Malarky’s Irish Pub in Newport Beach marked its 40th anniversary with a reunion-like celebration Wednesday. The Balboa Peninsula institution, which opened in 1977, played a slideshow of pictures from the 1980s through the 2000s. Many guests were couples who met at the bar. Paying homage to its...
When/where: 7 p.m. Friday at Estancia High Key Eagles: Jr. RB/DB Trevor Pacheco (65 carries for 326 yards, three TDs); Sr. QB Vincent Duarte (27 of 51 passing for 242 yards, three INTs); Jr. WR/CB Nathan Guyot (10 catches for 100 yards, one TD). Key Trojans: Jr. RB/SS Zach Goodfriend (30 carries...
Two teenagers were taken into custody early Thursday on suspicion of making off with alcohol and cigarettes from a liquor store in Costa Mesa, police said. Costa Mesa police responded to Cheers Liquor at 1525 Mesa Verde Drive East after receiving a report of a burglary at 12:05 a.m., Sgt. Bang...
The city of Huntington Beach has released a free phone app intended to better acquaint residents with local affairs. MyHB provides information on topics such as city government, the beach and upcoming events. It also offers maps and directions to parks, facilities and other points of interest,...
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...
Pop singer Richard Marx knows what some of you are thinking. The musician best known for such late-’80s ballads as “Right Here Waiting” and “Hold On to the Nights” can stir up nostalgic thoughts, both pleasant and painful, he says. “People respond in an emotional way,” Marx said by phone. “It’s...
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...
A long-time Huntington Beach resident is on a mission to inform the American public about this nation’s deadliest disaster on the high seas, and the U.S. government’s lengthy attempts to cover up the catastrophe. Janet Sidoti Delude also has a compelling, personal motivation for speaking up: Her...
Re. “Ex-OCC student facing charges over disturbances is arrested again after failing to appear in court”: That Orange Coast College has to expend so much time to defend its handling of what appears to be a very troubled former student lasers on the problem with our education system. Imagine how...
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...