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Best podcasts about Newport Harbor

Latest podcast episodes about Newport Harbor

Crime Corner With Jessie Wiseman
49 | Skylar And Jennifer Deleon | Skylar The Liar

Crime Corner With Jessie Wiseman

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 83:58


The Mustaches get together and pour some holiday CrimeJuice to discuss the disappearance of Thomas and Jackie Hawks. Thomas Hawks was a retired probation officer and bodybuilder. He and his second wife Jackie owned a 55-foot yacht, the Well Deserved, which they used as their permanent retirement home. In 2004, they decided to sell their yacht and set up a home in Newport Harbor to be closer to their grandchild.  Skylar and Jennifer Deleon answered the ad and set up an appointment to buy the yacht... they were the last people to see Thomas and Jackie alive.Try Our New 8% Seltzers HardAFseltzer.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/crime-corner-with-jessie-wiseman/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Exploring New England with Ryan Zipp
Experiencing A Stay At Newport Harbor Island Resort & Sunset Sailboat Cruise Around Narragansett Bay

Exploring New England with Ryan Zipp

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 29:31


In this episode of "Exploring New England" host Ryan Zipp talks about his recent stay at the newly renovated Newport Harbor Island Resort in to capture some content for the hotel & also get in some well deserved relaxing. This stunning property was recently renovated earlier in the year and features some of the most stunning views anywhere in Newport. Ryan also heads out on one of Newport Classic Cruises' schooners for sunset cruise around Narragansett Bay to get some amazing perspective of the coastline from out on the water. 

The LA Report
Newsom threatens to cut funds over homeless encampments; CA's insurance crisis may soon hit renters; Newport Harbor's history— The P.M. Edition

The LA Report

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 7:43


Local leaders are reacting to Newsom's threat to cut funding if they don't clear homeless encampments. Frank Stoltze joins us with details. Some landlords are raising rents because of increased insurance costs. Newport Harbor's swampy beginnings. Plus, more. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.com.Support the show: https://laist.com

Airtalk
Capturing LA In 2028, The History of Newport Harbor, And Listeners Share Sublime Life Moments

Airtalk

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 99:34


Today on AirTalk, with the 2024 Paris Olympics games wrapped, we reflect on how Los Angeles is prepared to bring the essence of California to the 2028 games. Also on the show, we take a look at how the U.S. economy is fairing after a tumultuous last week; we dig into the history of Newport Harbor; we check-in on parents on the first-day back to school for LAUSD; listeners share their most sublime and perfect moments of their lives; and more. How do we bring the essence of CA to the 2028 Olympic games? (100:17) A look at the U.S. economy & stock market (18:50) The history of Newport Harbor (34:02) First day of school for LAUSD – we check-in on parents (51:21) Listeners share their most sublime moments in life (1:25:50)

Le Bon Bouquin
Le polar à l'heure d'été

Le Bon Bouquin

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 8:06


Le Bon Bouquin, c'est le podcast qui ravive la flamme de la lecture qui sommeille en chacun de nous

Light Hearted
Light Hearted Lite #6 – Author Lenore Skomal discusses lighthouse heroine Ida Lewis

Light Hearted

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 21:28 Transcription Available


Ida Lewis This is an edited version of an interview first heard in episode 48 in February 2020. The guest is author Lenore Skomal. Ida Lewis was possibly the most famous lighthouse keeper in American history. She was born in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1842.  She became the official keeper at Lime Rock in Newport Harbor in 1879 and held the position for 32 years. Officially, Ida Lewis is credited with 18 lives saved. She became a celebrated national heroine. Writer Lenore Skomal is the winner of multiple awards for literature, biography, and humor. Her book on Ida Lewis, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, was originally published in 2002. Booklist called it “[a] sensitive biography. . . . A remarkable story of an ordinary woman who did some extraordinary things.”

Set Point
Set Point-Episode 242: Tournaments, Tournament and More Tournaments in Men's Volleyball

Set Point

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 102:00


Link to supporting Set Point via Spreaker's supporter's club: https://www.spreaker.com/podca... In this episode, Teran Rodriguez recaps week of 15 of the 2024 NCAA Men's Volleyball season, as conference tournaments are fully underway in week 16. Were there some notables upsets from last week and if so, who pulled off the upset? Rodriguez also recaps week 8 of the NCAA Beach Volleyball season - headlined by the Center of Effort Challenge and previews a little of week 9. Finally, Rodriguez recaps week 12 of the Pro Volleyball Federation and previews week 13, recaps some big high school matches that were played - primarily in the Surf League, previews and predicts the CCCAA men's volleyball playoffs and recaps some NAIA Men's Volleyball as No.1 Master's University made more history last weekend. Timestamps for each part: Intro 0:00 IESR Read 2:29 NCAA Men's Volleyball Week 15 Recap 6:19 AVCA/NVA Men's Volleyball Coaches Poll (4/15/24) 20:04 Last Week's Off The Block Media Poll, This Week's Off The Block Media Poll, Who Teran Voted for this Week in the Off The Block Media Poll 21:34 NAIA Men's Volleyball; Masters University Makes History, Vanguard Bounces Back, GSAC Tournament 24:56 CCCAA Men's Volleyball; Final Regular Season Recap, Playoff Bracket Revealed, Playoff Criteria, Predictions on the First Round 28:11 NCAA Beach Volleyball, Week 8 Recap, Week 9 Preview, last week's AVCA Coaches Poll 46:15 Commercial Break 54:02 Return From Commercial Break 58:39 High School Boys Volleyball; Surf League is Insane, Mira Costa Wins Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions, how bad were Newport Harbor's Losses 58:59 Pro Volleyball Federation Week 12 Recap, Week 13 Preview 1:14:02 NCAA Men's Volleyball Conference Tournament Predictions 1:25:11 Outro/Closing 1:40:50 All of the thoughts and opinions are that of Teran Rodriguez and the guests he brings on and not of any second, third- or fourth-party organizations. Twitter (or X) of host: @TeranRodriguez1 Twitter (or X) of show: @Set_PointIE Instagram of show: @set_pointiesr IESR Disclaimer Unless specifically stated otherwise, the views and opinions of hosts, guests, callers, and sponsors expressed on all IE Sports Radio shows broadcast are entirely those of the hosts, guests, callers, and sponsors, who are entirely responsible for all show content, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of IE Sports Radio or its staff. These broadcasts are presented and made public AS ENTERTAINMENT, in the hope that they will be entertaining to the audience. Theme Music: Song: Move Out - MK2 [Free Download | No Copyright] Music provided by Mr. OATIIZ Video Link: https://youtu.be/Sqk3B2041uk IESR Track List Citations For Any Drops That May Be Played In This Podcast The Defining Moment theme: No Copyright Music Retro 80' Funky Jazz Hop Instrumental Copyright Free Music Sundance Remix Music provided by PepsenDK Video Link: https://youtu.be/LOFAkeAZXgE Sin City Sports theme: Never Give Up - Dark Trap Hip Hop Instrumental Music Provided by CFM Production Video link: https://youtu.be/b5uu_ein3qg Chi-Town Weekly Theme Music: Rock Background Music - No Copyright https://youtu.be/fh-o8Bxc3Ys

Set Point
Set Point- Episode 241: UCLA Men's Volleyball Keeps on Bru-WIN

Set Point

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 95:00


Link to supporting Set Point via Spreaker's supporter's club: https://www.spreaker.com/podca... /> In this episode, Teran Rodriguez recaps week of 14 of the 2024 NCAA Men's Volleyball season, as conference tournaments are on the horizon. Were there some notables upsets from last week and if so, who pulled off the upset? Rodriguez also previews week 15 of the NCAA Men's Volleyball season as it's the last week of the regular season. Finally, Rodriguez recaps week 7 of the NCAA Beach Volleyball season and previews a little of week 8, recaps week 11 of the Pro Volleyball Federation and previews week 12, recaps Corona Del Mar knocking off Newport Harbor in boys volleyball as well as Loyola winning the Brophy Prep Tournament in Arizona, previews the last week of the CCCAA men's volleyball regular season and recaps some NAIA Men's Volleyball en route to the last week of the regular season. Intro 0:00 IESR Read 2:27 NCAA Men's Volleyball Week 13 Recap 5:29 AVCA/NVA Men's Volleyball Coaches Poll (4/8/24) 26:15 Last Week's Off The Block Media Poll, Who Teran Voted for this Week in the Off The Block Media Poll 29:07 NCAA Beach Volleyball, Week 7 Recap, Week 8 Preview, last week's AVCA Coaches Poll 30:41 NAIA Men's Volleyball Talk — is The Master's the team to beat, No.3 OUAZ upends No.2 Vanguard 40:16 CCCAA Men's Volleyball Preview for the Last Week of the Regular Season 46:15 High School Boys Volleyball Talk, Loyola Wins Brophy Invitational Tournament in Arizona, Corona Del Mar breaks through against Newport Harbor in Battle of the Bay this week's notable matches. 52:00 Commercial Break 59:03 Back From Commercial Break 1:03:38 Pro Volleyball Federation Week 11 Recap, Week 12 Preview (Hannah Maddux didn't get waived from the Thrill, I meant to say Hannah Pukis) 1:04:00 NCAA Men's Volleyball Week 14 Preview 1:23:11 MIVA Tournament Predicition 1:27:53 Outro/Closing 1:33:48 All of the thoughts and opinions are that of Teran Rodriguez and the guests he brings on and not of any second, third- or fourth-party organizations. Twitter (or X) of host: @TeranRodriguez1 Twitter (or X) of show: @Set_PointIE Instagram of show: @set_pointiesr IESR Disclaimer Unless specifically stated otherwise, the views and opinions of hosts, guests, callers, and sponsors expressed on all IE Sports Radio shows broadcast are entirely those of the hosts, guests, callers, and sponsors, who are entirely responsible for all show content, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of IE Sports Radio or its staff. These broadcasts are presented and made public AS ENTERTAINMENT, in the hope that they will be entertaining to the audience. Theme Music: Song: Move Out - MK2 [Free Download | No Copyright] Music provided by Mr. OATIIZ Video Link: https://youtu.be/Sqk3B2041uk IESR Track List Citations For Any Drops That May Be Played In This Podcast The Defining Moment theme: No Copyright Music Retro 80' Funky Jazz Hop Instrumental Copyright Free Music Sundance Remix Music provided by PepsenDK Video Link: https://youtu.be/LOFAkeAZXgE Sin City Sports theme: Never Give Up - Dark Trap Hip Hop Instrumental Music Provided by CFM Production Video link: https://youtu.be/b5uu_ein3qg Chi-Town Weekly Theme Music: Rock Background Music - No Copyright https://youtu.be/fh-o8Bxc3YsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/set-point--5772892/support.

Set Point
Set Point- Episode 238: Long Beach State-Hawaii Lives Up to the Men's Volleyball Hype

Set Point

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 97:00


In this episode, Teran Rodriguez recaps week of 11 of the 2024 NCAA Men's Volleyball season, which, once again, resulted in a new No.1 this week. Which matchups wowed everyone last week? Rodriguez also previews week 12 of the NCAA Men's Volleyball season it's a quiet week in terms of ranked-on-ranked matches. Finally, Rodriguez recaps week 4 of the NCAA Beach Volleyball season and previews a little of week 5, recaps week 8 of the Pro Volleyball Federation and previews week 9, recaps Newport Harbor upending Corona Del Mar in a high school boys volleyball action, recaps No.4 Irvine Valley outlasting No.2 Golden West in a little CCCAA men's volleyball and discusses a some NAIA men's with this week's headlined match being No,1 Vanguard @ No.2 The Master's College. Timestamps for each part Intro 0:00 IESR Read 2:29 NCAA Men's Volleyball Week 11 Recap 5:00 NCAA Beach Volleyball, Week 4 Recap, Week 5 Preview, last week's AVCA Coaches Poll 29:07 AVCA/NVA Men's Volleyball Coaches Poll (3/18/24) 41:51 Last Week's Off The Block Media Poll, Who Teran Voted for this Week in the Off The Block Media Poll 43:17 NAIA Men's Volleyball Talk — Vanguard-Menlo/The Master's College-OUAZ Recap, preview of No.1 Vanguard @ No.2 The Master's College 45:57 CCCAA Men's Volleyball Recap from Last Week Top 10 Coaches Poll 51:05 High School Boys Volleyball Talk, Newport-Corona Del Mar Recap, Top Matches to Watch for 56:59 Commercial Break 1:03:22 Back From Commercial Break 1:07:47 Pro Volleyball Federation Week 8 Recap, Week 9 Preview 1:08:10 NCAA Men's Volleyball Week 12 Preview 1:27:07 Outro/Closing 1:35:23 All of the thoughts and opinions are that of Teran Rodriguez and the guests he brings on and not of any second, third- or fourth-party organizations. Twitter (or X) of host: @TeranRodriguez1 Twitter (or X) of show: @Set_PointIE Instagram of show: @set_pointiesr IESR Disclaimer Unless specifically stated otherwise, the views and opinions of hosts, guests, callers, and sponsors expressed on all IE Sports Radio shows broadcast are entirely those of the hosts, guests, callers, and sponsors, who are entirely responsible for all show content, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of IE Sports Radio or its staff. These broadcasts are presented and made public AS ENTERTAINMENT, in the hope that they will be entertaining to the audience. Theme Music: Song: Move Out - MK2 [Free Download | No Copyright] Music provided by Mr. OATIIZ Video Link: https://youtu.be/Sqk3B2041uk IESR Track List Citations For Any Drops That May Be Played In This Podcast The Defining Moment theme: No Copyright Music Retro 80' Funky Jazz Hop Instrumental Copyright Free Music Sundance Remix Music provided by PepsenDK Video Link: https://youtu.be/LOFAkeAZXgE Sin City Sports theme: Never Give Up - Dark Trap Hip Hop Instrumental Music Provided by CFM Production Video link: https://youtu.be/b5uu_ein3qg Chi-Town Weekly Theme Music: Rock Background Music - No Copyright https://youtu.be/fh-o8Bxc3YsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/set-point--5772892/support.

Kentucky Fried Homicide
Beulah Louise Overell and George Bud Gollum. Murder on the Mary E.

Kentucky Fried Homicide

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 50:44


March 15, 1947, Newport Harbor, California. Walter and Beulah Overell are enjoying a night on their yacht the Mary E. With their daughter, Louise and her fiancé, George Gollum, better known as Bud. Around 11 pm, Louise and Bud leave the yacht to go ashorelooking to get food at a late night burger joint. But when they returned to the pier, the yacht was on fire and sinking. The Mary E had exploded with Louise's parents on board. Was it an accident? A murder suicide? Or was it intentional murder on the part of their daughter, Louise and the man she loved—in so many ways. This is the story of Louise Overell and Bud Gollum. Murder on the Mary E.SOURCES USED FOR THIS PODCASTJOIN THE HITCHED 2 HOMICIDE IN-LAWS AND OUTLAWSSTART KRIS CALVERT'S BOOKS TODAY FOR FREEH2H WEBSITEH2H on TWITTERH2H on INSTA

Newport Beach in the Rearview Mirror
38: The Secrets of Collins Castle

Newport Beach in the Rearview Mirror

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 32:39


For more than 50 years, the Collins Castle stood sentry over Newport Harbor. The concrete mansion once rivaled the stately Balboa Pavilion—five years its junior— for the attention of boaters on the bay. Located on tiny Collins Island, which is one of three islands that make up Balboa Island, the castle was built by Balboa Island's original developer, W.S. Collins, in the early 1910s and has been a part of Newport Beach lore ever since.

The Student Manager
#131 - Newport Harbor HS '22, Tyler Cornuke, Tennessee Vols

The Student Manager

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 49:20


Download and listen to sophomore Vol Tyler Cornuke share his experience at the University of Tennessee.  The '22 Newport Harbor alum tells "ALL" - what he likes and what he dislikes about Knoxville, Tennessee.  This is a must listen, if you are considering attending college in SEC country.  Tyler talks about classes, dorm life, fraternity rush, night life and the social scene.  How does a Southern California kid fit into the South.  Where does this Rocky Top student like to hang out and eat?  Is Tennessee a hard college to get into?  This is an episode you don't want to miss as she gives great insight to students and parents. 

The Student Manager
#130 - Newport Harbor HS '21, Grace O'Brien, Georgetown University

The Student Manager

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 42:45


Download and listen to junior Hoya Grace O'Brien share her experience at Georgetown University.  The '21 Newport Harbor alum tells "ALL" - what she likes and what she dislikes about Washington, D.C.  This is a must listen, if you are considering attending college on the east coast.  Grace talks about classes, dorm life, sorority rush, clubs on campus, night life and the social scene.  Where does this Hoya like to hang out and eat?  How challenging is this private institution sitting on the hill above the Potomac and overlooking Northern Virginia to get into?  Grace shares her path to DC.  This is an episode you don't want to miss as she gives great insight to students and parents. 

The Student Manager
#128, Annie O'Brien NHHS '22 predicts Michigan will win the National Championship!

The Student Manager

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2023 40:56


Will the Wolverines win the football National Championship?  Download and listen to Newport Harbor '22 alum Annie O'Brien.  She shares her first year in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as well as, gives her prediction on who will win it all in college football!  The first Wolverine to join the podcast, O'Brien has a great time telling "ALL" - what she likes and what she dislikes about Ann Arbor and the university.  What does it take as a California student to get accepted into Michigan?  This is a must listen too if you are considering attending a top rated academic university in a midwest college town.   Annie talks about classes, dorm life, sorority rush, night life and the social scene.  Where does this Wolverine like to hang out and eat?  This is an episode you don't want to miss.

Newport Beach in the Rearview Mirror
35: The Prophet Who Predicted and Saved Newport Harbor's Future

Newport Beach in the Rearview Mirror

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 11:27


In 1909, W.S. Collins wanted to massively increase the footprint of his Balboa Island development. The land extension would have cut the width of Newport Harbor's main channel by more than half. In those days, the federal government had final approval of any plans for the harbor, so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sent Captain D.E. Hughes to assess the situation. In just 960 words, he delivered a masterpiece of a report (part love letter, part manifesto) that amazingly predicted the future of Newport Beach and its harbor with great precision and beautifully laid out the argument that the harbor's waterways should be reserved for the people's enjoyment and not a developer's profits.His observations killed Collins' plans for a super-sized Balboa Island and set the precedent that the harbor should be enjoyed by all. 

Set Point
Set Point- Episode 194: Newport Harbor Sails Off With Another CIF-SS Division 1 Championship

Set Point

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 93:00


In this episode, it's the NCAA Men's, Women's and Beach Volleyball offseason and the NVA doesn't have an event for another week. But that won't stop Teran Rodriguez, as he recaps Newport Harbor winning the CIF-SS Division Boys Volleyball Division 1 Championship for the second straight season. How did the Sailors beat rival Corona Del Mar and win their sixth championship in program history? Rodriguez also previews the AVP's Huntington Beach Open on the men's and women's side. Finally, IE Sports Radio turns 9 years old today and Rodriguez celebrates another year with the station, as well as breaks down some NCAA Women's Volleyball transfers news and goes over some team USA Volleyball related news. Timestamps for each part: Intro 0:00 IE Sports Radio Read 2:32 CIF-SS Division 1 Boys Volleyball Finals Recap 4:28-31:05 Postgame Interview With Newport Harbor boys volleyball players Luca Curci 25:43-27:07 The U.S. U19 Girls Volleyball Wins the NORCECA Pan American Cup for the Second Straight Year 31:06 U.S. Men's National Team for the VNL has been Named 37:02 U.S. Women's National Team for the VNL has been Named 43:35 Commercial Break 54:28 Back From Commercial Break/Next Time Set Point will be on 59:16 AVP Huntington Beach Open Women's and Men's Preview 1:00:42-1:10:36 Teran Rodriguez's “Plea” for a Get Out of Work Note to the AVP 1:01:04 U.S. Pro Beach Volleyball Roundup 1:10:37 IE Sports Radio Turns 9 Years Old Today/9 NCAA Women's Volleyball Notables Transfers in the Month of May 1:15:22 Outro/Closing 1:31:25 All of the thoughts and opinions are that of Teran Rodriguez and the guests he brings on and not of any second, third- or fourth-party organizations. Twitter of host: @TeranRodriguez1 Twitter of show: @Set_PointIE Theme Music: Song: Move Out - MK2 [Free Download | No Copyright] Music provided by Mr. OATIIZ Video Link: https://youtu.be/Sqk3B2041uk IESR Disclaimer Unless specifically stated otherwise, the views and opinions of hosts, guests, callers, and sponsors expressed on all IE Sports Radio shows broadcast are entirely those of the hosts, guests, callers, and sponsors, who are entirely responsible for all show content, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of IE Sports Radio or its staff. These broadcasts are presented and made public AS ENTERTAINMENT, in the hope that they will be entertaining to the audience.

The John Batchelor Show
#PacificWatch: Whaling waters with an Albino Orca off Newport Harbor.. . @JCBliss

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2023 8:56


Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch: Whaling waters with an Albino Orca off Newport Harbor.. . @JCBliss https://www.newsweek.com/rare-white-killer-whale-calf-orca-pod-1796725

Sagebrush Wisdom
Fly Fishing, Bass Fishing or Both with Ty Adnani

Sagebrush Wisdom

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 88:14


The two worlds of fly fishing and conventional fishing hardly come close to each other, and when they do they often collide. Opinions, camps, teams, tactics, ideologies and practices remain often untested. Well, Ty Adnani loves both, for separate reasons, but these practices help him fishing in both scenarios. Bridging the gap and combining strengths, Ty finds pleasure in all fishing, seeking after new fish, new tactics and it's proving in his fishing abilities. Ty has been fishing for fresh water bass for many years, but wanted to pursue fly fishing a few years ago to target trout, red fish and even bone fish with a fly. This took him by storm and consumed him for some time. Now he combines both skills to routinely seek out spotted bay bass in our local "pond" Newport Harbor. In this podcast we talk about many tactics for fishing for spotted bay bass, while incorporating skills we have picked up along the way for all fishing... and hopefully finding some fun along the way.

Light Hearted
Light Hearted 218 – Author Lenore Skomal and filmmaker Nico Raineau discuss Ida Lewis

Light Hearted

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 61:23


Ida Lewis was featured on the cover of Harper's Weekly in July 1869 Ida Lewis, born in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1842, became one of the most celebrated lighthouse keepers in American history. Her father, Hosea Lewis, was appointed the first keeper of the Lime Rock Light Station in Newport Harbor in 1853, and Ida learned to care for the light as a teenager. Hosea Lewis suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1857. From that time, young Ida was essentially the keeper, although she didn't get the official appointment until much later. Ida's rowing skills and courage were to come into play many times during her life at Lime Rock. Officially, she's credited with 18 lives saved, but the number was probably much higher. She remained keeper at Lime Rock until her death in 1911. Lenore Skomal There are two guests in today's episode. Lenore Skomal is the winner of multiple awards for literature, biography, and humor, with over 30 years of professional writing experience as a journalist, columnist, author, and playwright, and 17 books published to date. Lenore's book on Ida Lewis, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, was originally published in 2002. The New York Public Library listed it as a 2003 best book for teens. Nico Raineau The book has now been optioned to be adapted into a motion picture to be directed by Nico Raineau. Nico is an award-winning filmmaker originally from Mystic, Connecticut. His career began as the assistant to actor/director Ben Affleck on the film The Town, before he transitioned into creative development for Robert Downey Jr. and multiple Academy Award winning producers. Nico is currently producing and fundraising for a new short film that will bring attention to the Ida Lewis film project.

Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs
The Wrecks of the U-53

Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 50:15


On October 7, 1916 the German U-Boat U-53 showed up unexpectedly at Newport Harbor, Rhode Island. World War 1 was raging, although the United States remained firmly neutral. The U-53 captain, Hans Rose, paid courtesy visits to local US Navy commanders, and in return had them visit his U-Boat. The visit was friendly and accommodating, if not a bit strang. Curious onlookers snapped photos and gathered their boats around the U-53. The next morning, the U-53 commenced sinking Allied ships, and within 24 hours the U-53 sank 3 UK ships, 1 Norwegian ship, and 1 Dutch ship. Seventeen US Destroyers were dispatched to rescue survivors, but, being neutral, did not fire on the U-53 and Rose slipped away. In total, the U-53 sank 70 ships from 1916 to 1918.For notes, links, and photos related to this episode, please visit https://www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com/blog/2023/01/28/wrecks-of-the-u-53/.Follow Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @shipwreckspod, and on Mastodon @shipwreckspod@c.im.

The Student Manager
#115 - Newport Harbor High School '21 - Kai Matsunami, University of Utah

The Student Manager

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 33:18


Is Utah football making this university a popular destination outside the state of Utah?  We travel to the '23 Rose Bowl game in Pasadena with Kai Matsunami as his Utes make their 2nd consecutive appearance in the Rose Bowl.  Kai shares his experience and discusses what he likes and what he dislikes about the campus and Salt Lake City.  If you enjoy the outdoors you want to listen and find out what activities keep you busy when you aren't in class.  What is the social life and bar scene like for a non-greek student?  How are game days?  Is Utah a college town environment?  You don't want to miss finding out how to get in-state tuition when you aren't from Utah.  Also, what is W.U.E (Western Undergraduate Exchange)?

The Student Manager
#114 - Newport Harbor '21 Eliana Gottlieb

The Student Manager

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 46:46


What goes through the mind of an athlete being recruited out of high school?  What's the process?  Does travel ball lead to a scholarship?  Download and listen to Newport Harbor HS '21 Eliana Gottlieb share her story to the Pacific NW and what it's like to be a student-athlete at Oregon State University.  Will the Beavers win the Pac-12 Conference in women's softball and return to Omaha for the Women's College World Series?   Gottlieb talks about her experience the first few years in Corvallis.  Is this Pac-12 university in Corvallis, Oregon a college you are considering?  Gottlieb tells what she likes and dislikes.  This is an episode you don't want to miss.

Newport Beach in the Rearview Mirror
25: Secrets of the Balboa Pavilion

Newport Beach in the Rearview Mirror

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 28:43


Completed in 1906, the Balboa Pavilion on the Newport Harbor bayfront is Newport Beach's oldest, most historic, and most beautiful building, beloved by artists, photographers, locals and visitors alike. It's the city's version of the Eiffel Tower. But for being so famous, much of the 100-plus-year history of the pavilion has been long forgotten. Until now. In this episode, we reveal 12 amazing secrets of the pavilion's long reign as the queen of Newport Beach. 

The Mahogany Says Show
Meet Romance Novelist Valerie Lynne

The Mahogany Says Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 55:59


Join me as I interview Author/Novelist Valerie Lynne. We will discuss her books, the Seaside Desire Novel Series. Valerie and I met on Instagram, and she is the sweetest person! An indie author who is a self-confessed word junkie obsessed with romance. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Southern New Hampshire University and is a proud member of Romance Writers of America. Valerie adores consuming massive amounts of coffee, stimulating conversations, watching New England sports, collecting dolls, amassing more books for her ever-growing TBR pile, and spending time with friends and family. She lives in Rhode Island with one very spoiled Chihuahua. Her novel series, The Seaside Desire, is a steamy collection of three books. The Prodigal's Desire Henrique Santana left Miami, Florida to prove a point—he is more than a pretty face. As a land developer for Santana Construction Company under the direction of his real-estate mogul father, Henrique will do whatever it takes to transform Historic Newport, Rhode Island's waterfront into the world's largest 5-star resort community. But, rumored as a notorious playboy, few believe him capable of securing the necessary zoning for the multi-million-dollar land deal. Victoria Hathaway has worked hard to establish a thriving business along Newport Harbor and is proud of her strong roots in The City by the Sea. She'll never willingly sign over her inheritance—the multi-generation colonial home that stands in the way of a 5-star resort community. Henrique finds it impossible to stay away from the shy but sexy Victoria. Sparks fly when Victoria meets the handsome stranger until she discovers he's the one who is threatening to take her land. Determined, Victoria struggles to save her home and her livelihood while ignoring her growing attraction for the man who threatens to destroy it all. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mahogany-says/support

Standing Before the Mast
Newport International Boat Show with Lisa Knowles & Jocelyn Emory

Standing Before the Mast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 36:22


In this episode I sit down with Newport International Boat Show Director Lisa Knowles and Marketing Director Jocelyn Emory.The show - the 51st - will take place September 15th through the 18th, 2022 located at the Newport Yachting Center Marina in downtown Newport, Rhode Island.Among this year's expanded offerings, Lisa and Jocelyn tell us about several new events, educational opportunities and giveaways.The Newport for New Products awards program is of course back and will be showcasing new boats and boating products making their US debut.There's a People's Choice Award for Best Overall Boat Debut which is chosen by attendees prior to the show via online voting. The winners of that will be announced on Friday Sept. 17th of the show.There are on-the-water training sessions for both power boaters and sailors as well as women-only dedicated courses.New to the show this year, the vessel Kat will be appearing with the organization 'Voice of the Oceans' who are committed to ridding the oceans of plastic pollution.You may also visit the sailing vessel Maiden at the show. Some of my more astute listeners may recall us covering this with guest, Erica Lush, when we talked about her involvement with the program. The Maiden program inspires women and girls all over the world; raises funds for girls' educational programs around the world; and shows, by example, what girls can achieve if they embrace STEM subjects in school.Also getting a lot of attention will be a dedicated booth featuring 12 popular YouTube influencers, hosts and personalities. Just a few of the popular names mentioned were "Acorn to Arabella", "Captain Q Yacht Hunter" and Louis Sauzedde from "Tips From A Shipwright". Running concurrently with the show, the 12 Metre Yacht Club with the North American fleet of 12 Metre Yachts and Ida Lewis Yacht Club will be hosting the 12 Metre Championships September 16-18. The final day will feature the fleet parading through Newport Harbor at 10am and the Yachting Center is welcoming all attendees to the marina docks to view the event.They've packed a lot into this show beyond the already robust list of boat builders, product manufacturers and services on display. And with a bit of planning, you can really get a lot out of this show.We also discuss the best way to get your tickets - in advance on their website Newport International Boat Show Offical Site - Newport, Rhode Island (newportboatshow.com) the best way to get to the show, and where to park. There's a bit of inside baseball in here as we also discuss the work that goes on behind the scenes.We cover all of this and much more, and I thank Lisa and Jocelyn for being so generous with their time so close to the start of the show.For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: Newport International Boat Show Offical Site - Newport, Rhode Island (newportboatshow.com)Original music for podcast composed by Nela Ruiz nelaruizcomposer.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Newport Beach in the Rearview Mirror
24: The 20 Worst Ideas in Newport Beach History (Part 3)

Newport Beach in the Rearview Mirror

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 34:38


A sea captain's decision in 1870 that resulted in countless deaths at the entrance to Newport Bay over the next half-century. A decades-long attempt to turn Newport Harbor into a commercial port. A short-sighted agreement in 1928 to place the Orange County Airport on the banks of Upper Newport Bay. Newport Beach, in one form or another, has been around for more than 150 years, and over that time, there's been some terrible ideas floated, and some even implemented. In the final installment of this three-part episode, we countdown the 6th to the 1st worst ideas in Newport Beach history. 

Success By The Books: The Bev and Cliff Notes
"Maxout Your Life" Part 1 of 2 by Ed Mylett

Success By The Books: The Bev and Cliff Notes

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 38:28


Life is short.  While we are here, we want to design a life that we can maxout, not just get by.  In his book, "Maxout Your Life", Ed Mylett shows us how to maxout in every area of our lives.  Cliff's "In the News" is NEWPORT HARBOR.  Cliff's "Inside the Music" is WE ALL FALL DOWN.  Music - "Happy Hour" (music only) by Bev & Cliff Nelson, Matt & Rachel Sumner.  "We All Fall Down" (full song) by Bev & Cliff Nelson, Dee Briggs, Joshua Rush.

The Student Manager
#106 - Real, raw stories and experiences from Bloomington, Indiana

The Student Manager

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 44:19


Download and listen to Newport Harbor '21 Ava Matsunami share her freshman experience from Bloomington, Indiana.  She tells "ALL" - - what she likes and what she dislikes about Indiana University.  This is a must listen too if you are considering this B1G university.  Ava talks about the challenges of her first semester and how she persevered through the second semester.  B-Town is home for this So-Cal kid!

IE Sports Radio
Set Point- Episode 143: Halfway Through the NVA

IE Sports Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 88:59


In this episode, Teran Rodriguez recaps the CIF SoCal Regional Division 1 Championship between the top two teams in the nation (via MaxPreps) - Loyola (Los Angeles) and Newport Harbor). Which team came out on top and is that win enough to call them National Champions? Rodriguez also previews the Event 3 of the 2022 NVA season, as well as New Orleans Open of the AVP. Finally, Rodriguez recaps another professional beach volleyball tournament that Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss won last weekend, breaks down the schedule and non-conference schedule releases from 3 NCAA women's volleyball teams and discusses the newly introduced Pepperdine men's volleyball coach. All of the thoughts and opinions are that of Teran Rodriguez and the guests he brings on and not of any second, third- or fourth-party organizations. Twitter of host: @TeranRodriguez1 Twitter of show: @Set_PointIE Theme Music: Move Out - MK2 [Free Download | No Copyright] https://youtu.be/Sqk3B2041uk IESR Disclaimer Unless specifically stated otherwise, the views and opinions of hosts, guests, callers, and sponsors expressed on all IE Sports Radio shows broadcast are entirely those of the hosts, guests, callers, and sponsors, who are entirely responsible for all show content, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of IE Sports Radio or its staff. These broadcasts are presented and made public AS ENTERTAINMENT, in the hope that they will be entertaining to the audience.

Lour After Hours
LTC - 05.13.22 - ZamBilly

Lour After Hours

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 59:03


We praise the Chargers for their anime schedule release video, specifically their depiction of Jags Man. Jeff and Jeannette recap their Newport Harbor booze cruise, a tepid ultimatum is issued to sports networks and Hockey Talk! Salute Roy, the Ice Cats and ZamBilly.  Lour Ranger Line Up: @los_jiv @JagsMan94 @jayher17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The BoisR'us
S3E2 Clayton Einck (World Traveler and Future Boat Captain)

The BoisR'us

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2022 26:55


The Bois R'Us https://linktr.ee/theboisrus On this episode of The Bois R'Us we have a special guest - Clayton Einck, he is a long time friend of Ian joining us to share with us his amazing experiences traveling the abroad through Southeast Asia. Having played water polo at Tustin High School, after graduating he decided to take a new path in his life to redefine himself so out of courage and with a spirit of adventure, he set out to seek new experience. He packed his bag and waved good bye and made his way across many countries that include Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. While there he befriended the locals and traveled across remote villages joining farmers among rice paddies that we helped harvest and sell in the local markets. His trip took a turn of events with the Covid restrictions and had to stay in lock down in one this villages. With the help of the local embassy, he was able to safely return home. He is now seeking new adventures here and is working on obtaining his captain license to operate marine vessels in a boat towing company in the Newport Harbor. Don't miss out on this amazing episode and get to hear all about these experiences abroad! Get exclusive accesses to full episodes and extended content like the Patreon Preshow, as well as the one word that our guests would describe themselves, and how social media has changed the landscape of their career, and the one bit of advice they will leave our listeners like you. You will also get access to the new up and coming Bois R'Us Studios podcasts. Don't miss out and join The Bois R'Us crew on Patreon! @The Bois R'Us &Collar (@andcollar) Men's Performance Wear. Get a free tie with your purchase using code: BOISRUS IG: @theboisrus Guest: Clayton Einck @hombreclay Host: Ian Tesdall @iantesdall https://linktr.ee/theboisrus

The Zandbergen Report
Bart Zandbergen Talks Mentorship with Newport Harbor High School Student Elsa Wiley

The Zandbergen Report

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 26:49


Host Bart Zandbergen was joined in the studio by Paula Steurer of Sterling Public Relations and Elsa Wiley, a Junior at Newport Harbor High School. Participating in the high school's mentorship program for the last 8 years, Paula has seen the value of investing in youth and has become an advocate for the program which pairs about 100 high school juniors each year with mentors in the community. In this episode, special guest Elsa Wiley shares with listeners what school has been like throughout the pandemic, how her love of sailing has gifted her with many life lessons, and why the mentorship program is something she is passionate about being a part of. Additionally, Bart and Elsa talk about the importance of financial literacy and how understanding the basics of finances is vital for setting young adults up for success as they head off to college. In this episode learn: - What is entailed in the Newport Harbor High School Mentor Program - What the benefits of the mentor program are for both the mentor and mentee - How mentorship is viewed in our ever-changed world - What inspired Elsa's love of sailing - What life lessons Elsa has gained from her sailing practice *** The Zandbergen Report, where wealth strategies and investment wisdom collide, is led by host Bart Zandbergen. The show is also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Store, Podbean and Spotify. Interested in being a guest on The Zandbergen Report? Email podcast@bartzandbergen.com. Learn more about Bart by visiting www.BartZandbergen.com *** NO OFFER OR SOLICITATION: The contents of this podcast episode: (i) do not constitute an offer of securities or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities, and (ii) may not be relied upon in making an investment decision related to any investment offering Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Axxcess does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein. Opinions are our current opinions and are subject to change without notice. Prices, quotes, rates are subject to change without notice. Generally, investments are NOT FDIC INSURED, NOT BANK GUARANTEED and MAY LOSE VALUE. Brokerage services are offered through Tessera Capital, Member FINRA  

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford
A.J. Guitron-Moore - Newport Harbor High School CIF Champion Quarterback - 11.28.21

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 8:04


Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford
11.28.21 - Full Episode; CIF Championships, Madness in College Football, NFL Week 12, MLB Free Agency

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 120:54


In a jam-packed show, Chris and Annie breakdown the football world from top to bottom, high school to professional — Analysis from Mater Dei and Newport Harbor to the LA Rams and Chargers. At the 1 hour 15 minute mark, NHHS senior QB AJ Guitron-Moore joins the show to talk about his team's unbelievable CIF championship run. To end the show, the Sports Sunday duo talks about MLB free agency and the upcoming collective bargaining agreement.

Congressional Dish
CD242 The Offshore Drilling Police

Congressional Dish

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 95:22


On October 1, 2021 an oil pipeline that was likely struck by a cargo ship's anchor leaked tens of thousands of gallons of oil into the ocean and onto the beaches of Orange County, CA. In this episode, examine how the oil spill happened by listening to testimony provided to both the U.S. Congress and the California State Senate, and learn about the disturbing lack of policing that is taking place under the sea. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Background Sources Articles and Documents Nicole Charky. April 7, 2021. “LA City Council Urges Newsom To Close Playa Del Rey Oil Storage.” Patch. Nicole Charky. March 23, 2021. “Is It Time To Shut Down The Playa Del Rey Oil Storage Facility?” Patch. U.S. Government Accountability Office. Offshore Oil and Gas: Updated Regulations Needed to Improve Pipeline Oversight and Decommissioning. GAO-21-293. Jen's Highlighted PDF Heal the Bay. June 24, 2015 . “Confirmed: L.A. Tar Balls Linked to Santa Barbara Spill.” planetexperts.com Heal the Bay. August 20, 2012. “What Are Those Black Clumps on the Beach?” Sarah S. Elkind. June 1, 2012. “Oil in the City: The Fall and Rise of Oil Drilling in Los Angeles.” The Journal of American History, Volume 99, Issue 1. Tom Fowler. February 21, 2012. “U.S., Mexico Sign Deal on Oil Drilling in Gulf.“ The Wall Street Journal. APPEL News Staff. May 10, 2011. “Academy Case Study: The Deepwater Horizon Accident Lessons for NASA.” APPEL News, Volume 4, Issue 1. Offshore Technology. “Projects: Macondo Prospect, Gulf of Mexico.” Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. November 23, 1970. Treaty to Resolve Pending Boundary Differences and Maintain the Rio Grande and Colorado River as the International Boundary. Open Secrets Profiles Rep. Yvette Herrell - New Mexico District 02 Rep. Paul Gosar - Arizona District 04 Rep. Bruce Westerman - Arkansas District 04 Rep. Katie Porter - California District 45 Rep. Pete Stauber - Minnesota District 08 Images Playa del Ray in the 1920s 2021 Huntington Bay Oil Spill Image 1. CA State Senate: Natural Resources and Water Committee Informational Hearing Southern California Oil Spill: Preparation response, ongoing risks, and potential solutions. 2021Huntington Bay Oil Spill Image 2 CA State Senate: Natural Resources and Water Committee Informational Hearing Southern California Oil Spill: Preparation response, ongoing risks, and potential solutions. Mileage of Decommissioned Pipelines Removed Relative to Those Left in Place. GAO Analysis of Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Data, GAO-21-293. Potential Effects of Currents on Pipeline Leak Identification. GAO-21-293. Hearings Southern California Oil Spill: Preparation response, ongoing risks, and potential solutions California State Senate: Natural Resources and Water Committee Thursday, October 28, 2021 Witnesses: Chuck Bonham Head of California Department of Fishing and Wildlife Tom Cullen Administrator of OSPR (Offshore Spill Prevention and Response) Kim Carr Mayor Pro Tem, City of Huntington Beach Brian Nowicki California Climate Policy Director at the Center for Biological Diversity Pete Stauffer Environmental Director for the Surfrider Foundation Jennifer Lucchesi State Lands Commission Clips 3:44 Senator Henry Stern: But the pipeline that runs to Amplify and Beta Offshore's platform is the source of the oil production that runs through the pipeline in question. That pipeline is in federal jurisdiction but it brings that produced oil onshore into the state waters and eventually on state lands. 21:05 Chuck Bonham: What we now know is about four and a half miles offshore, so in federal waters, there's a pipeline that runs from one platform, which is a collection of three platforms operated by a company called Beta Offshore, owned by a company called Amplify Energy. That last platform, Ellie, has a pipeline which delivers the product 17.7 miles inland, where the pipe comes on shore just below the Queen Mary more or less, to land based infrastructure. That pipe had a rupture in it. And we now know based on visual and diver and other evidentiary efforts, that about 4000 feet of that pipeline was moved about 105 feet off of center. And in that stretch is about a 13 inch horizontal, almost like a hairline fracture. If you could imagine a bone break in a pipe, which is, I think, about 13 inches in diameter, concrete on the outside and metal on the inside. That's the likely source of the leak. 22:25 Chuck Bonham: From the very beginning moments, all of us involved assumed a worse case. At that moment in time we had a planning number of a spill of about 3,134 Barrels which is 131,000 gallons rounding as a maximum worst case. 30:59 Chuck Bonham: A month later we now think the likely spill number is 24,696 gallons 41:13 Chuck Bonham: Fortunately given the size of the spill, there were not as many wildlife casualties as could have occurred during a higher migration cycle. 1:25:47 Mayor Kim Carr: So starting off on Saturday, October 2, it's been brought up that yes, we did have a very large air show happening that day. About 1.5 million people were on the beach that day to see the Pacific Air Show. And around nine o'clock that morning, there were city personnel that heard an announcement on VHF channel 16 by the Coast Guard of a possible oil spill in the area, but nothing very specific. At that time, no major details, it wasn't anything to really worry about. By 10:30 in the morning, the Coast Guard had advised us that the spill was larger than originally thought. However, we didn't have a whole lot of information as to where the location of the spill was nor of the scope of the situation. By 11 o'clock that same day, the Coast Guard had announced that it was now going to be a major spill, and that the incident management team was being activated. 1:28:00 Mayor Kim Carr: At two o'clock, the Coast Guard had advised us that the oil spill would not be reaching the shores of Huntington Beach until Monday, October 4. And again, we didn't have a whole lot of information as to where the spill was. We knew it was off our coast, but we didn't know exactly where or exactly how large the spill was. But then interestingly enough, just a half hour later, we started to receive messages that there were boats that were experiencing oil damage just outside of the air show flight box. And so that became a concern for our city. So then we activated our fire crews, our hazmat team, or the oil spill response trailer and started to do the mitigation efforts. Then this is where it gets to be very, very interesting. At 2:45 the city was notified by the Newport Beach rescue vessel that there were private contractors conducting oil spill cleanups outside of the air show flight box. 1:32:42 Mayor Kim Carr: What we could have done better, what would have been an opportunity was perhaps if the Coast Guard had some sort of awareness, the night before or when that nine o'clock notification came through, we could have been even more proactive because as I said before, every hour during these crises matters. 1:34:00 Mayor Kim Carr: The Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve was spared. The Talbert Marsh does have oil damage and again looking back, if we could have had maybe a few more hours notice, we probably could have mitigated that damage even more than what we did. 1:43:17 Brian Nowicki: Like all of you, we at the Center for Biological Diversity are heartbroken by every oil and seabird and are alarmed at the miles of marshes and coastline that will be poisoned for years by this bill. We're angry that yet again, the oil industry has proven its inability to contain its toxic pollution. The structure of pipeline funding to beach proves yet again, that every piece of fossil fuel infrastructure is yet another disaster waiting to happen. And there is a lot of that infrastructure in California. It's increasingly old, outdated in disrepair and poorly located, like the 40 year old pipeline that gave us this most recent spill, all of which makes it increasingly dangerous. Looking beyond the nine oil platforms and islands in state water, there are 23 platforms in federal waters off California. But the fact that those 23 platforms are a little farther from shore should not give us much comfort. First, because oil spills from those operations still end up in our water, our beaches and our wildlife. But also as we've heard today, further from shore also means longer stretches of aging and dangerously vulnerable infrastructure, like the 17 mile long pipeline we're discussing today are clean, reliable federal regulations to protect us from oil spills in federal waters. Federal regulators continue to prove that they are perfectly willing to allow those platforms to continue operating to the last drop of oil despite the mounting dangers of decaying infrastructure well beyond its intended lifespan, outdated drilling plans, numerous violations and insufficient bonds to pay for decommissioning. 1:45:15 Brian Nowicki: But I want to be clear that this is not a problem unique to offshore platforms. At the exact same time that 10s of thousands of gallons of oil were rolling up onto beaches and marshes in Orange County, there was an oil spill in Kern County that is now approaching 5 million gallons of fluid, a mixture of crude oil, toxic wastewater, that includes 600,000 gallons of crude. In fact, in just the last few years, there have been many oil spills in California greater than the spill off Huntington Beach. In the Cymric field alone there were three huge spills in 2019 at 550,000 gallons, 836,000 and 1.2 million gallons respectively. 159,000 in Midway in 2019, 250,000 at McKittrick in 2020. There is another ongoing spill at a separator plant in Cymric that has been leaking since 2003 and has reportedly released as much as 84 million gallons of fluid to date. Now these numbers reflect total combined volumes of crude and produced water and mud, which constitute a toxic mix. As state agencies have testified before this legislature in the past, these dangerous onshore oil operations have contaminated groundwater, land, and wildlife. 1:46:32 Brian Nowicki: After more than 150 years of the oil industry drilling at will in California, the oil is gone and the bottom of the barrel that's left is harder and more dangerous to extract. There's also some of the most carbon polluting crude in the world. With the easy stuff taken, the oil industry is in decline in California, with production down 68% since 1985. The only question is how much more damage will this dying industry do on its way out? 1:49:10 Pete Stauffer: Now with the oil deposit seen as far south as the Mexico border, there are concerns that San Diego wetlands are also being impacted. Moreover, while birds, fish and marine mammals have been the most visibly impacted, the full scale of the ecological damage will take some time to become clear. In the week since the spill event, the oil slick has transformed into an incalculable number of tar balls in the ocean, while tar balls typically float, they can also find their way into underwater sediment or near shore habitats where their impacts on ecological health and wildlife may persist for years or even decades. 1:52:51 Pete Stauffer: According to the federal government there have been at least 44 oil spills since 1969 that have each released more than 10,000 barrels of oil into US waters 2:02:36 Mayor Kim Carr: Just to give you an idea of how much TOT we do receive in Huntington Beach, we receive about $16 million a year. We don't receive anything from those offshore platforms, nothing. And as far as the drilling that we currently have here in Huntington Beach, it's less than $700,000 a year. 2:05:54 Brian Nowicki: What I can't say though, for sure is that it's going to take longer than one season to see what the full impacts are to the local wildlife. And of course, it is wetlands and marshes that often are the most difficult and take the longest to recover from the sorts of impacts. 2:21:11 Jennifer Lucchesi: In 1921, the legislature created the first tidelands oil and gas leasing program. The existing offshore leases the commission is responsible for managing today were issued over a 30 year period between 1938 and 1968. Importantly, I want to highlight a specific act in 1995. The Cunningham shell Act, which serves as a foundational law for the existing legacy oil and gas leases the commission currently manages. Importantly, this Act required the commission to issue oil and gas leases for term not based on years, but for so long as oil and gas is produced in paying quantities. Essentially, this means that Alessi can produce oil and gas pursuant to their state lease indefinitely as long as it is economic for them to do so. 2:58:13 Jennifer Lucchesi: For pipelines that are solely within state waters and under lease with the State Lands Commission, we require the pipelines to be externally and internally inspected annually. And we have engineers on staff that review those inspections and consult with the fire marshal as well with our federal partners on any type of remedial action that needs to happen based on the results of those inspections. For those pipelines that cross both federal and state waters our authority is more limited because the federal government's regulatory authority takes precedence. And PHMSA (Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration) is the primary federal agency that regulates those interstate pipelines. They require inspections externally and internally every two years. And that's what this pipeline at issue was subjected to, the platform Elly pipeline. 03:01:20 Senator Dave Min: Let's say you have a pipe and the lease term ends. What powers do you have? What are the considerations you have to follow either statutory or contractually to renew those permits, issue a new permit? Or alternatively, do you have any leeway contractually, statutorily to end those permits prematurely and say, you know, we don't think that, you know, the upkeep is appropriate, you're violating certain provisions, we're just gonna take away your permit prematurely. Do you have any leeway like that? So I'm just trying to get a sense of your flexibility, both in issuing new right of way permits, but also yanking away existing permits. Jennifer Lucchesi: Certainly. So I can give an example of our lease compliance and enforcement actions most recently, with a pipeline that served platforms Hogan and Houchin in the Santa Barbara Channel. Those are two federal platforms in federal waters, that pipeline that served those platforms did cross into state waters and connected on shore. That pipeline lessee of ours was not compliant with our lease terms and the commission took action to terminate those leases based on non compliance and default in breach of the lease terms. And essentially, that did terminate production on those two federal platforms. And they are part of the eight federal platforms that BOEM just announced they were going to be looking at as part of a programmatic EIS for decommissioning. The Commission does not have the authority to unilaterally terminate an existing valid lease absent any evidence of a breach or non compliance SOUTHERN CA OIL LEAK: INVESTIGATING THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS ON COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, AND ENVIRONMENT House Committee On Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee October 18, 2021 Witnesses: Dr. Michael H. Ziccardi Director, Oiled Wildlife Care Network Executive Director, One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis Scott Breneman Commercial Fishing, Retail Market, and Restaurant Owner Newport Beach, CA Vipe Desai Founding Member, Business Alliance for Protecting the Pacific Coast Dr. David L. Valentine Norris Presidential Chair, Earth Science Professor of Marine Science, UC Santa Barbara Clips 15:44 Rep. Katie Porter: As of October 10, workers had recovered 250,000 pounds of oily debris and 14 barrels full of tar balls from the Orange County shorelines. That is a small fraction, though, of the oil that was released, most of which is being distributed in the ocean, making its way into the food chain or falling to the ocean floor. Some of that oil is now heading south. And we will not learn the long term consequences on the environment for many years to come. 17:39 Rep. Katie Porter: The witnesses here with us today will reveal a different kind of subsidy for oil and gas companies, an involuntary subsidy that occurs when the community bears the costs of oil drilling's pollution. When a locally owned business like Mr Brennaman that has been in the family for four generations loses tens of thousands of dollars because of the leak. That's his subsidies to oil and gas. When a hotel loses its bookings overnight. That's its subsidy for oil and gas. When the fragile decades-long effort to recover a species under the Endangered Species Act is finally showing progress, but an oil spill puts it all at risk. That's a cost of oil and gas to these subsidies and so many others are the reasons that oil wells like the ones behind this leak are still active. Getting rid of the subsidies is the first step to get rid of the problem. 27:52 Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA): We know that the spill was not reported by the responsible oil company until the next day, despite the company's knowledge. We also know that Orange County residents recognize that there was a problem in part due to the smell caused by this bill and actually reported it before the oil company did so, clearly something wrong with that. 28:35 Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA): In my congressional district, which is just the south of here, the spill shutdown businesses and beaches in Dana Point in San Clemente. Tarballs that are likely caused by the spill have also been found as far south in my district as Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas and Del Mar in San Diego County. 29:03 Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA): It'll come as no surprise that more than $2 billion in wages and $4 billion in gross domestic product are generated by Orange County's ocean and marine economy, including tourism. So we have a lot to lose every time there's a spill, not just to our beaches but to our economy. 39:30 Dr. Michael H. Ziccardi: In Birds, the primary issue we are concerned mostly about are the acute effects due to hypothermia. If you think of feathers almost as a dry suit in animals, if oil gets on that dry suit, it creates a hole that allows cold water to seep next to the skin. Birds can get very cold in the environment and start to waste away, they have to come ashore to stay warm, but they can no longer eat. So these birds actually can waste away in a matter of days unless proactive capture occurs. There can also be chronic effects in animals as well due to printing of oil off of the feathers or ingestion in their food items. Those chronic effects can include, in essence, effects on every organ system in an animal's body from reproductive effects liver, kidney, respiratory tracts, depending on the dose and the exposure and the toxin itself. 42:50 Scott Breneman: We were fishing on Friday, October 1, and we were coming in the harbor and I detected a distinct odor of oil and it was about midnight we're heading in. Kind of search around the boat. I thought maybe it was a spill on the boat or a hose broke. I went in the engine room, searched all the hatches where I keep all my extra fluids and everything, didn't find anything. Come the next day the press released that there was an actual oil spill, and my fish sales and my fish market, once that was released, they dropped drastically down, 90% this past few weeks since it was released. I've seen the same effect -- my family's been fishing for four generations and in the 90s my dad went through the oil spill that was off Seal Beach, in our fish market, the same exact response from the public scared, worried the products contaminated. A huge ripple effect all the way up to the wholesalers I deal with outside of Orange County there. They had concerns from their customers, their restaurants. And to rebuild that business when it happened in the 90s, I watched my dad struggle for months to get back to back to where it was and it's...I'm seeing the same exact thing happen here. A couple of days after the oil spill they had closed Newport Harbor. And so my boat was actually trapped inside of the harbor so I wasn't even able to go service my accounts. And it's just been, to tell you the truth, a very difficult couple of weeks and I'm not sure how long this is going to last. I'm not sure how the public's going to respond to it long term if there's still going to have some fear that the fish is contaminated. 46:20 Vipe Desai: In fact between 2007 and 2018 there were over 7000 oil spills in federal waters, an average of about two every day. 46:50 Vipe Desai: The first impact came from the much anticipated Pacific Air Show. As oil began to wash ashore, beaches were deemed unsafe for activity. On Saturday October 2nd, 1.5 million visitors saw the show from Huntington Beach, but the show's triumphant conclusion on Sunday was cancelled with little fanfare. Cancellations hit hotels and resorts almost immediately and their surrounding retail and restaurants suffered. Wing Lam, co-founder of Wahoo's Fish tacos, informed me that the Saturday before the oil spill felt like a busy summer day. But the following day, once word got out about the spill, it was a ghost town. In addition, as the spill moved south, their locations in Laguna Beach and San Clemente started to feel the impacts. Bobby Abdel, owner of Jack's Surfboards, had a similarly bleak weekend. He told me that once the oil spill was announced customer traffic plummeted. Their stores are facing a stockpile of unsold inventory from the US Open of Surfing and the Pacific Air Show. All nine of Jack's Surfboards locations were impacted in some form or another because of the spill. Later in the week, I received a call from a colleague, Wendy Marshall, a full time hard working mother of two who shared with me that her upcoming Airbnb reservations, a form of income to help her offset college tuition costs for her children, had mostly been cancelled. From Dana Point though dolphin and whale capital of the world and the first whale Heritage Site in the Americas. Giselle Anderson from local business Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari shared losses from trips and bookings into November could be down as much as 74% because of the oil spill. 52:15 Dr. David L. Valentine: I want to invoke my privilege as a university professor to start with a little bit of a history lesson. Many people think that the largest spill in US history occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. This is not correct. The largest spill in US history occurred in California. It was not the October 2021 spill that we're here to talk about today. Nor was it the 2015 refugio beach pipeline rupture on the gaviota coast. It was not the 2007 Cosco, Busan spill and San Francisco Bay. And it was not the 1997 platform Irene pipeline rupture of Annenberg Air Force Base. It was not the 1990 American traders spill off the coast of Huntington Beach. It was not the 1969 platform, an oil spill off of Santa Barbara, the one that helped spawn the environmental movement. Nor was it the sinking of the SS Montebello, an oil freighter that was hit by a Japanese torpedo off the coast of Cambria and World War Two. It was called the Lakeview Gusher. It occurred in Kern County, and it's estimated to have released around 380 million gallons of oil over an 18 month period starting in 1910. And I tell you this bit of California history because it punctuates five important points. First, oil production carries inherent risk. Second, California has suffered more than its fair share of spills. Third, the size of a spill is only one factor in determining its impact. Fourth, responsiveness and context matter. And fifth, every spill is different and that includes the impacts. 54:24 Dr. David L. Valentine: For the current spill, I have honed in on three key modes of exposure that concern me most: floating oil slicks that can impact organisms living at or near the sea surface, coastline areas such as wetlands where oil can accumulate and persist, and the sea floor, where oil can easily hide from view but may still pose longer term risks. Among these three, the fate of impacts of submerged oil is especially relevant to California, is the least well understood, and requires additional research effort. 59:40 Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA): So recently I asked the Department of Interior about the specific kinds of subsidies that Beta Operating received. Beta is a subsidiary of Amplify Energy, and that's the company that owns the platforms and the pipelines that leaked off our coast. It turns out that they got nearly $20 million from the federal government, specifically because the oil wells are at the end of their lives and are not producing much oil, which makes them less profitable. So taxpayers are being asked to pay to encourage oil production in the Pacific Ocean by giving oil companies millions of dollars to do it. 1:00:39 Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA): Beta operating is in line to get another $11 million to drill for new wells off the coast because that $11 million is needed, in their words, “to make production economic.” So taxpayers are being asked to pay Beta to drill new wells. That means wells that would otherwise not be drilled without our taxpayer subsidy. 01:02:52 Dr. Michael H. Ziccardi: What we have found, during and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is that dolphins can be significantly impacted by oil, primarily through inhalation of the fumes at the surface and ingestion of the oil substances themselves. What we found is that it affects their immune system, it affects their reproductive tract, and it affects their gastrointestinal tract, so very significant changes. And that's information that is just now starting to come out in the publications from the Deepwater Horizon incident. 1:06:51 Vipe Desai: Had this oil spill moved north, it would have impacted two of the busiest ports in the nation, which account for billions of dollars of goods flowing in and out of both ports of LA and Long Beach. And that would have had an even larger impact to other communities across the US. 1:08:21 Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA): The annual oil production off the coast of California is about 1/3 of what our nation produces in a single day. So it really is a drop in the bucket when you consider the overwhelming potential for economic damage for environmental damage, the risks simply aren't worth it. 1:09:34 Vipe Desai: California's ocean economy generates $54.3 billion in revenue and supports 654,000 jobs. 1:25:15 Dr. David L. Valentine: In Orange County, the areas that I would look at most closely as being especially vulnerable on the environmental side would be the wetland environments. Places like Talbert Marsh where oil can surge in with the tide. And it can get trapped in those environments and it can get stuck and it won't come back out when the tide recedes. Those are especially vulnerable because they're these rich, diverse ecosystems. They provide a whole host of different services, whether it's flyways, or fisheries, or in keeping the nutrient levels moderated in coastal waters. And that oil can stick there and it can have a long term impact. And furthermore, cleanup in those cases can be very difficult because getting into a marsh and trying to clean it up manually can cause as much damage as oil can cause. 1:26:24 Dr. David L. Valentine: And then the other environment that I worry a lot about is the environment we can't see, that is what's going on under the surface of the ocean. And in that case, we can have oil that comes ashore and then gets pulled back offshore but is now denser because it's accumulated sand and other mineral matter. And that can be sticking around in the coastal ocean. We don't really understand how much of that there is or exactly where it goes. And that concerns me. 1:29:18 Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA): But Dr. Valentine, how concerned Do you think California should be that companies that own the offshore platforms, wells and pipelines might go bankrupt and pass decommissioning costs on to taxpayers? Dr. David L. Valentine: I think that we need to be very concerned. And this is not just a hypothetical, this is already happening. There are two instances that I can tell you about that I've been involved with personally. The first stems from the pipeline 901 rupture, also known as the Refugio, a big oil spill that happened in 2015. When that pipeline ruptured, it prevented oil from being further produced from platform Holley, off the coast of Santa Barbara just a few miles from my home. That platform when it was completely shut in, all 30 wells, was unable to produce any oil and the company, a small operator, went bankrupt. And then shortly thereafter, they went bankrupt again. And this time, they just gave up and they did something called quit claiming their lease back to the state of California. Meaning that the plugin abandonment and property commissioning fell into the lap of the State of California in that case, and that is an ongoing, ongoing saga. The second example I would give you is in Summerland. In 1896, the first offshore oil wells in this country were drilled from piers in Summerland. Those have been leaking over the years. And as recently as last year, there were three leaky oil wells coming up in Summerland. The state of California has found money to try alternative plug in abandonment strategies because anything traditional is not going to work on something that is 125 some odd years old. So that would be the second example where this is now falling into the taxpayers lap yet again. IMPACTS OF ABANDONED OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE NEED FOR STRONGER FEDERAL OVERSIGHT House Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. October 14, 2021 Witnesses: Dr. Donald Boesch Professor and President Emeritus, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Dr. Greg Stunz Endowed Chair for Fisheries and Ocean Health, and Professor of Marine Biology Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Texas A&M University Robert Schuwerk Executive Director, North America Office Carbon Tracker Initiative Ms. Jacqueline Savitz Chief Policy Officer, Oceana Clips 10:34 Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN): I can certainly provide a summary of things that will help keep energy prices down: issue onshore and offshore lease sales; reinstate the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline; renew our commitment to exporting American energy, instead of importing foreign energy; reform a broken permitting process; and stop burdening domestic producers. 16:08 Dr. Donald Boesch: Oil and gas production from wells in less than 1000 feet of water declined as fuels discovered in the 80s and even earlier were depleted. Crude oil production in these relatively shallow waters declined by over 90% both in the Gulf and and in Southern California. Natural gas production in the OCS, which mainly came from the shallow water wells, declined by 80%. Offshore fossil energy production is now dominated in the deep water off the Gulf of Mexico, up to 7500 feet deep. Deepwater production grew by 38% just over the last 10 years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster. 17:05 Dr. Donald Boesch: Since the lifting of the crude oil export ban in 2016, last year there was 78% more crude oil exported from Gulf terminals, exported overseas, than actually produced in the US OCS and three times as much natural gas exported, than produced offshore. 18:06 Dr. Donald Boesch: So, the depletion of shallow water gas has left this legacy of old wells and declining resources and the infrastructure requires decommissioning and removal. Much of this infrastructure is not operated by the original leaseholders, but by smaller companies with lesser assets and technical and operational capacity. 18:40 Dr. Donald Boesch: Off Southern California there are 23 platforms in federal waters, eight of which are soon facing decommissioning. In the Gulf, on the other hand, there are 18,162 platforms and about 1000 of them will probably be decommissioned within this decade. 19:46 Dr. Donald Boesch: According to the GAO, as you pointed out, there are 600 miles of active pipelines in federal waters of the Gulf, and 18,000 miles of abandoned plant pipelines. The GAO found the Department of the Interior lacks a robust process for addressing the environmental and safety risk and ensuring clean up and burial standards are met. And also monitoring the long term fate of these, these pipelines. 20:54 Dr. Donald Boesch: At recent rates of production of oil and gas, the Gulf's crude oil oil reserves will be exhausted in only six or seven years. That is the proven reserves. Even with the undiscovered and economically recoverable oil that BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) estimates in the central and western Gulf, we would run out of oil about mid century. So unless some miracle allows us to capture all of the greenhouse gases that would be released, we really can't do that and achieve net zero emissions, whether it be by resource depletion, governmental or corporate policy, or investor and stockholder decisions. Offshore oil and gas production is likely to see it see a steep decline. So the greenhouse gas emissions pathway that we follow and how we deal with the legacy and remaining infrastructure will both play out over the next decade or two. 25:16 Dr. Greg Stuntz: In fact, these decades old structures hold tremendous amounts of fish biomass and our major economic drivers. A central question is, how do these structures perform in relation to mother nature or natural habitat and I'm pleased to report that in every parameter we use to measure that success. These artificial reefs produce at least as well are often better than the natural habitat. We observe higher densities of fish, faster growth and even similar output. Thus, by all measures, these data show artificial reefs are functioning at least equivalent on a per capita basis to enhance our marine resources. 28:54 Rob Schuwerk: When a company installs a platform and drills well, it creates an ARO, an obligation to reclaim that infrastructure when production ends. This costs money. But companies aren't required to get financial assurance for the full estimated costs today. Money to plug in active wells today comes from cash flows from oil and gas production. But what happens when that stops? The International Energy Agency sees peak oil and gas demand as early as 2025. This will make it harder to pay for decommissioning from future cash flows. Decommissioning is costly. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) data indicate that offshore AROs could range from $35 to over $50 billion while financial assurance requirements are about $3.47 billion. That is less than 10% of expected liability. The GAO believes these figures may actually underestimate the true costs of retiring the remaining deepwater infrastructure. 30:05 Rob Schuwerk: Only about a third of the unplug wells in the Gulf of Mexico have shown any production in the last 12 months. Why haven't the other two thirds already been retired? Because of uncertainty as to when to close and poor incentives. Infrastructure should be decommissioned when it's no longer useful. But the regulator has difficulty making that determination. This uncertainty explains why BSEE waits five years after a well becomes inactive to deem it no longer useful for operations with years more allowed for decommissioning. These delays increase the risk that operators will become unable to pay or simply disappear. We've seen this already with a variety of companies including Amplify Energy's predecessor Beta Dinoco off California and Fieldwood recently with Mexico. 30:55 Rob Schuwerk: There's also a problem of misaligned economic incentives. As it is virtually costless to keep wells unplugged, companies have no incentive to timely plug them. AROs are like an unsecured, interest free balloon loan from the government with no date of maturity. There's little incentive to save for repayment because operators bear no carrying cost and no risk in the case of default. If the ARO loan carried interest payments commensurate with the underlying non performance risk, producers would be incentivized to decommission non economic assets. The solution is simple, require financial assurance equivalent to the full cost of carrying out all decommissioning obligations. This could take the form of a surety bond, a sinking fund or some other form of restricted cash equivalent. If wells are still economic to operate, considering the carrying cost of financial assurance, the operator will continue production, if not they'll plug. In either case, the public is protected from these costs. 32:11 Rob Schuwerk: A key risk here is operator bankruptcy that causes liabilities to be passed on to others. And we could see this in the recent Fieldwood bankruptcy. Fieldwood was formed in 2012 and in 2013 acquired shallow water properties from Apache Corporation. It went through chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018, and then undeterred, acquired additional deepwater platforms from Noble Energy. Fieldwood returned to bankruptcy in 2020. It characterized the decommissioning costs it shared with Apache as among the company's most significant liabilities. The bankruptcy plan created new companies to receive and decommission certain idle offshore assets. If they failed, prior operators and lessors would have to pay. Several large oil and gas companies objected to this proposal. They were concerned that if Fieldwood couldn't pay they would. Ultimately the plan was proved. The case illustrates a few key dynamics. First, if bankrupt companies cannot pay, others, including taxpayers, will. How much of the possibly $50 billion in offshore decommissioning liability is held by companies that are only a dragged anchor, a hurricane a leaking pipeline or oil price shock away from default? And second, as detailed in my written testimony, private companies who face liability risks understand them better than the government does. When they transfer wells, they demand financial protections that are in fact greater than what the government requires today. 36:02 Jacqueline Savitz: Supplemental bonds are necessary to protect taxpayers from the risk of spills but BOEM is overusing the waiver provisions that allow a financial strength test to waive requirements for supplemental bonds. BOEM regulations require that lessees furnish a relatively small general bond and while BOEM has discretion to acquire supplemental bonds, it generally waives those. General bonds that lessees are required to furnish don't come close to covering the cost of decommissioning and haven't been updated since 1993. Since that year, the cost of decommissioning has gone up in part because development has moved into deeper waters, only about 10% of offshore oil production in the Gulf was in deepwater in 1993. But by 2014, that figure rose to 80%. Regulations need to be updated to ensure the federal government and taxpayers are not left picking up the tab on decommissioning. According to GAO, only 8% of decommissioning liabilities in the Gulf of Mexico were covered by bonds or other financial assurance mechanisms, with the other 92% waived or simply unaccounted for. 38:06 Jacqueline Savitz: BSEE does not conduct oversight over decommissioning activities underway and it does not inspect decommissioned pipelines so the Bureau can't ensure that the industry has complied with required environmental mitigation. 38:17 Jacqueline Savitz: Leak detection technologies that the oil and gas industry touts as safer have not been proven to prevent major leaks. All pipelines in the Pacific region are reportedly equipped with advanced leak detection equipment. Though two weeks ago we saw exactly what can happen even with the so-called “Best Technology.” 42:00 Dr. Donald Boesch: In Hurricane Ida, all of a sudden appeared an oil slick, and it lasted for several days. And apparently it was traced to an abandoned pipeline that had not been fully cleared of all the residual oil in it so that all that oil leaked out during that incident. 47:59 Dr. Donald Boesch: One of the challenges though, is that this older infrastructure is not operating in the same standards and with the same capacity of those of the major oil companies that have to do that. So for example, when I noted that they detected this methane being leaked, they didn't detect it from the new offshore deepwater platforms which have all the right technology. It's in the older infrastructure that they're seeing. 54:14 Rob Schuwerk: There's actually one thing that exists offshore, joint and several liability, that only exists in certain jurisdictions onshore. So in some ways the situation onshore is worse. Because in some states like California you can go after prior operators if the current operator cannot pay, but in many jurisdictions you cannot. And our research has found that there is about $280 billion in onshore liability, and somewhere around 1% of that is covered by financial assurance bonds so, there is definitely an issue onshore rather than offshore. 55:04 Rob Schuwerk: The issue is just really giving them a financial incentive to be able to decommission. And that means they have to confront the cost of decommissioning and internalize that into their decision on whether continuing to produce from a well is economic or not. And so that means they need to have some kind of financial insurance in place that represents the actual cost. That could be a surety bond where they go to an insurer that acts as a guarantor for that amount. It could be a sinking fund, like we have in the context of nuclear where they go start putting money aside at the beginning, and it grows over time to be sufficient to plug the well at the end of its useful life. And there could be other forms of restricted cash that they maintain on the balance sheet for the benefit of these liabilities. 1:15:38 Jacqueline Savitz: Remember, there is no shortage of offshore oil and gas opportunity for the oil industry. The oil industry is sitting on so many, nearly 8.5 million acres of unused or non producing leases, 75% of the total lease acreage in public waters. They're sitting on it and not using it. So even if we ended all new leasing, it would not end offshore production. 1:22:35 Rob Schuwerk: Typically what we'll see as well to do companies will transfer these assets into other entities that have less financial means and wherewithal to actually conduct the cleanup. Rep. Katie Porter: So they're moving once they've taken the money, they've made the profit, then they're giving away they're basically transferring away the unprofitable, difficult, expensive part of this, which is the decommissioning portion. And they're transferring that. Are they transferring that to big healthy companies? Rob Schuwerk: No, often they're transferring it to companies that didn't exist even just prior to the transfer. Rep. Katie Porter: You mean a shell company? Rob Schuwerk: Yes. Rep. Katie Porter: Like an entity created just for the purpose of pushing off the cost of doing business so that you don't have to pay it even though you've got all the upside. Are you saying that this is what oil and gas companies do? Rob Schuwerk: We've seen this, yes. Rep. Katie Porter: And how does the law facilitate this? Rob Schuwerk: Well, I suppose on a couple of levels. On the one hand, there's very little oversight of the transfer. And so there's very little restriction from a regulatory standpoint, this is true, offshore and also onshore. So we see this behavior in both places. And then secondary to that there are actions that companies can take in bankruptcy that can effectively pass these liabilities on to taxpayers eventually and so some of it is to be able to use that event, the new company goes bankrupt. 1:25:01 Rob Schuwerk: Certainly no private actor would do what the federal government does, which is not have a security for these risks. MISUSE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND CORPORATE WELFARE IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY House Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations May 19, 2021 Witnesses: Laura Zachary Co-Director, Apogee Economics & Policy Tim Stretton Policy Analyst, Project on Government Oversight (POGO) Clips 27:10 Laura Zachary: There have long been calls for fiscal reforms to the federal oil and gas program. Compared to how states managed oil and gas leasing, the federal government forgoes at least a third of the revenue that could have been captured for taxpayers 27:25 Laura Zachary: On January 27 of this year, the Biden administration signed Executive Order 14008 that pauses issuing new federal oil and gas leases. And importantly, the language implies a temporary pause, only on issuing new leases, not on issuing drilling permits. This is a critical distinction for what the impacts of a pause could be. Very importantly, federal permitting data confirms that to date, there has been no pause on issuing drilling permits for both onshore and offshore. And in fact, since the pause began, Department of Interior has approved drilling permits at rates in line with past administrations. 37:08 Tim Stretton: Because taxpayers own resources such as oil and gas that are extracted from public lands, the government is legally required to collect royalties for the resources produced from leases on these lands. Project on Government Oversight's investigations into the federal government's oversight of the oil, gas and mining industries have uncovered widespread corruption that allows industry to cheat U.S. taxpayers out of billions of dollars worth of potential income. Given the amount of money at stake and the oil and gas industry's history of deliberately concealing the value of the resources they've extracted with the intent of underpaying royalties, the government should be particularly vigilant in ensuring companies pay their fair share for the resources they extract. 46:28 Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR): We are here today for the majority's attempt, which I believe is more of a publicity stunt to criticize the oil and gas industry than to talk about real facts and data. The playbook is a simple one: recycled talking points to vilify the industry and to paint a distorted picture of so-called good versus evil. I'm sure that we'll hear more about corporate subsidies that aren't. We'll hear about unfair royalty rates that aren't and we'll hear many other meme worthy talking points that fail the logic test. 47:35_ Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR): What we're -really talking about today is an industry that provides reliable and affordable energy to our nation. This isan industry that contributes to almost 10 million jobs and plays a vital role in our daily lives. In fact, we cannot conduct virtual hearings like this without the fossil fuel industry. And of course, when myself and my colleagues travel to Washington, DC, we rely on this industry to fly or to drive here. 49:33 Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR): But they ignore the real world consequences of demonizing this industry. The results are devastating job loss and the loss of public education funding to name just a few. 54:05 Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN): I also had a roundtable discussion and learned how New Mexico schools received nearly $1.4 billion in funding from oil and gas just last year. 55:08 Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA): Mr. Stretton, how long has your organization been conducting oversight of oil and gas production on federal lands? Tim Stretton: For decades, I mean, we started doing this work in the early 90s. And actually, some of our earliest work in the space was uncovering in excess of a billion dollars in unpaid royalties to your home state of California. Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA): And you mentioned, what are some of the patterns? You've been doing this for decades? What are some of the patterns that you observe over time? Tim Stretton: The oil and gas industry working with each other to really undervalue the resources they were selling, fraudulently telling the government the value of those resources, which left billions of dollars in unpaid revenue going to the federal government. 1:01:09 Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ): There are some people who have made environmentalism a religion. Rather than focus on solutions that can make lives better for people, some would prefer to vilify an industry that provides immeasurable benefits to people's livelihood in the function of modern day society. 1:04:21 Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ): The other side looks at globalism, you know this environmental movement globally. So it makes more sense to me at least and folks I come from that we produce it cleaner more efficiently than anybody else in the world. And so that geopolitical application, if you're an environmentalist, you would want more American clean oil and gas out there versus Russian dirty or Chinese dirty gas. 02:37:23 Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT): In January state education superintendents in Wyoming, Miami, North Dakota, Alaska, and Utah submitted a letter to President Biden outlining their concerns with the administration's oil and gas ban which has reduced funding used to educate our rising generation. 02:43:35 Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM): I'm glad to be able to highlight the true success story of the oil and gas industry in my home state of New Mexico. To put it simply, the oil and gas industry is the economic backbone of New Mexico and has been for decades. The industry employs 134,000 People statewide and provides over a billion dollars each year to fund our public education. 02:44:30 Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM): Many of my Democratic colleagues have stated that green energy jobs can replace the loss of traditional energy jobs, like the 134,000 Oil and Gas jobs in my state. Many also say that we need to be transitioning to a completely carbon free energy grid. Can you tell me and the committee why both of those ideas are completely fantasy? Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)

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The Student Manager
#85 - Remote from the campus of Newport Harbor High School

The Student Manager

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 31:56


Download and listen to a remote podcast from a recent Regional Admission California Counselor College Fair on the campus of Newport Harbor High School in Southern California.  Listen to upperclassmen and seniors Annie O'Brien, Lily Walton, Kate Bland, Taylor O'Neil and Tyler Cornuke discuss how to balance the search process with the social pressure from peers and parents.  Also, find out what underclassmen freshman and sophomores are thinking about when it comes to the college search and admission process.  This was "live" on campus at the time and remote during the RACC College Fair.  A must listen to for students and parents!  

The Student Manager
#80- MADtown - #1 ranked Public University...find out why from two SoCal students?

The Student Manager

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 48:12


Download and listen to Newport Harbor's Jack Bibb 20' and Mira Costa's Ambria Benson 20'.  If you can't get into a UC in California, find out why Madison, Wisconsin has recently become the "trend" for SoCal kids.  Jack and Ambria share their search and admission experience and the road to the Midwest.  The two discuss the "work hard - play hard" philosophy in MADtown.  You don't want to miss out on them talking about fraternity and sorority rush or the "fun" places to hang out on State Street!      

The Student Manager
#78 - Two SoCal girls dotting the ”i” in C-Bus!

The Student Manager

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 70:48


Download and listen to Mater Dei's Kaia Pronger 20' and Newport Harbor's Zoey Palmquist 20'.  The two SoCal girls discuss their journey to C-Bus.  Kaia and Zoey each have unique experiences and perspectives on how they became Buckeyes.  Columbus, Ohio is becoming a "popular" destination for Southern California students.  Find out why and get some insight to rushing a sorority, where to eat, live and advice on classes!

The Westerly Sun
Westerly Sun - 2021-07-23: Fort Adams State Park, Ferris Bueller's Day Off at Misquamicut Drive-in, and Thomas Dufficy

The Westerly Sun

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 2:35


You're listening to the Westerly Sun's podcast, where we talk about the best local events, new job postings, obituaries, and more. First, a bit of Rhode Island trivia. Today's trivia is brought to you by Perennial. Perennial's new plant-based drink “Daily Gut & Brain” is a blend of easily digestible nutrients crafted for gut and brain health. A convenient mini-meal, Daily Gut & Brain” is available now at the CVS Pharmacy in Wakefield. Now, some trivia. Did you know that Fort Adams State Park has fortifications dating from the Revolutionary War to World War II? Situated at the mouth of the Newport Harbor, Fort Adams State Park offers an exceptional panoramic view of both Newport Harbor and the East Passage of Narragansett Bay. The park offers a wide range of activities including salt water bathing, fishing, boating, soccer, rugby, and picnicking. Fort Adams is perhaps best known for its annual summer concerts when the Jazz Festival, and the Folk Festival draw thousands to enjoy the music and beautiful surroundings. Next, an event that you should know about… This weekend, the Misquamicut Drive In is showing fan-favorite, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Shows start at 9pm. Special guest Jonathan Schmock who plays the snooty French waiter will make a special appearance. Hurry! You can get tickets at mbadrivein.com. See you there! Next, Are you interested in a new opportunity? Look no further, we're here again with another new job listing. Today's posting comes from Mohegan Sun. They're opening up again and looking for event security guards, event marketing representatives, ushers, and ticket takers.  If you're interested, you can read more and apply by using the link in our episode description. https://www.indeed.com/l-Westerly,-RI-jobs.html?vjk=26d99a5d35f1087c Today we're remembering the life of John Thomas Dufficy of Richmond who died peacefully surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of Barbara Dufficy. Born in Hamilton, OH, Tom was an Insurance Agent for Prudential Life Insurance for many years before retiring. He was also very active in many civic organizations throughout the Chariho Community. Besides his loving and devoted wife of 65 years he will be sadly missed by his 6 children, 19 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren and his sister.  Thank you for taking a moment with us today to remember and celebrate Thomas's life Lastly, remember that reporting the local news is an important part of what it means to live here. Head over to Westerlysun.com and help us tell the stories of our community each and every day. Digital access starts at just 50 cents a day and makes all the difference in the world. That's it for today, we'll be back next time with more! Also, remember to check out our sponsor Perennial, Daily Gut & Brain, available at the CVS on Main St. in Wakefield! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Student Manager
#68 - GO Bears! Freshman Year at Cal - Ella Jacobs and Zach Forbath

The Student Manager

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 68:48


Download and listen to how Corona Del Mar 20' Ella Jacobs and Newport Harbor 20' Zach Forbath share their first year at UC Berkeley.  The two friends discuss how they didn't know what they were missing and how they created a great freshman experience during Covid.  You don't want to miss their stories on rush and Greek Life and how Cal wasn't their top choice.   

Around the Buoy
EP59: Gamecock Sailing

Around the Buoy

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 69:55


Newport Harbor is a busy place in the summer with fleets of boats ranging from modern go fasters to classic wooden hulls racing around the buoys every afternoon. The Gamecock Sailing team is unique because they can be found racing in not one but all those fleets. Gamecock Sailing, named after the fleets' flagship a 96-year-old Herreshoff R Boat, was founded by Peter McClennen to teach teamwork and sportsmanship to a new generation of sailors and he joins us to talk about his lifelong passion for the sport.

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford
Willa Rath - Newport Harbor HS Girls' Basketball Captain, CIF Champion - 6.13.21

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2021 7:39


Joining Sports Sunday for an exclusive local interview-- Willa Rath from NHHS's Girls' Basketball CIF Championship squad. After a historic win, Willa talks about the trials and tribulations of the COVID-19 season, what contributed to the team's success, and the best restaurants in the Newport-Mesa area!

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford
5.2.21 - Sports Sunday with Chris Bibona

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 123:32


Post-NFL Draft, Chris Bibona and Annie O'Donnell get to grade each team's draft performance (A-F). After class ends, the Sports Sunday duo plays a little game where they "redraft" a franchise given the complete NFL player pool. This episode also features two interviews; NBCLA's Michael J. Duarte joins the show to talk all things LA sports, and former Sports Sunday host Alex Crawford catches up with the crew, talking about being the Voice of Newport Harbor High School.

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford
4.11.21 - Sports Sunday with Chris Bibona

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2021 91:35


On our first show back since Easter break, former Sailing Team Captain Jack Blackman joins the show to fill in for Howard Croom. Annie, Chris and Jack discuss Joe Musgrove's no-hitter, the Tatis injury, and add some March Madness recap in the opening segment. Next, we have some surprise callers urging for Giants and Dodger talk, before we debate the Paul Pierce scandal, the future of Barstool Sports, and the ethos of crude sports media. At 3:45, NHHS Football captain and wide receiver James Crowell joins the show to talk about his experience playing two sports in one season during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sports Sunday Trio closes the show with recap of the Dodger's season so far.

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford
James Crowell - Newport Harbor High School Football Team Captain and Wide Receiver, Baseball Infielder - 4.11.21

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2021 9:20


NHHS Football team captain, wide receiver, and baseball infielder James Crowell joins the show to discuss his experiences as a dual sport athlete competing in multiple sports simultaneously. Chris Bibona's former teammate explains his training process, favorite memories, and future in this hyper-local Sports Sunday interview.

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford
Peter Lofthouse - NHHS Football Head Coach - 3.7.21

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 13:08


Newport Harbor Football head coach Peter Lofthouse joins the show before the Sailor's season opener. Coach Lofthouse talks about his expectations for the 6 game season schedule, how his players stay motivated, and more!

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford
Ron Gladnick - Torrey Pines Football Head Coach and Figurehead of "#LetThemPlay" Movement - 2.21.21

Sports Sunday with Alex Crawford

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 12:41


Ron Gladnick joins the show to talk about the success of the "#LetThemPlay" movement, the progress in returning high school athletes to competition, and what to look forward to in the saga of coronavirus vs. local athletics. Don't miss this moving interview from one of the most influential people in getting high school sports back!

The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken Kemp
S2E10 Beach Talk #20: Democracy Lives

The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken Kemp

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 42:58


Join Ken Fong, Brad Onishi, and Ken Kemp for a LIVE EVENT, Tuesday, Feb 10 at 5 PM - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. || Learn more.Ken and Carla reconvene on their imaginary deck overlooking Newport Harbor and pick up where they left off last week. They banter over vaccine woes and then they turn to the overwhelming confirmation of Mayor Pete as Secretary of Transportation. The Republican party is deeply divided with Liz Cheney on one side and the other, the conspiracy theorist and QAnon devotee, Marjorie Taylor Greene all in the shadow of the Impeachment and the Insurrection of January 6. They give Ken's interview with Brian McLaren a positive review and then close with reflections on the moving moment when USPC Officer Brian Sicknick lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda surrounded by his peers and the President and Mrs. Biden who paid tribute, along with the entire nation, to his ultimate sacrifice in defense of our Government. Edition 71Support the show (http://thebeachedwhitemale.com)

The Student Manager
#20 - Ohio State students Jake Bays & Blake Ludes

The Student Manager

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2019 44:00


Episode #20 - Why C-Bus?  This episode features former Mater Dei 19' Jake Bays and Newport Harbor 19' Blake Ludes.  Listen to this energetic duo share their first four months in Columbus at The Ohio State University.  

NEXT New England
Episode 56: Protest

NEXT New England

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2017 50:00


The events in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month have echoes in New England. This week, we hear local reactions to seeing a Keene, New Hampshire local featured in a documentary about white supremacists at Charlottesville, and we recon with a quieter kind of racism in Boston in the wake of the “Free Speech” rally and counter-protest last Saturday. Plus, Granite Staters get the chance to “ask a Muslim anything.” Later in the show, we visit a Maine school on the cutting edge of composting, and a yacht race that is a reminder of another time. Counter protesters amassed outside of the barriers at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on August 19. Photo by Jesse Costa for WBUR Grappling With Race and Inclusion in the Granite State It's been two weeks since a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, led to violent clashes between neo-Nazis and counter-protesters. One anti-fascist demonstrator was killed and many were injured when a car, driven by one of the alt-right marchers, plowed into a group of people. The events of the weekend were captured in a documentary by VICE News and HBO called “Charlottesville, Race and Terror.” The main subject of that report is Christopher Cantwell, 36, from Keene, New Hampshire, who advocates online for what he calls a white “ethno-state,” and promises violence. White nationalist Christopher Cantwell speaks with VICE News correspondent Elle Reeve. Cantwell’s tone changed somewhat in a video he shot himself, following news that authorities were seeking him in connection with violence at the rally. He has since surrendered to police, facing two felony counts of illegal use of tear gas, and one count of malicious bodily injury by means of a caustic substance. We’re joined by New Hampshire Public Radio reporter Britta Greene, who has been following Cantwell's story, and getting reaction from the Keene community. Robert Azzi. Photo by Peter Biello for NHPR Where Christopher Cantwell spreads a message of hate, Exeter resident Robert Azzi is working to spread understanding. The Lebanese-American Muslim photojournalist is traveling around New Hampshire hosting a series of conversations he calls “Ask a Muslim Anything.” WBUR’s Anthony Brooks reports. Dialogue between people of different races — or faiths — has been difficult in the weeks following Charlottesville. And one of the trickiest conversations has been about physical images of our racist past. While New England doesn't have many debates about Confederate statues, the history of white settlers and their relationship with indigenous people is also fraught. This week, Yale University announced that it would remove a stone carving of a Puritan aiming a musket at Native American. As New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jason Moon reports, a mural in a Durham, New Hampshire post office has also sparked a controversy. A mural including 16 images representing town history, including a Native American carrying a flaming torch and looking out at a colonial cabin,  was commissioned by the Women’s Club of Durham in 1959. Photo by Jason Moon for NHPR Moving the Needle on Systemic Racism in Boston Kevin Peterson is founder of the Boston-based New Democracy Coalition and a senior fellow at the Center for Collaborative Leadership at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. The scene at a so-called “Free Speech” rally in Boston last Saturday offered a stark contrast to the events in Charlottesville the weekend before. A few dozen attendees of the conservative rally were met on the Boston Common by an estimated 40,000 counter-demonstrators. Boston police didn't allow the protesters or the media to get near the rally, so their message couldn't be heard. Many in Boston, including our guest Kevin Peterson, applauded the counter-protesters — a majority white crowd — for standing up to bigotry and hatred. But in a column for WBUR's Cognoscenti, Peterson asks Bostonians to now do something more difficult: work to counter systemic, historic, everyday racism in their city. First Class Compost, J Class Yachts The Maine Compost School teaches the right way to compost with a series of test piles. Photo by Nick Woodward for Maine Public Radio A few times a year, people from all over the US — and well beyond — trek to Maine to learn the science of all things rotten. The Maine Compost School has been teaching people how to turn organic trash into treasure for 20 years, making it the longest-running program of its kind in the U.S. Maine Public Radio’s Jennifer Mitchell takes us there. A J Class boat sailing out of Newport Harbor, with the Pell Bridge in the background. A J Class yacht training on the waters off Newport Harbor. Photo by Pearl Mack for RIPR Newport Rhode Island is a world capital for sailing. This week, the city is host to a first in the sailing world: the J Class World Championship. J-Class yachts are rare, and they're huge. Picture a sailboat about as long as a basketball court racing around Newport harbor. Rhode Island Public Radio's John Bender went to take a look. About NEXT NEXT is produced at WNPR. Host: John Dankosky Producer: Andrea Muraskin Executive Producer: Catie Talarski Digital Content Manager/Editor: Heather Brandon Contributors to this episode: Britta Greene, Jason Moon, Jennifer Mitchell, and John Bender Music: Todd Merrell, “New England” by Goodnight Blue Moon Get all the NEXT episodes. We appreciate your feedback! Send praise, critique, suggestions, questions, story leads, and photos of your compost pile to next@wnpr.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.