Category: Costa Mesa

Costa Mesa to Consider Lifting Mask Mandate

Costa Mesa officials are scheduled to consider lifting the city’s mask mandate and following the state’s relaxed guidelines that allow fully vaccinated individuals to go without face coverings in most indoor settings. The Costa Mesa City Council will ponder the decision during its June 1 meeting, more than a year after the mandate was first…


DA Spitzer Warns Boy’s Killer to Turn Himself In

SANTA ANA—Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued a stern warning May 27 to a pair of unidentified suspects sought in the road- rage shooting death of a 6-year-old boy on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway in Orange, as the reward posted in the case swelled to $310,000. At a news conference in Orange, the…


Costa Mesa School Targeted by Vandals

Smashed windows and damaged computers were among the toll vandals took on a Costa Mesa, Calif. elementary school. Staff arrived at Whittier Elementary School May 24 to find windows that appeared to have been smashed with fire extinguishers, and graffiti spray painted on walls. Carpets were damaged, and furniture was toppled over, a Newport-Mesa Unified…


Rebuilding the ‘Orange Curtain’: Republicans Retrench in Southern California

Orange County conservatives are returning to their grassroots under the banner of a group President Ronald Reagan often called “the conscience of the Republican Party.” New California Republican Assembly (CRA) chapters are forming in Orange, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and San Clemente/Dana Point. Costa Mesa Republican Assembly (CMRA) President Jennye Bigelow told The Epoch Times…


Anaheim Considers Hourly Wage Increase for Some Workers

Anaheim, Calif. is the latest Orange County city to consider hazard pay—also known as “hero pay”—for certain employees. City council will discuss during its May 11 meeting the possibility of a temporary pay hike of $3 to $5 per hour for grocery, retail, and drug store workers. “While we celebrate [our essential workers] and thank them, what they really need is support in their wages,” Councilmember Jose Moreno,…


Costa Mesa Opens its Doors to Legal Dispensaries

Costa Mesa city council on May 4 legalized retail cannabis sales and delivery. It voted 5–2 to implement its cannabis ordinance, Measure Q, establishing minimum operating requirements and implementing a seven percent tax on cannabis retail businesses. “I am very comfortable [with the ordinance],” Mayor John Stephens said during the meeting. “Out of humility, I said it’s not perfect, and that’s probably…


Costa Mesa Advances Plans for Retail Cannabis Sales 

Costa Mesa is advancing the execution of a law allowing retail cannabis sales and delivery. Council during its most recent meeting voted 5-2 to move forward with the implementation of its cannabis ordinance, Measure Q, by establishing minimum operating requirements and developing standards to tax and regulate cannabis dispensaries and deliveries. “We can create something…


Spreading Kindness: From Pizza Box Beginning to Big Idea  

For Costa Mesa High School junior, Rebekah Robeck, kindness is more than a concept, it’s a way of living each day, and she’s made it her mission to spread her good-natured message to schools all over the state. As on-campus classes resume in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District April 26, plans are being set to…


Shooting at Costa Mesa Mall Prompts Investigation

Costa Mesa police are searching for a gunman who opened fire inside the parking structure of Costa Mesa’s Triangle Square shopping mall. The shooting happened April 18 about 1:42 a.m., after a fight broke out on the second floor of the structure, Costa Mesa Police Spokeswoman Roxi Fayad told The Epoch Times. Police said the…


Police Warn Against Catalytic Converter Thefts

Orange County police are again reminding the public to secure their vehicles as they continue to see a rise in catalytic converter thefts. Costa Mesa police most recently arrested two men early April 15 who they said were caught stealing a catalytic converter on the 2600 block of Newport Boulevard. Lying underneath the body of…