An Episcopal Church disciplinary panel has recommended a three-year suspension for the bishop who locked worshippers out of St. James the Great church in Newport Beach after a failed sale attempt two years ago. The panel also recommended that the shuttered church be restored to its displaced members....
Just because it’s summer does not mean learning takes a break, even at the Orange County Fair. On Wednesday, 57 children who receive free academic support during the school year and four weeks in the summer at the Shalimar Learning Center in Costa Mesa watched men milk a cow and learned about oxen...
Under the watchful eye of scarecrows and the occasional piercing call of a peacock, Mary Potempa paced around a tent at the Orange County fairgrounds’ Centennial Farm carrying a clipboard Tuesday morning, taking note of the best, the biggest and the bizarre of the fair’s fruit and vegetables. Hobbyist...
From Flamin’ Hot Cheetos cheese fries to a chicken sandwich made with doughnuts and heaped with ice cream, we made our way to the Orange County Fair Friday — stomachs rumbling and antacids at the ready — to taste some of the event’s most unconventional gastronomic delights. Our first stop was Chicken...
Shane Adams can remember how he felt staring down his first opponent at a jousting tournament in 1997 — scared senseless. He used more colorful language than that, but the point is he was afraid. It wasn’t the first time he’d ever sat astride a horse. Adams, now 47, grew up on an equestrian ranch...
Some visitors to Friday’s opening of the Orange County Fair had made their plans to attend months in advance, while others chose to go in a more spontaneous fashion. Take Matthew Casey and his daughter Piper. The Yucaipa residents saw a news report about the fair Friday morning and adjusted their...
If Al Scanlan does his job right, nobody at the Orange County Fair will notice. That’s not to say his duties aren’t important. They are — crucially so. It is to say that if Scanlan and his colleagues dot every “i” and cross every “t” and no one gets hurt and there’s no other major incident, it’s...
BUDAPEST, Hungary — The U.S. women’s water polo senior national team beat New Zealand, 22-7, on Thursday at the FINA World Championships. With the win, Team USA claims the Group B crown and earns a bye into the quarterfinals. Team USA will play Monday against an opponent to be determined. Corona...
A private fitness training center, on-site massage therapy, a luxury dog wash, food delivery and a putting green are all amenities offered to the residents and their four-legged friends at one of Newport Beach’s most exclusive properties. Whether it’s catered parties and cooking classes or personal...
The Laguna Beach Planning Commission on Wednesday favored increased protection for a creek that runs through Laguna Canyon and agreed additional research on the number of buildings occupying space is necessary. Commissioners reviewed a study from the urban planning firm MIG that included a host...
A few short years ago, Newport Beach’s Lido Marina Village was an aging and mostly abandoned — if not still-quaint — seaside retail destination. Built in the early 1970s in the cozy style of the East Coast’s many pedestrian-centered marinas, it spent most of its life populated by boat rental businesses,...
Three summers ago, I was standing in a secluded jungle clearing on Saipan, the capital of the Northern Marianas Islands, a U.S. territory in the remote western Pacific about 6,000 miles from the West Coast of the United States. Before me lay the crumbling stone ruins of the notorious Japanese Jail,...
As frustrating as parking can be, and as our transit management in Laguna Beach can hardly be accused of competent community service, let me share a few ideas: 1. The signal light at the art school in the canyon is causing a nuisance and severe traffic backup. There is no reason to have this signal...
Two distinct historical events that are about 2,300 years apart, and yet amazingly share common principles, stand out in human history. One is the first declaration of human rights known as the “Cyrus Cylinder” by Cyrus the Great. He was the just and kind ruler and the father of Persian empire,...
All of a sudden, I am hearing about fidget spinners everywhere. Even in the funny papers! When I first saw the gadgets on the counter, they reminded me of the replacement heads for Norelco shavers. I saw them in Lido Pharmacy recently and ignored them. But my son Mark was with me, and he asked...
Small talk during the course of an office visit sometimes turns to the topic of summer vacation plans. My patients might be seeing me for nausea, but when they tell me about their upcoming trips to distant locales, I’m the one who turns green. Envy aside, I want them to enjoy their excursions to...
With virtually no discussion, the Costa Mesa City Council moved forward this week with a proposed new contract for high-level fire employees that would provide pay raises while requiring them to contribute more toward their retirement. On a 3-2 vote Tuesday, with members Allan Mansoor and Jim Righeimer...
A 26-year-old man who fell off a paddleboard in Huntington Harbour died Tuesday afternoon soon after being pulled from the water, officials said. Jose Mendoza of Lakewood was stand-up paddleboarding with a relative near the 16500 block of Channel Lane at about 3:30 p.m. when he fell off the board...
Three San Francisco women were arrested Saturday on suspicion of stealing high-end Louis Vuitton luggage from the Neiman Marcus department store at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. Employees of the Louis Vuitton boutique inside the store at 601 Newport Center Drive called police shortly after noon...
Volcom Skate Park in Costa Mesa is expected to be closed the next few days as city crews remove graffiti that officials say was spray-painted during a memorial service there Sunday night that turned into a confrontation between park visitors and police officers. About 200 people gathered at the...