees in

the legal and marketing departments

will be transferred out of Seal Beach.A patch here or there cannot stop theeventual leak of important jobs to our

community.Paige Austin of the LosAl Patch as-

sembles this quit of information as theBoeing story continues to unfold..."While several high-paying jobs will betransferred out of Seal Beach, therewon't be any layoffs stemming fromthe decision to close down and sell of two buildings in Boeing’s Seal Beachcampus.

According to Boeing officials, employees such as lawyers and marketingexecutives will be asked to transfer toother Boeing facilities in the region.

“There are no jobs going to be cut,”said Boeing spokeswoman BrittanyKuhn.

“The Boeing Company has antici-

pated for some time now that the U.S.defense budget trends will be flat todown, and that is why we have been

pursuing affordability measures since

2010,” added Kuhn. “At this point, itis too early for Boeing to speculate onwhat cuts that may come in future

budget cycles might mean for individ-ual programs or the facilities that support them.”

The Pentagon's second-largest sup- plier, Boeing announced plans lastweek to consolidate several businessunits, close a handful of SouthernCalifornia facilities and reduce exec-utive level staffing by 30 percentfrom 2010 highs.

According to Kuhn, employeeswork at more than 50 locations

throughout the state, with the largestconcentration in the Los Angeles area.Three sites – El Segundo, HuntingtonBeach and Long Beach – have morethan 4,000 employees each.

The company, which employs justover 20,000 people in Southern Cali-fornia plans to shutter Seal Beach

buildings 81 and 80, the landmark eight-story building bearing the com-

pany name, said Kuhn. The companywill continue to operate out of a cluster of 11 remaining buildings spanningroughly 45-acres.

Kuhn declined to say how much thecompany hopes to raise from the saleof the Seal Beach buildings along withvacant facilities in nearby Huntington

Beach."

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T he Huntington Beach Police Department has been awarded a newtraffic safety grant for an anti-DUI program aimed at preventingdeaths and injuries on our roadways. Additional enforcement

measures to combat impaired driving are coming as a result of a recent$107,500.00 grant awarded by the California Office of Traffic Safety toHuntington Beach. The Huntington Beach Police Department is dedicatedto kee ping our streets safe through both enforcement and education. Thespecial DUI Checkpoint grant is to assist in efforts to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol and other drug related collisionsin the community

. The grant activities will specifically target impaireddriving offenders as well as educating the public on the dangers of im-

paired driving through the use of DUI/driver’s license checkpoints.When possible, specially trained officers will be available to evaluate

those suspected of drug-impaired driving. “DUI checkpoints have beenan essential part of the phenomenal reduction in DUI

deaths that we witnessed from 2006 to 2010 inCalifornia,” said Christopher J. Murphy, Di-

rector of the Office of Traffic Safety. “Butsince the tragedy of DUI accounts for nearly one third of traffic fatalities,Huntington Beach needs the high visi-

bility enforcement and public aware-ness that this grant will provide.”

Funding for this program is from theCalifornia Office of Traffic Safetythrough the NationalHighway Traffic SafetyAdministration



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For the second year, Rhode Island Gov-ernor Lincoln Chafee will not use

“Christmas” to describe the evergreentree decorated to celebrate December 25.“Governor, what do you call a green, pointed,

prickly tree we decorate in December?Everyone except for the governor knows it’s a Christmas tree,” said MatStaver, Founder and Chairman of Lib-erty Counsel.

Originally, the governor’s office can-celed the annual Christmas tree lightingceremony after last year’s controversy,when he refused to acknowledge“Christmas” during the tree lightingceremony. Just 24 hours later, the an-nual event was rescheduled.

“Renaming a Christmas tree to a‘Holiday tree’ is political correctnessrun amok,” said Staver. “A Menorah isassociated with Hanukkah. Its nameshould not be changed. Santa and hissleigh appear during Decem ber bearingChristmas gifts. His name and those of his reindeer entourage should not bechanged. Everyone knows that an evergreentree decorated with lights and ornaments inDecember is a Christmas tree. The only rea-son to change the name is due to crass bigotryand ignorance,” said Staver.

Spokeswoman Christine Hunsinger saidthat the governor believes “holiday” is moreinclusive. “For these inclusiveness advocates,Hanukkah is in, Kwanzaa is in, Santa Clausis in, but Christmas is out,” said Staver.

“Lighting a ‘holiday’ tree is not inclusive, it

is divisive and hypocritical.” Bah, Humbug!Liberty Counsel launched its tenth annual

“Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign” to ed-ucate and, if necessary, litigate to make surereligious viewpoints are not censored duringChristmas. Liberty Counsel provides infor-

mation about Christmas at www.LC.org anda “Naughty & Nice” list, which overviewsretailers that acknowledge Christmas andthose that do not.

Liberty Counsel is an international non- profit, litigation, education, and policy or-ganization dedicated to advancing religiousfreedom, the sanctity of life, and the familysince 1989, by providing pro bono assis-tance and representation on these and re-

lated topics.

November 29, 2012;Huntington Beach, CA

– The Saint Bonaven-ture Catholic School Boys B1football team capped off their 2012 season by defeating St.

Hedwig 36 – 28, bringingthe season record to a phe-nomenal 16 wins, 0 losses.

The team, composed of 15 6th grade boys, went 9

– 0 in league play, outscor-

ing their opponents by awhopping 256 – 111 margin.They lead the Parochial Ath-letic Leagues Coastal 1B di vi-sion in both total points scoredand least points allowed.

Along with being crownedCoastal League Champions,Saint Bonaventure also took the title in both the St. Francisof Assisi Tournament and St.

Norbert’s Tournament.

Top row Coach John Burke, Clark G., Cade F., Ryan K.,Coach Andy Williams; Second row: Coach Tim Rosenkranz,

Cade R., Brenden M., Richard K., Alec P., Nathaniel A.;Bottom row: Andre B., Ikaika F., Trent M., Patrick B.,

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tion 37 in Californiathat concerns the labeling

of genetically modified foods andthat was just voted down in that state?~ Peter Tremaine, Euclid, OH

Many healthy food advocates were disheartened on Elec-tion Day when Californians rejected Proposition 37, whichwould have required the labeling of genetically modified(GM) foods across the state. GM foods have had genesfrom other plants or animals in-serted into their genetic code tooptimize for one or another trait,such as resistance to pests, better taste or longer shelf life, and arecontroversial because scientistsdon’t know the ramifications of mixing genetic codes on such awidespread scale.

While it was close, those

against the so-called “CaliforniaRight to Know Genetically Engi-neered Food Act” prevailed, with53.1 percent of the vote. The

proposition called on food manu-facturers to label foods containingGM ingredients on the front or

back of the packaging with the phrase “partially produced withgenetic engineering”—and not tolabel or advertise such foods as“natural.” Proponents developedthe proposition in lieu of federalaction requiring labeling of GMfoods…as exists in 50 other coun-tries.

Proponents of the bill raised some $9 million and garneredsome 46.9 percent of the vote, indicating that upwards of four

million Californians fear the potential effects of GM foodsand are in favor of greater transparency on the part of the food

industry. But such efforts weren’t enough to overcome ag-gressive marketing by so-called Big Food companies includ-ing Monsanto, Coca-Cola, ConAgra, Nestle and Kraft, who

poured some $45 million into the “No on 37” campaign.

Backers of the proposition are crying foul. Public healthlawyer Michele Simon reports that some of the companiesinvolved in defeating the bill engaged in lying, scare tactics,misrepresentation and various dirty tricks “to protect their profits and keep California voters uninformed about their food choices.”

“The No campaign listed four organizations in the officialstate document mailed to voters as concluding that ‘biotech

foods are safe’,” she says. “One of them, the AmericanCouncil on Science and Health, is a notorious industry front

group that only sounds legit. Another, the Academy of Nu-trition and Dietetics, actually has no position and com-

plained about being listed…” The other two groups, the National Academy of Sciences and the World Health Or-ganization, have more nuanced positions...than just “safe.”

Simon also criticizes Big Food for its claims about high

food costs, “shakedown lawsuits” and “special interest ex-emptions” if the law passed: “While each of these claimsis easily debunked, being outspent on ad dollars makes ithard to compete, especially when all you can really say is,‘that’s not true’.”

The battle over GM labeling in California may be over for now, but the war rages on nationally. Just Label It, anonprofit started by Stonyfield Farm magnate Gary Hirsh-

berg, is trying to persuade the U.S. Food and Drug Admin-istration (FDA) to require GM food labeling nationally.Readers can help by signing the campaign’s online petition.Beyond that, Just Label It recommends eating more freshvegetables and unprocessed foods (the vast majority of processed foods in the U.S. contain either GM corn or soy)and looking for the USDA Organic label, which precludesany foods containing GM ingredients.

CONTACTS :

Yes on 37,www.carighttoknow.org;

Just Label It,www.justlabelit.org.

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Pinot is translats as Pinecone in French. Gris or gri-gio translates as gray. Care for some Gray

Pinecone with your catfish?Legend has it that a renowned British wine taster wasonce presented with a flight of wines while wearing a

blindfold. He nailed each wine, correctly identifying thegrape and the region in which it was grown.

Toward the end of the challenge was a glass of water.Upon smelling and sampling it, the taster expressed be-wilderment.

"I have no idea what this is," he exclaimed, "but I canassure you it's something I've never had before!"

Traditionally, this story has been used to spark a conversa-tion about the futility of blindtasting. The wine world's smartalecks, however, have taken toreplying back with a joke: "Whydidn't he peg it as Pinot Grigio?"

Sadly, there's some truth to

this retort. All too often, PinotGrigio is simply a substitute for water. Mass-market bottlingsare refreshing and fruity -- anddeliver a buzz -- but they'renever very compelling.

This reality has tarred the rep-utation of all Italian whitewines. That's a shame, becauseItaly produces the most excitingwhites in the world. Even PinotGrigio can be spectacular.

Italy has been producing winefor thousands of years. Whenthe ancient Greeks colonizedsouthern Italy, they called it"Oenotria," or land of the vine.

Pinot Grigio gained a

foothold in America in 1979,

when wine importer Tony Terlato visited Milan in searchof the "next great white wine."

Terlato tasted a Pinot Grigio and "was taken by its fresharomas, its crispness, freshness and the way it paired ef-fortlessly with foods." The next day, he drove to northernItaly's Alto Adige region, where Italy's best Pinot Grigiois grown. Upon arriving, he visited a local restaurant andordered every Pinot Grigio on the wine list. Of the 18 bot-tles, Terlato most enjoyed the offering from Santa

Margherita. He visited the winery thefollowing day -- and returned to theUnited States as its sole importer.

Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio took off. Today, it's America's most popular imported restaurant wine.

Over the past 33 years, however,Pinot Grigio has become a victim of itsown success. Santa Margherita isn'tcheap -- it retails for $25. So the markethas been flooded with cheap alterna-tives, led by brands like Cavit, Ruffino,and Ecco Domani.

There are better wines for the money.More grape varieties are planted inItaly than any other country in theworld. Thousands of Italian winesmake their way to the United States.

The most exciting whites come fromnortheast Italy, particularly the regionsof Alto Adige, a neighbor to Austriaand Switzerland, and Friuli-VeneziaGiulia, which borders Slovenia to theeast and Austria to the north.

Alto Adige is still home to theworld's best Pinot Grigio, but dozens of

varieties flourish there. Pinot Bianco, for example, is

more floral and mineral-driven than Pinot Grigio.

Gewurztraminer, Muller Thurgau, and Kerner areexceptionally aromatic --and display enoughsweetness and acidity tocomplement creamsauces and even spicyfoods.

In recent months, I've become obsessed with Kerner,as it seems to work with everything. Top producers in-clude Kofererhof and Abbazia Di Novacella, which bothmake bottlings for under $20.

Friuli-Venezia Giulia, commonly shortened to Friuli,is home to a host of obscure, fun, and versatile grapes likeRibolla Gialla and Friuliano. Producers in the region arealso known for producing rich, complex blends and crisp,clean Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.

Southern Italy also generates delicious whites. My fa-

vorites come from Campania, where a grape called Fianothrives. At first, Fiano typically comes across as an easy-drinking quaffer. But it can hold its own at any table --and the better examples gain complexity with age. Oneof my favorites, Feudi di San Gregorio's Fiano di Avel-lino, runs less than $20.

It's no secret that Italy produces some of the finest redwines in the world. Top Barolo and Brunello di Montal-cino easily command hundreds of dollars per bottle. Buttoo many consumers disregard Italy's whites thanks to theflood of cheap Pinot Grigio that's come ashore.

They shouldn't. Italy produces more distinctivewines than any other nation -- and its whites are posi-tively electric.

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Questions & AnswersFrom the Mailbag 714.536.6300

Moe News Than You Can Handle:Main Street Eyewear Looks at Life

Through Designer GlassesMoe Kanoudi

1. The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye-doctor on an Alaskan island, butit turned out to be an optical Aleutian .

3. She was only a whisky-maker, but he loved her still.

4. A rubber-band pistol was confiscated from an algebraclass, because it was a weapon of

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6 . A dog gave birth to puppies near theroad and was cited for littering.

7 . A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would resultin Linoleum Blownapart.

8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

9. A hole has been found in the nudist-camp wall. The po-lice are looking into it.

10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

11. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

12. Two hats were hang-ing on a hat rack in the

hallway. One hat said to the other: 'You stay here;I'll go on a head.'

13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Thenit hit me.

14. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keepoff the Grass.'

15. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison wasa small medium at large.

16. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper sprayis now a seasoned veteran.

17. A backward poet writes inverse.

18. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalismit's your count that votes.

19. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

20. If you jumped off the bridge in Paris , you'd be in Seine.

21. A vulture carrying two dead raccoons boards an airplane. The stewardess looks at him and says, 'I'm sorry, sir,only one carrion allowed per passenger.'

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23. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lita fire in the craft.Unsurprisingly it sank, proving onceagain that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

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Subaru Research and Development, Inc.Subaru’s entrant takes on entirely differ-

ent terrain. With the grand opening of Hawaii’s new speculated inter-island Para-dise Highway in 2025, Subaru thinks their SHARC (Subaru Highway Automated Re-sponse Concept) could tackle demands of the future highway. SHARC will be usedfor 24-hour highway monitoring and rapidemergency response.

In addition to fuel sustainability, theSHARCs will also be human-sustainable byoperating autonomously.

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America

The consensus is that by 2025, officers will faceeven more crowded roads with electronically moni-

tored and controlled traffic. A much larger populationand changes in human behavior are thought to be thecause. The Mercedes-Benz Ener-G-Force is an envi-ronmentally-friendly, off-road capable SUV, helping police get to where they need to be, wherever that is.

Honda R&D Company, Ltd., Advanced Design Studio

Honda R&D Japan has enteredwhat they call CHiPs 2025 TrafficCrawler. The Traffic Crawler of-fers sporty mobility to get aroundcongestion, but with the toughnessto respond to more severe trafficsituations.

Honda Japan forsees many traf-fic changes in 2025. In addition to predictable traffic problems, vehi-

cles becoming more fuel efficient will lead to moretraffic in the region, free of environmental impact.

Honda R&D Americas , Inc., Advanced Design Studio

Honda Advanced Design, based in Califor-nia, created the CHP Drone Squad. Designedto work in a harsh environment predicted for the California highway system in 2025, theDrone Squad is comprised of a 2 vehicle sys-tem. The two vehicles operate both mannedand un-manned. The mission control vehicledeploys Moto-Drones similar to BMW’s de-sign. Moto-Drones are un-manned motorcy-

cles that can operate in multiple types of response or rescue missions.

General Motors Advanced Design CaliforniaGM developed the Volt Squad, a three vehicle fleet

designed around the principles "observe, pursue, and

engage." Each concept has an explicit role for eachsituation. As expected, an electric Voltec powertrainis at the core of each vehicle.

BMW Group DesignworksUSABMW’s entrant comes from LA-based BMW

Group DesignworksUSA. The team chose Los Ange-les as their futuristic setting. Their E-Patrol (Human-Drone Pursuit Vehicle) design was developed basedon BMW's prediction of more traffic and faster vehi-

cles in LA's future. Given that the designs are also judged on environmental factors, it goes without say-

ing that many of the vehicles get their power from al-ternative fuel sources, including BMW's E-Patrol.

The design’s main focus is drone technology. The primary vehicle can deploy three drones for pursuitunder heavy traffic conditions. The officer has the op-tion of sending out either a flying or single-wheeleddrone to chase suspects and keep tabs on them (muchlike the police vehicles in 2002's Minority Report).

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The top two forces influencing mortgage

rates at present are the drama in the EuroZone and, here at home, the Fiscal Cliff.Of the two it seems the Euro Drama has beenaround much longer. And I’ve already devoteda couple articles to the topic. This time aroundlet’s talk about the domestic issue and the impactit is having.

So what exactly is theFiscal Cliff? This termsummarizes the impactof budget cutsand taxincreases which arescheduled to take effecton January 1, 2013. Al-lowing the US to go

over this cliff would becatastrophic to the USeconomy which is, at best, experiencing onlyanemic recovery. Ac-cording to a Wall StreetJournal article from ear-lier this year: “$280 bil-lion would be pulled outof the economy by thesunsetting of the Bushtax cuts; $125 millionfrom the expiration of the Obama payroll-taxholiday; $40 millionfrom the expiration of emergency unemployment benefits; and $98 bil-lion from Budget Control Act spending cuts. Inall, the tax increases and spending cuts make upabout 3.5% of GDP, with the Bush tax cuts mak-ing up about half of that, according to the J.P.Morgan report.”

Losing $280 billion from the economy wouldcertainly put the US right back into recession.Although both Democrats and Republicanswould surely use this as political posturing, each party blaming the other, no one in their rightmind could actually want this to happen. So if

you believe that politicians are in their right

mind, a compromise will be worked out. Buthow long will it take?Throughout his campaign Obama touted a bal-

anced approach of increased taxes combinedwith spending cuts, an approach championed bythe Simpson-Bowles commission. Mr. Obama

took an about face from that when heannounced his Fiscal Cliff plan, in-cluding $1.6 Trillion in tax increasesand $0 spending cuts. His plan actually called for a$50 Billion increase inspending.

The Republicans’counter-offer to Democratswas $2.2 Trillion in re-forms and spending cuts.So the two parties are very,

VERY far apart. The

end result is an enor-mous amount of un-certainty as to what asolution might look like and how long itmight take to form.

T h i suncertainty is what’s driving themarkets. Global investors don’tlike uncertainty. It causes them to be skeptical of riskier asset playssuch as stocks, and look for moreconservative investments such as bonds - including mortgage bonds. This is one of the big rea-sons we’ve seen mortgage ratesreturnto record lows in the lastfew weeks. But it won’t stay therelong.

Winston Churchill once re-marked: “Americans can becounted on to do the right thing,after they have exhausted all other possibilities. The longer it takesWashington politicians to resolvethe Fiscal Cliff, the longer rateswill stay down. But once anagreements is reached (likely inthe 11th hour), mortgage rates arelikely to move up sharply.

Euro Drama vs. Fiscal Cliff..

Arnaud Dufour

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With more than eleven years in the industry, Arnaud is available to answer questions

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various cosmetic upgradesto their exteriors, and land-scape improvements weremade across the entireshopping center.

“We are very pleasedwith the outcome of the re-development at Edinger Plaza,” said Nadine Watt,President of Watt Compa-nies. “We appreciate the partnership with the City of Huntington Beach on this project as they played an

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$21,995

’07 TOYOTAFJ CRUISER

Auto, air, power group, CD player, tilt(221067/70012732)

1 ONLY

$21,995

’06 NISSANSENTRA

Auto, air, power group(221030/6L533460)

1 ONLY

$8995

’11 TOYOTACOROLLA LE

Auto, air, power group, CD player, tilt,used (320368/BC589661)

1 ONLY

$15,495

’10 LEXUSIS 250

Moonroof, leather, power group,Navigation, alloys (320299/A5111367)

1 ONLY

$26,995

’10 SUBARULEGACY 3.6 R AWD

Auto, air, power group, CD player, tilt(221029/A2219135)

1 ONLY

$18,995

’07 TOYOTA CAMRYSOLARA SLE CONV.Auto, air, power group, CD player,

leather (320329/7U111796)1 ONLY

$16,995

’01 HONDACIVIC EX COUPE

Auto, air, power group, CD player(220972/1L073013)

1 ONLY

$6995

’10 DODGECHALLENGER SE

Auto, air, power group, CD player, tilt(320391/AH289342)

1 ONLY

$20,995

’01 TOYOTAAVALON

Auto, air, power group, CD player, tilt(221127/1U135021)

1 USED

$8995’04 DODGE DAKOTA

DOUBLE CAB SLTAuto, air, power group, alloys

(221105/4S505598)1 ONLY

$9995’11 NISSAN

SENTRAAuto, air, power group, CD player, tilt

used (320478/BL668398)1 ONLY

$13,995

’05 TOYOTA4RUNNER SPORT


1 ONLY

$11,995

’07 FORD F150CREW CAB 4X4

Auto, air, power group, CD player,alloys (221082/7KC60080)

1 ONLY

$24,995

’04 TOYOTACOROLLA CEAuto, air, CD player(221091/4Z287944)

1 ONLY

$8995

’99 SATURNSL2

Auto, air, CD player, tilt(220645/XZ284560)

1 ONLY

$3999

’11 TOYOTAPRIUS III

Auto, air, power group, CD player, tilt,used (220896/B0322693)

1 ONLY

$21,995

’07 DODGECHARGER R/T

Navigation, leather, moonroof(220968/7H879629)

1 ONLY

$17,995

’06 LEXUSRX 330 AWD

Auto, air, pwr group, alloys, Navigation,mnroof, leather (221092/6C104149)

1 ONLY

$19,995

’05 CHRYSLERPT CRUISER GT TURBO

Air, power group, CD player, tilt(220983/5T285411)

1 ONLY

$7995

’09 PONTIACG6


1 ONLY

$13,495

’10 TOYOTACAMRY LE

Auto, air, power group, CD player, tilt(320463/AU061685)

1 ONLY

$17,495

’11 NISSANVERSA

Auto, air, power group, CD player, tiltused (320469/BL365956)

1 ONLY

$12,495

’07 TOYOTAFJ CRUISER 4WD

Auto, air, power group, CD player, rack(320338/70046749)

1 ONLY

$22,995

AUTOMATIC2012 SCION TCModel #6222 In Stock

EPAESTIMATED

MPG HWY31 E v e r y

N e w

E v e r y N e w

$18 ,995+ tax

2 AT THIS PRICE

Vin#C3036981, Vin#C3043561

The Local News, December 01, 2012

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