Just heard from a good source that next year’s Orange County marathon will be re-routed. Instead of going from Newport Beach to Irvine, the route will wind through Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.

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A little while back I asked a few of our In Theory columnists what secular music spiritually inspires them. They liked Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and Pete Seeger, among many others. I do too. Dylan’s “Blood On the Tracks” is an all-time favorite. I might add that Stevie Wonder has penned many songs that move me spiritually.

But for me, one of the most spiritually inspiring contemporary songwriters is Sufjan Stevens.

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I got locked out of Barack Obama’s fundraiser in Newport Beach Sunday so I patrolled the sidelines for hours looking for stories. I ended up getting a few good ones, which I wrote about for the paper here. On Monday, we wanted some extra stuff to advance the story so I did some more reporting, which you can read here.

But, believe it or not, I’ve got a little more.

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