Sara Cardine covers the city of Costa Mesa for the Daily Pilot. She comes from the La Cañada Valley Sun, where she spent six years as the news reporter covering La Cañada Flintridge and recently received a first-place Public Service Journalism award from the California News Publishers Assn. She’s also worked at the Pasadena Weekly, Stockton Record and Lodi-News Sentinel, which instilled in her a love for community news. (714) 966-4627
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Adapting lines from John Denver hit “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” John Stephens found a theme of belonging, encouraging local business leaders and citizens to sing along.
April 24, 2024
Costa Mesa police are investigating two collisions Saturday and Monday that hospitalized two, displaced a tenant from his apartment and led to the death of one driver.
April 22, 2024
The Costa Mesa City Council Tuesday approved a five-year $480,000 annual contact with the nonprofit Priceless Pets, requiring the group to lease a local facility and open to the public.
April 19, 2024
Organized in Orange County by Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary, Living Information For Today (LIFT) helps widows and widowers rebuild social connections after a loss.
April 19, 2024
After arduously drafting plans to fulfill planners’ visions of a pedestrian- and bike-friendly site on Old Newport Boulevard, the chain’s hopes for a second drive-through almost went down in flames.
April 18, 2024
In a lawsuit Monday, state officials declared Measure A violates state law. But city leaders point to a provision that seems to indicate otherwise. Soon it will be up to a judge to decide.
April 17, 2024
Nelson Coates, who created sets for “The Morning Show” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” will explore the impact of plants and gardens in film and TV narratives during a lecture Tuesday at Sherman Library & Gardens.
April 11, 2024
Approved by planning commissioners on Feb. 12, plans for a Raising Cane’s on Old Newport Boulevard will be reconsidered at an April 16 council meeting, after one official requested a review.
April 9, 2024
A first-ever springtime festival — a traditional/modern mashup of cosplay, kimonos, sake tastings, anime and Japanese food — kicks off on April 19 at the Costa Mesa fairgrounds.
April 6, 2024
Amendments to the city’s cannabis laws represent an about-face in a process that’s so far given a green light to the industry, as council opinions shift.
April 5, 2024