| Body floating in water at Bondi: report
Police have called off a search at Bondi Beach after it was reported that a body attached to a surfboard was floating in the water. A person driving past Bondi in a car contacted emergency services after they said they saw what they thought was the body about 7.30am. An ambulance helicopter, water police and council lifeguards on power-skis scoured the south end of the beach for about an hour but called off the search after finding nothing. "The search has been finalised ... because it was one person who was driving [past] at the time,'' Inspector Michael Flood from Waverley police said. .
LeftBlog: It's time to get rid of RedFlex
Enough is enough. That is it, the straw that broke the poor camels back. RedFlex must go, and Joey Durel must be made to account for his actions. In this past week news reports have surfaced that have finally pushed me over the edge with this program. Yes, we all want safer streets, we all want to live without road rage and without the careless violence on our streets, but this is not how we get there.
Even if you were to discount all of the scientific data that is out there that clearly illustrates that the program that is currently deployed in Lafayette completely betrays the stated goals of the political leadership the program is so terribly broken that it can never be fixed.
Here are my reasons (just a few that come to mind tonight mind you) that I feel RedFlex and this entire program must go.
Arrested man leaps four floors
Police were called to an apartment in Surfers Paradise yesterday afternoon following reports of a man armed with a sword. They discovered two men in a fourth floor unit, one of whom was allegedly using a drug utensil. Police arrested the pair but when they were distracted, one of them ran to a balcony and leapt over the railing into a pool below. The desperate leap was to no avail, with police catching up with him on a nearby esplanade. The man suffered only minor cuts. A 23-year-old man will appear in Southport Magistrates Court today charged with threatening violence, obstruction and possession of a dangerous drug and utensil. Share this article .
Encinitas Considers Regulating Surf Camps
ENCINITAS, Calif. -- The Encinitas City Council is digging in against the deluge of surf camps popping up on its beaches. The City Council will discuss Wednesday night whether to regulate surf camps. The discussion comes after the city's Parks and Recreation Department prepared a report on the commercial use of Encinitas beaches. The report found that Encinitas beaches are home to 14 surf camps, including some operating without a business license or insurance. .
Coroner: Davi high on meth
Legendary surfer Peter Davi had methamphetamine in his body when he drowned while surfing at Ghost Trees near Pebble Beach last month, the coroner's unit of the Monterey County Sheriff's Office announced Friday. A toxicology report indicates that Davi, 45, of Monterey, had an acute methamphetamine-intoxication level of 0.75 milligrams per liter of blood, enough to have possibly contributed to his death, said Sgt. Mike Richards of the coroner's division. .
Schoolies' sex assault claims
ALLEGATIONS of rape and other sexual assaults have surfaced following last year's Schoolies' Week celebrations on the Surf Coast. According to the Geelong Advertiser, six women reported rapes during the celebrations from November 17 to December 7.Some of the alleged victims told police they had been abandoned by their friends at the time of the incidents because they were too drunk, the report said.But today police said two rape allegations had been withdrawn and said other cases involved indecent assault claims including unwanted groping and kissing, not rapes.One man has been charged and two others are likely to face charges over alleged attacks on seven victims during the celebrations, between November 17 to December 7. Schoolies' Week on the Surf Coast attracts thousands of school leavers and university students who have finished exams.
Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A turf war over surf wear between a California community and a shop owner in another city has been resolved, a lawyer involved in the trademark dispute said.
Richard Sybert, who represents the tourism bureau in Huntington Beach, Calif., said a settlement with Flotsam of California Inc. in Santa Cruz over the "Surf City" designation will halt sales of T-shirts reading: "Surf City, Santa Cruz California, U.S.A." at the store, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
"My client is pleased at the resolution," he said. "The shirts will be changed and the challenge to my client's trademark dismissed."
Theodore Townsend Herhold, an attorney for Flotsam, confirmed the matter had been resolved.
"T-shirts will be on sale again, and we'll let everybody draw their own conclusions from that," he said.
Teen swept off Mugu Rock into sea
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - The search will resume Sunday for a 17-year-old boy swept off Mugu Rock by a wave into the ocean. Officials say the Oxnard teen's family watched him disappear into the water while he was fishing just before noon on Saturday. Divers, lifeguards and Coast Guard personnel searched for the boy, but were eventually forced to stop because of high surf. The surf was reportedly 6 to 8 feet high. Information from: Ventura County Star, http://venturacountystar.com Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. .
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