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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A brush fire broke out at Fairview Park in Costa Mesa and authorities say there were signs of human activity nearby.
The motel at 2205 Harbor Blvd. has sat vacant since 2022. But all that could change if the Costa Mesa Planning Commission Monday OKs a plan to develop the site into leasable single-occupancy units.
Amanda Walcott was a Newport Harbor High cheerleader in 2023 when she got a concussion that forced her to miss months of school, but also led her to create her own swimwear line, Beachside Bikinis.
Estancia High this weekend stages “Little Shop of Horrors,” the last production of the school year before a $42-million arts complex opens on the Costa Mesa campus this fall.
Forbath, 95, died Sunday night in her Mesa Verde home surrounded by family and loved ones, who noted the devout Catholic passed shortly after the death of Pope Francis in Vatican City.
Coroner’s officials released details on a man and a woman who died Wednesday in a crash involving a pedestrian and an apparent suicide on the beach, while a third person died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a local park Monday.
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.