Eric Licas
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Eric Licas is a former crime and public safety reporter for the Daily Pilot. He previously spent four years as a staff writer with the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. He has been on the ground to cover active wildfires, civil unrest and mass shootings. He was born in the Philippines, raised in the San Fernando Valley and is a Cal State Northridge alumnus.
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City officials say the 1940s-vintage buildings at the Balboa Yacht Basin have reached the end of their useful lives. The city has agreed to open negotiations for rehabilitation there with Burnham-Ward Properties.
July 25, 2024
Members of the Newport Beach City Council, tasked with zoning for ample affordable housing, decided this week not to ask voters to weigh in on related amendments to the city’s general plan.
July 24, 2024
The 2024 edition of the Orange County Fair got underway Friday at the fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, where visitors found both new and familiar attractions.
July 19, 2024
Commissioners opposed a proposed apartment complex near JWA, saying residents would be subject to too much airplane noise. The Newport Beach City Council overruled them.
July 17, 2024
Environmental charter amendment criticized as thinly-veiled attempt by Huntington Beach to fight state housing mandates added to November ballot by City Council’s conservative majority.
July 10, 2024
The parents of Rosenda “Rose” Smiley gathered with friends and relatives Saturday night in Newport Beach to mourn her loss. She was struck and killed at the site of the vigil May 25 by an alleged DUI driver.
June 2, 2024
Orange County-based Oceans Church plays host to the local Baptize California event at Huntington State Beach, featuring Christian rock, sermons and a lot of baptisms.
May 22, 2024
Daniele Piomelli of UC Irvine’s Center for the Study of Cannabis notes that millions of people across the U.S. suffer from conditions that might benefit from treatment with psychedelic drugs.
July 8, 2023
Tim “Skipper” Bercovitz made it his mission to teach as many people as he could to sail, and welcomed practically everyone aboard his prized 40-foot wooden ketch, Fairwind.
July 7, 2023
Preliminary investigation suggests a silver car went into an intersection against a red light and was hit by a gray SUV, police said.
July 6, 2023