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The Friday protest at Main Beach was organized by a group of 20-year-olds who had left but grown up in Laguna Beach.
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On what would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday, dozens of people sang for her on the side of a bustling Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa Friday. The demonstrators said her name, and George Floyd’s name, and the names of other black men, women and children who have died at the hands of police. -
Police say the suspect, Travis Patrick White, pulled a black handgun from his backpack and held it aloft as a handful of demonstrators backed off and one took cover behind a parked car.
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The Daily Pilot’s e-newspaper includes Friday’s coverage of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley and other parts of Orange County.
The Orange County Health Care Agency reported that the county saw a single-day high in new reported cases of the coronavirus at 296. Nine new deaths due to the virus took the death toll to 174.
The sixth annual OC Brew Hee Haw wrapped up its two-day run Saturday at the Hangar at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa.
The city previously closed its City Hall on March 16. The public has not been able to attend City Council meetings in-person since March 17.
Edison senior Faith Riehm has turned into an award-winning digital artist and will continue at Azusa Pacific University.
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Senior Alyson Nguyen, who has a 4.64 grade-point average, stayed very involved during her time as a Seahawk.
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Senior Emma Marsh helped the Marina girls’ water polo team win the CIF Southern Section Division 6 title and also helped out at home.
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Senior Sophia Cendro, who was a Distinguished Oiler Award finalist, designed the Trauma for Teachers workshop with the Huntington Beach Fire Department.
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The ceremony took place in the Mariner’s Church parking lot, where faculty, staff and families watched as Pacifica Christian Orange County’s class of 2020 graduated.
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Santa Ana Unified School District held eight virtual graduation ceremonies during the past two weeks. Santa Ana High School valedictorian Priscilla Arceo presented a virtual graduation speech for both her high school and for prime-time television.
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The County of Orange census campaign, along with local businesses and nonprofits, drove through Santa Ana, one of the historically undercounted areas in the U.S. census.
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A Black Lives Matter protest was held in Fountain Valley on Thursday, a continuation of the nationwide protests that have followed the death of George Floyd.
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Meep Shows and Garden Grove High School’s Black Student Union led a crowd of approximately 4,000 people down the streets of Garden Grove in a march against police brutality.
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This year’s medical and nursing graduates will not only be starting their careers in the midst of COVID-19, but also amid mass social upheaval.
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Moved by the death of George Floyd, residents peacefully protested against police violence in Laguna Niguel and San Juan Capistrano on Wednesday afternoon.
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News and notes involving Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley and other parts of Orange County.
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There were 107 new cases reported Thursday by the Orange County Health Care Agency.
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Police had accused Amaurie Johnson of assaulting an officer and resisting arrest, but said Friday they would not seek to prosecute him.
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The single-engine Cessna 172 crashed under unknown circumstances off Highway 38 and Mill Creek Road, authorities said.
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The suit accuses the LAPD of leaving curfew violators handcuffed on buses for up to 12 hours and of using force against a disabled homeless man in downtown Los Angeles
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Chief Michel Moore faces calls for an investigation into the LAPD’s handling of protests after videos surfaced showing officers using batons and other force on unarmed protesters.
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Police say a man, a woman and an 8-month-old girl have been found dead in the living room of a Rialto home.
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San Francisco has set up a free COVID-19 testing clinic for people in the George Floyd protests to ensure they haven’t been exposed to the coronavirus.
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Santa Monica mayor, police chief face tough questions from George Floyd protesters: “You called in the National Guard!”
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Beneath the fury over George Floyd’s death lie longstanding economic inequities that have plagued California’s 2.6 million black people.
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The Galaxy released Aleksandar Katai after learning the midfielder’s wife posted racist comments to social media in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
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The union for L.A. police officers criticized Mayor Eric Garcetti on Friday for comments he made about cutting the LAPD budget.
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The suit accuses the LAPD of leaving curfew violators handcuffed on buses for up to 12 hours and of using force against a disabled homeless man in downtown Los Angeles
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California officials said that counties could begin reopening gyms, day camps, bars and some professional sports by as early as next Friday, but specifics remain unclear.
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The release comes after a six-minute bystander video of the encounter between a black man and a white police officer spread on social media.
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Protesters came out to the corner of Greenfield and Crown Valley to support the Black Lives Matter movement in Laguna Niguel
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The Daily Pilot’s e-newspaper includes Thursday’s coverage of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley and other parts of Orange County.
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The worldwide civil unrest caused by George Floyd’s death — by suffocation, as one officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes — largely did not slide into violence in Newport Beach, where four demonstrations were planned around the city Wednesday.
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The worldwide civil unrest caused by George Floyd’s death — by suffocation, as one officer knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes — largely did not slide into violence in Newport Beach, where four demonstrations were planned around the city Wednesday.
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City officials approved Tuesday an urgency ordinance making it easier for restaurants — beginning to reopen with distancing restrictions in place — to do business outside.
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Casey Wheat, a 1988 Huntington Beach High School alumnus, died Thursday. He helped the Oilers win the National Championship in ’88 under first-year coach Andy Verdone.
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Edison boys’ golf coach Brendan Patch is organizing an Orange County Boys’ Golf All-Star Senior Showcase for the Class of 2020, which had its season cut short by the coronavirus.
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Rob Wigod, the commissioner of athletics for the CIF Southern Section, says that all options are on the table to bring high school sports back for the 2020-21 school year.
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The Orange County Breakers will be one of nine World Team Tennis franchises to play at The Greenbrier resort.
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Costa Mesa resident Eric Stevens was relentless as a Cal football player. The 30-year-old battles ALS with the same approach.
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Meep Show, a community youth organization in Orange County, organized a peaceful protest in Garden Grove that attracted thousands.
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The “Irvine Bubble” is usually shielded from social controversy. But as Cessa Heard-Johnson stood in front of hundreds of protesters at the Irvine Civic Center on Wednesday, she urged the crowd to play a role in the national movement to reform the country’s justice system.
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Caleigh Cobb, 21, hoped she and her friends might be able to get 50 people out to their protest on Yorba Linda’s Main Street. Over 500 people showed up.
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Despite fears of rioting and violence, thousands of protesters marched peacefully through Anaheim Monday evening to protest the death of George Floyd.
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The protest on Monday started in La Palma Park, before protesters marched toward City Hall.
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Jayson Yasukochi writes that the death of George Floyd and the protests erupting across America should make us all reflect on racism in Orange County and create lasting change to prevent the next generation of students from having the same experience that he had.
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Akbar Hussaini and Sarah Halverson-Cano write that the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council appeals to those good officers to actively isolate and remove from ranks those who abuse their power illegally, giving everyone a bad name.
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Megan Klink and January Lopez write that this pandemic is very real, and we must all do our part to slow the spread and protect ourselves. But breast cancer does not stop in the face of a pandemic.
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Readers of the Daily Pilot share their thoughts about racism and living during the time of the coronavirus.
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Daily Pilot readers differ on the government’s response to the coronavirus.
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