As Newport Beach backs out of shelter agreement, Costa Mesa looks to city of Irvine

The city-wide dining event kicked off with wine and bites at Porsche Newport Beach

Fairview-La Brea property owners voted to form a utility underground assessment district that will remove 29 utility poles and 3,500 linear feet of overhead power lines in northern Laguna Beach.

With the official filing period still months away, 10 Costa Mesans have filed statements of interest for four open seats on the City Council in November, including that of mayor.

Casagrande writes that using the correct adverb to modify a verb can often be a swing and miss — just like in baseball.

Apodaca writes that a lack of access to medical care, school dropout rates, drug overdoses, child abuse, and chronic hunger are a major problem for some Orange County residents.

Hundreds of volunteers signed up over the three-day casting call event in hopes of getting to be in this year’s Pageant of the Masters production, “The Greatest of All Time.”

A “Cookie Kickoff” was held Sunday in advance of the selling window, which begins on Jan. 25.

Self-collection HPV testing is now available at all nine PPOSBC’s health centers

The Tony-nominated Broadway musical comes to Segerstrom Center Jan. 27 to Feb. 8. It’s directed by Michael Greif and Schele Williams, with book by Bekah Brunstetter.

On the city and residents’ wish list for more than a decade — and following a land purchase, master plan, designs and grants — improvements at the aging eastside park could finally be done by March.

Michael Gates, who served as Huntington Beach’s city attorney for more than a decade and briefly in the U.S. Dept. of Justice, announced his candidacy at an event Wednesday morning.

After criticisms of one of artist April Bey’s works on display at John Wayne Airport were aired at a meeting of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, board members called for more oversight of works chosen for public exhibits.