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Costa Mesa Relay for Life steps up to fight cancer

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Fountain Valley’s Summerfest continues to amuse through Sunday

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Newport says petition business in Peotter recall attempt might have violated state election law; local rules might be tightened

An investigation by the city of Newport Beach into allegations of petition fraud during last year’s unsuccessful attempt to recall Councilman Scott Peotter did not find violations of local code, but the city suggests the petition management firm might have slipped up under state election law.

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Laguna Beach law enforcement steps up to get stranded Marine back to base

A Laguna Beach police officer and his partner who responded to a call about a disabled vehicle on the side of Laguna Canyon Road on Wednesday opened their wallets to get a stranded Marine home to Camp Pendleton. 

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Former Pageant of the Masters narrator Skip Conover dies at 80

Skip Conover, who narrated Laguna Beach’s Pageant of the Masters from 1994 to 2010, died June 15 at age 80, the pageant said Friday.