Sara Cardine covers the city of Costa Mesa for the Daily Pilot. She came from the La Cañada Valley Sun, where she spent six years as the news reporter covering La Cañada Flintridge and 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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City leaders took a look at the spending plan Tuesday, considering a proposal that comes in $13.1 million higher than this year’s adopted budget but is balanced by strong projected revenue.
Costa Mesa’s Harbor Lawn-Mt. Olive Memorial Park and Mortuary set the scene Thursday for “Forget-Me-Nots for Mom,” a class and fundraiser for Orange County’s Alzheimer’s Assn.
Arts commissioners hope to change the fact a modest cannabis tax fund is the only source of revenue for the city’s cultural ambitions. But is it already too late for 2026-27?
As Artemis II revives interest in moon exploration, lunar history is repeating itself at Costa Mesa’s Moon Park, where some wish to remove a 30-foot-diameter moonscape. A similar mission failed in 1996.
Officials learned Tuesday the city is on track to bring in $7 million more in revenue by June 30 than forecast. But that’s exactly how much is needed to keep up with a rash of unbudgeted spending, mainly by CMPD.
Opened by the younger Carlos Perez in 2022, the Bristol Street bagel shop’s 72-hour fermented sourdough bagels are a far cry from Shirley’s Bagels, where he grew up and learned the basics of breadmaking.
Taking effect in the 2026-27 school year, the policy prohibits any student from possessing or riding e-motorcyles, which can travel speeds in excess of 28 mph.
Sen. Tom Umberg’s bid to audit the Orange County Board of Education’s charter school approvals, pandemic-era recommendations and history of litigation was granted by a bipartisan legislative committee last week.
Baycrest Caps & Corks, open since 1952 and run by one Costa Mesa family for the last 28 years, closed on March 31 after a new property owner refused to continue the lease.
From bubbles to butterflies, the county fairgrounds event entertained audiences with exhibits, games and experiments designed to get kids thinking about the world around them.