Around Town: Monster Truck Destruction Tour rips into O.C. Fair for 5-day run

The sound and fury of the Monster Truck Destruction Tour will mix with the motorcycle jumps and stunts of Freestyle Moto-X for seven shows over five days this week at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa.

The shows, in the OC Fair & Event Center’s Action Sports Arena, will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 7 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets start at $17.50 and are available at ticketmaster.com. Parking is $10 at 88 Fair Drive.

Inaugural OC Yoga Festival comes to Huntington Beach on Saturday

The first OC Yoga Festival will bring a full day of yoga and meditation classes, live music, health food, vendor booths and more to downtown Huntington Beach from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

The event, which also will include reiki, astrology talks, crystal bowl sound healing, card reading and a DJ dance party, will be held on Fifth Street and at the Kimpton Shorebreak hotel, 500 Pacific Coast Hwy.

The festival is intended for all ages and yoga skill levels.

Tickets are $30 to $55 and are available at ocyogafestival.com.

For more information, email info@OCyogaFestival.com.

Dogs can have their day in Pup Cup 5K at Bolsa Chica State Beach

Angels pitcher Andrew Heaney and Pastime with Purpose will team up to present the second annual Pup Cup Orange County 5K run/walk Saturday at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach.

Heaney is scheduled to attend, and the event also will include vendors, giveaways and other activities. Every participant will get an event T-shirt and a finisher medal, and dogs will get bandannas.

Onsite registration begins at 8 a.m. and the race begins at 9. The cost is $35 for participants without a dog and $45 with a dog.

Pastime with Purpose is an Oklahoma-based nonprofit that enlists professional athletes to help people and causes in the United States and abroad.

For more information about the Pup Cup or to sign up, visit runsignup.com.

Newport Coast student elected president of American Legion Boys Nation

Joshua Cheadle of Newport Coast was elected president of the 2018 American Legion Boys Nation this week at Marymount University in Arlington, Va.

Joshua, a Boys Nation senator representing California, won the election over Braden Thomas of Idaho.

Boys Nation is an annual week-long program in which senators (two from each state, except Hawaii) learn how the U.S. Senate and the federal government function. Boys are divided into two political parties, each of which conducts a party convention, sets a platform and nominates members for elected offices. Each senator also writes, introduces and debates a bill before a committee, and if it proceeds, the legislation is voted on by the whole Senate.

“I decided to run for president because growing up was kind of difficult for me, making friends … it was hard to gel with other people,” Joshua said in a statement. “Then I started doing debate and mock trial and I just fell in love with policy, with research, with watching the news, but more importantly, with talking to other people and with engaging. ... I wanted to work with other people, and I thought president would be the best position to do that.

“What I’m trying to achieve [this week] is not what I want to do, it’s making sure that everyone else can do what they want to do, and that’s helping them pass their legislation, talking to them and just making sure ... everything’s done with honor, with integrity and we do it to the best of our abilities. Make this a memorable experience, not because this is Boys Nation but because of what we accomplish at Boys Nation.”

Joshua, an incoming senior at Sage Hill School in Newport Coast, plans to attend the University of Pennsylvania and pursue a career in business and/or finance.

Talk on plastics and the environment set for Pacific City

Surfrider Foundation Chief Executive Chad Nelsen will present a discussion of plastics and sustainability at 6:30 p.m. July 31 at the Pacific City retail and restaurant center in Huntington Beach.

Surfer Lakey Peterson, environmental advocate Jed Jenkins and Reece Pacheco, executive director of the World Surf League’s nonprofit Protecting, Understanding and Respecting the Environment, or PURE, also will participate.

Admission is free. Pacific City is at 21010 Pacific Coast Hwy.

UPDATES:

3:55 p.m. July 25: This article was updated with the item about Joshua Cheadle.

This article was originally published at 5:25 p.m. July 24.