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The mysterious sewage spill that has fouled Huntington Beach since early July grew by a mile Wednesday, forcing lifeguards to shoo sunbathers from the waterline in the downtown area and threatening merchants with an economically disastrous Labor Day weekend. The search has widened for the source of the pollution that now has a 4.2-mile stretch of shoreline off-limits to swimmers and surfers. "Our business was cut in half because of the first closure.

Is your five-day series "Republican Reign" in Orange County really news? Everyone over the age of 7 knows that the majority of Orange County supports a 73-year-old, card-carrying National Rifle Assn. member who has strong ties to the tobacco industry. He speaks of less government but will tell a woman and her doctor what she should do with her baby. It appears that wealth and conservatism go together. Therefore, I must thank Democratic U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein, John Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy for having a more tolerant, unselfish point of view.

It's time Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) headed up a recall for newly elected Assemblyman Scott Baugh (R-Huntington Beach). His deceptive and fraudulent path to election is deplorable and the sooner we get rid of him the better. CHLOE MOLNAR Huntington Beach I am getting tired of politicians fudging their contributions reports and then when they get caught they say: 1) My accountant filled it out; 2) I didn't read it; 3) I'm new at this; 4) whatever else you might believe.

Minnie Cohen celebrated her 109th birthday Wednesday, and it's no secret what keeps her going: Singing her favorite Yiddish songs, eating her favorite foods--like matzo ball soup and potato pancakes--and having a good sense of humor. At the birthday bash, Cohen mused that she can't believe that she's "109 and still single." Wearing a floral dress, pearl necklace and gold and pearl earrings, Cohen joked several times about her more than a century on Earth.

More than a dozen Latino activists demonstrated outside Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's office Wednesday, blasting him and several other elected officials for supporting federal legislation that would deny long-term aid to illegal immigrants who suffered losses in the Northridge earthquake. Members of the Chicano Unidos Coalition labeled Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) and Rep.

In regard to the latest anti-immigrant proposal voiced by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach), "Rohrabacher Proposes Legislation to Deny Federal Quake Relief to Illegal Immigrants" (Jan. 23), he once again has joined in the ever-increasing wave of immigrant bashing by further fueling the issue with insensitivity, ignorance and racist overtones. Historically, immigrants, especially those of Latin American countries, have had the tendency to not demand or even request any type of social service from the county, state or federal level.

Visitors from 38 nations and 50 states have raved about the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum. Surfing fans fill a visitors' registration book on the museum director's desk with laudatory comments like "rad," "stoked," "cosmic" and "this place rules." One visitor wrote, "The most fun I've ever had in a museum." The museum, at 411 Olive Ave.