Sara Cardine covers the city of Costa Mesa for the Daily Pilot. She comes from the La Cañada Valley Sun, where she spent six years as the news reporter covering La Cañada Flintridge and recently 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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Costa Mesa officials announced Friday the Las Vegas Raiders may train this summer at the Jack Hammett Sports Complex, vacated last year when the Los Angeles Chargers moved their headquarters to El Segundo.
May 3, 2024
Nsight opened in 2015, before a city law required a 650-foot buffer between group homes. Later, after waiting years for a permit, other facilities opened and Nsight was denied, triggering a years-long legal battle.
May 2, 2024
Regional history buffs and friends John Moorlach and Chris Epting combine their talents as co-hosts of the quirky, fact-finding show “OC History Hunters,” airing on KLCS-TV.
April 27, 2024
Andy’s Orchids in Encinitas, operated by orchid whisperer Andy Phillips, is mostly closed to the public. But this weekend, hundreds of species are on full display at South Coast Plaza.
April 26, 2024
Local equestrians stood outside Costa Mesa City Hall Thursday to protest Equestrian Center rent hikes and urge fairgrounds officials to include them in future plans for the Ranch.
April 25, 2024
Adapting lines from John Denver hit “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” John Stephens found a theme of belonging, encouraging local business leaders and citizens to sing along.
April 24, 2024
Costa Mesa police are investigating two collisions Saturday and Monday that hospitalized two, displaced a tenant from his apartment and led to the death of one driver.
April 22, 2024
The Costa Mesa City Council Tuesday approved a five-year $480,000 annual contact with the nonprofit Priceless Pets, requiring the group to lease a local facility and open to the public.
April 19, 2024
Organized in Orange County by Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary, Living Information For Today (LIFT) helps widows and widowers rebuild social connections after a loss.
April 19, 2024
After arduously drafting plans to fulfill planners’ visions of a pedestrian- and bike-friendly site on Old Newport Boulevard, the chain’s hopes for a second drive-through almost went down in flames.
April 18, 2024