Winetasting to benefit diabetes research The Newport...

Winetasting to benefit diabetes research

The Newport Beach Bacchus Society is holding a winetasting July 22

to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Wines to be sampled include those from California wineries Chateau

Potelle, Peju Province and Mietz Cellars. There also will be a silent

auction.

The tasting will take place at Costa Mesa’s Park Prive, formerly

known as Mondavi Food and Wine Center. Park Prive is operated by the

Patina Group of restaurants.

“Red, Wine and Bleu” will take place from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Tickets

are $40 per person in advance and $50 at the door.

Reservations are limited. For more information, call Sam Banerjea

at (949) 394-7615 or visit https://www.bacchussociety.com.

City awards contract

to improve streets

The Costa Mesa City Council on Monday awarded a $6-million

contract to All American Asphalt to rehabilitate and improve

Placentia Avenue and 19th Street. The project also will include

sidewalk, curb and gutter repair.

The award is part of a series of improvements the city has

undertaken in Costa Mesa’s Westside. The city recently installed

underground utilities and decorative street lights. The cost of the

rehabilitation so far is about $9.6 million.

For more information on the project, contact the city’s Public

Services Department at (714) 754-5323.

Cox to lead discussion on homeland security

Rep. Chris Cox, who represents Newport Beach, will hold a briefing

and a question-and-answer session on homeland security for

individuals and businesses that deal with technology on today at UC

Irvine.

The event’s special guest will be Charles McQueary, the U.S

Department of Homeland Security’s undersecretary for science and

technology. McQueary will discuss how the department plans to foster

development of anti-terrorism technology and opportunities available

to Orange County businesses.

The briefing is scheduled from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Crystal

Cove Auditorium of the UC Irvine Student Center at the corner of West

Peltason and Pereira drives.

Energy agency promoting science

The U.S. Department of Energy and its national laboratories are

launching an initiative to promote science literacy in the nation’s

schools.

Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced Thursday a

seven-step program called Scientists Teaching and Reaching Students.

It focuses on getting students -- especially those in middle school

and girls -- interested in math and science.

The plan includes bringing kindergarten through 12th-grade

teachers and community college faculty to the department’s national

labs to work with scientists on teaching techniques. It also includes

expansion of its “Ask a Scientist” website, a yearly conference,

career day programs at schools and creation of an Office of Science

Education to implement the initiative.

More information about the initiative is available at

https://www.science.doe.gov.

College campus high school has openings

Enrollment openings are still available at Orange Coast College

Middle College High School.

The school, part of Newport-Mesa Unified School District, offers

classes to high school juniors and seniors. It operates as a regular

high school on OCC’s campus and requires students to take college

courses.

Middle College is designed for students looking for an academic

environment outside of a traditional high school setting. It has been

in operation for eight years.

More than 60 students were enrolled last year. Classroom buildings

include a 40-station computer lab and career center.

For more information about the school, call (714) 432-5732.