Poseidon Water announced this week that its proposed ocean desalination plant in Huntington Beach would employ an environmental protection and energy efficiency plan. But that didn’t halt criticism of the controversial facility. Poseidon said the plan includes several tactics aimed at reducing the...
Joshua Nehls, the new coach of Ocean View High girls’ volleyball, has been working with high school athletes since he entered college. This fall marks his fifth year of coaching volleyball, and he has taken a Seahawks program that was used to flying under the radar and thrown it into the spotlight....
A line of second-grade students from Davis Elementary School in Santa Ana eagerly waited in front of the Bowers Kidseum earlier this month. Behind the closed doors of the Santa Ana museum was a new exhibit that they would get to see before anyone else, Kidseum director Jennifer Alvarado said. “It’s...
Bill Bracken picked up a spoon to stir a pot of stew. “This was made completely from scratch,” he said, pointing to pieces of chicken, zucchini and bok choy. “It’s full of vegetables, it’s low-fat, low-calories, low-sugar — nothing processed at all. I made it yesterday.We let it set for 24 hours...
The organizer of a demonstration that drew thousands to Laguna Beach’s Main Beach last month says he has canceled an event scheduled for this weekend. Johnny Benitez, leader of the group Onward America, formerly known as America First!, said in Twitter messages that he would not stage a demonstration...
They dream of nature, human figures, landscapes and sunlight. Pablo Salvadó and Sebastián Chillemi are two Argentine painters whose works are on view through Jan. 7 at Founders Hall Art Gallery in Aliso Viejo’s Soka University. Their recent paintings and drawings focus on the natural world, particularly...
Re: “Those who jump from Lido bridge either can’t read or are overcome with entitlement”: As one of those “so-called adults” who has successfully jumped off of the Lido Bridge without facing any of the horrible outcomes you describe, I have to say that I am indeed entitled. Having two eyes, a pair...
Re: “At Corona del Mar Middle School, kids can't use cellphones at lunch. The result? They talk”: Corona del Mar Middle School has embarked on something brand new, and it seems to be working. The new rule simply says: “No student cellphone use during lunch.” The interacting of face-to-face scenarios...
We write as people of faith who are either attendees at, or members of, Irvine United Congregational Church. Our progressive Christian faith prompts us to strenuously object to the decision by President Trump to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Terminating DACA means turning...
Re: “Huntington Beach residents say excessive airplane noise is hurting their quality of life,”: Concerned about possible noise impacts of the new Metroplex air traffic control project, we attended two public educational workshops offered by the Federal Aviation Administration early this year to...
After the accident that took the life of 8-year-old Brock McCann on his way home from school last year, many residents are encouraged with the installation of sidewalks along 15th Street in Newport Beach. However, what is curious to us is that the CR&R trash trucks are still operating during key...
An engineer with the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department and a longtime firefighter with the Orange County Fire Authority were memorialized Saturday in Colorado for their decades of service. The names of Costa Mesa engineer Scott Coykendall and OCFA firefighter Ron Castro, who was stationed at John...
A Newport Beach man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a scheme to traffic heroin from California to Louisiana. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson on Thursday sentenced Logan Brannon, 32, and three others charged in connection with the scheme, according to the U.S. attorney’s...
A Newport Beach man was sentenced to 180 days in jail for posing as a fire marshal and charging Orange County businesses for fraudulent inspections, prosecutors said Monday. Brian Lee Carsten, 37, pleaded guilty Friday to five felony counts of extortion by force or threat, five misdemeanor counts...
A Costa Mesa man was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in state prison for having sexual intercourse with and committing lewd acts on a 4-year-old female relative. An Orange County Superior Court jury on June 29 found Ricardo Interiano-Rivas, 50, guilty of a felony count of sexual intercourse...