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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Officials overturned commission approval of a dispensary at 1912 Harbor Blvd., citing an over-proliferation of shops in the area and accusations from a property owner about the applicant’s moral character.
The Laguna Beach resident said she will stay at OCMA until Dec. 31, at which point she will focus on her media company HZ Inc. and its “About Art” podcast.
A 45-year-old Stanton man was struck by a vehicle near Beach Boulevard and Talbert Avenue near midnight Wednesday. Seven hours later, a woman was found dead on the beach from what police believe is a suicide.
Citing a “business decision,” the Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce revoked an “Excellence in Healthcare & Innovation” award intended for Planned Parenthood in January. Last week, Irvine City Council members presented their own recognition.
City leaders agreed in 2021 to dedicate one-half cent of the 7-cent-per-dollar retail cannabis tax toward implementing an Arts & Culture Master Plan. Now, the relatively modest sum is the primary source of funding for arts programming — and it’s coming up short.
Since 1956, Gisler Avenue’s west end has been eyed by for a road bridge to Huntington Beach’s Garfield Avenue. But after decades of local pushback, the idea could be scrubbed from OCTA’s highway master plan.
Timed to coincide with Costa Mesa’s annual Earth Day celebration on April 26, the four-day challenge asks participants to record observations of wild animals and plants via smartphone app from April 25 through 28.
In a career spanning six decades, Patrick O’Donnell photographed U.S. presidents, from Lyndon B. Johnson to Joe Biden, and chronicled life in Orange County. He died March 27, at 83, in his Fountain Valley home.
Justin Van Schoick, who’s owned Costa Mesa’s first Chick-fil-A on Harbor Boulevard since 2018, celebrated the grand opening Thursday of a long-awaited second store at 1670 Newport Blvd.
Costa Mesa officials Tuesday approved a $1.78-million contract with Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects LLC for construction management while the 1966 facility is renovated, which could take two years.