Interest in Full Wet Suits Rises as Water Temperatures Drop By Rick Fignetti and David Reyes, \o7 Rockin' Fig is Rick Fignetti, a Huntington Beach surfer/shop owner. Times staff writer David Reyes has reported on U.S. surf teams competing in Bali and Brazil. \f7
Birders to Watch Like Hawks for Raptors By Rick Vanderknyff, \o7 Rick VanderKnyff is a free-lance writer who contributes regularly to The Times Orange County Edition. \f7
GAMES : Nothing's Trivial in Mind Trap By Patrick Mott, \o7 Patrick Mott is a free-lance writer who regularly contributes to The Times Orange County Edition\f7
TRIED & TRUE : Acupuncture Deflates Illusions About Vanity By David Haldane, \o7 David Haldane is a staff writer for The Times Orange County Edition. This column is one in an occasional series of first-person accounts of activities in and around Orange County. \f7
Honors for Four Seasons By Anne Michaud, \f7 and \o7 Anne Michaud is a staff writer for The Times Orange County Edition. Information for the Newsbites column can be Faxed to (714) 966-5663, or call (714) 966-7898.
It's Time for a Few Changes 'Round Here By T. Jefferson Parker, \o7 T. Jefferson Parker is a novelist and writer who lives in Orange County. His column appears in OC Live! the first three Thursdays of every month. \f7
PLATFORM : Judicial Bias \o7 The California Judges Assn. has rejected a proposed change in its canon of ethics that would have barred judges from membership in groups that discriminate by sexual orientation, in addition to discrimination by gender, national origin, race or religion. Judge STEPHEN M. LACHS of Los Angeles Superior Court comments on the vote: \f7