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Strictly Sail Long Beach Set for Oct. 24-27

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TheLog.com LONG BEACH -- Sailboats will take center stage when Progressive Insurance Strictly Sail Long Beach returns to Shoreline Village and Rainbow Harbor, Oct. 24-27. The show, produced by the National Marine Manufacturers Association, will show new and brokerage sailboats in a wide variety of size and price ranges -- along with the latest boating gear and accessories. Last year, the show attracted more than 5,000 attendees. Continue Reading... ...
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U.S. Team Racing Championship – Twelve teams to compete

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SailWorld.com A fleet of 12 of the top teams from the U.S. will compete for the esteemed George R. Hinman Trophy at the U.S. Team Racing Championship, hosted by the Newport Harbor Yacht Club (Calif.), this Friday through Sunday, October 4-6. Once again, this year’s roster boasts former U.S. Team Racing Champions, college All-Americans, and an impressive pool of sailors who have had success in various disciplines and racing backgrounds. For the first time in many years, this will be an all American event. Team racing is one of the fastest growing disciplines in sailing. Over 100 races are sailed in just a few days. Each race or flight lasts under 30 minutes and normally, three flights are racing simultaneously with teams swapping out after each race. The intended format is a double round-robin followed by a knock-out series sailed between the eight teams who have recorded the highest number of wins during the round-robin series. Continue Reading......
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Ann Romney speaks about La Jolla mansion plans: Former neighbor says he will fight project

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By Dan Haggerty - ABC10 News San Diego SAN DIEGO - The permit battle for Mitt Romney's proposed house in La Jolla may soon be over. The California Coastal Commission will decide on the permits during an Oct. 11 meeting. The Romneys plan to demolish their 3,000-square-foot beachfront home to make way for an 11,000-square-foot mansion. 10News asked Ann Romney about the process during an interview Tuesday. She was making the media rounds promoting a new cookbook. Coontinue Reading......
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Local Color

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Capt. John, Afishinados Charters AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - One of the great things about living on Catalina Island is that you meet some very interesting people who have decided to make this rock their home. You can’t spot them by the cars they drive or the shoes they wear, or even by their choice of tie. Since we all tend to run around in our flip-flops and shorts with our Catalina shirts, it is sometimes difficult to get a read on the people you meet, which means you have to talk with them to get to know them. That is kind of novel in today’s world. Sometimes we meet these folks because our friends just know that we would get along, sometimes we meet them at mixers, or meetings, and sometimes it is just by chance. In a town this small, it is always amazing to me how many new people I come across in the course of a season....
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New project gives ‘snapshot’ of CA’s wild salmon populations

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By Alessandra Bergamin - baynature.org

California’s salmon serve as an indicator of the health of watershed and coastal ecosystems. But since peaking in the early 20th century, wild populations have been in decline with seven out of 10 of California’s coastal salmon and steelhead species now federally threatened or endangered.

One of the first steps in fish recovery is simply figuring out how many are left and where they are — which is the goal of a new project by the The Nature Conservancy.

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