Category: Orange County Community

Mallard Duck Shot With Mini Crossbow Gun Gets 2nd Chance at Life

COSTA MESA, Calif.—Following its four-week recovery after being shot in the neck, a mallard duck was released back into the wild April 28 at TeWinkle Park by the wildlife rehabbers that saved its life. According to Newport Beach Police, the duck had been shot in the neck and cheek with a mini crossbow gun and…


University of California–Irvine to Construct Nation’s First All-Electric Hospital by 2025

The University of California–Irvine is set to finish construction on a new health center—fully electric and solar-powered with diesel fuel generator backups—by 2025. It will be the first all-electric hospital in the country. “UCI Health is building the next chapter of healthcare in Orange County,” UCI Health CEO Chad. T. Lefteris said in a 2021…


How Much Dirty Power Is Hidden in OCPA’s Renewable Energy Options?

Commentary All four of Orange County Power Authority’s (OCPA) audits failed to identify and examine the central question surrounding the Southern California agency—how much dirty power is hidden in its renewable energy products? That shortcoming is now playing out as OCPA leadership plays hide-the-ball with an inquiring public. Promises of transparency following the recent termination…


International Competition Places Orange County Pizza Chef as One of World’s Best

An Orange County restauranter has won 5th place in the United States’ largest pizza competition held in Las Vegas in March. Pizzaiolo Landon Pietrini of Los Alamitos’ Pietrini Pizza Napoletana restaurant took home the award for his Margherita Pizza competing against 71 other chefs in his division at the STG Neapolitan Pizza Competition March 30….


Orange County Women Honored at 6th Annual ‘Women of the Year’ Awards

Over 80 Orange County women were recognized for their contribution to the local community on April 22 at the sixth annual “Women of the Year” awards at Chapman University in Orange, California. Each year, community members nominate friends, co-works, mothers, sisters, and neighbors for the award. More than 400 guests attended the ceremony this year…


Knott’s Berry Farm to Reinstate Chaperone Policy

BUENA PARK, Calif.—Knott’s Berry Farm will reinstate a chaperone policy this weekend, requiring visitors aged 15 and younger to be accompanied by an adult. The park imposed a chaperone policy last summer in response to a melee that erupted among teens at the park in July. That policy, which applied to people aged 17 and…


Dana Point Film Festival to Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Town’s Surf Film

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the film “The Endless Summer” shot in Dana Point, the city’s film festival will screen the surf flick May 5 at Salt Creek Beach Park, where the film’s famous promo poster was photographed. The surf documentary, directed by Bruce Brown was filmed in 1963 and followed surfers Mike Hynson and…


Costa Mesa Republican and Iranian Activist Runs for CA Assembly

Hengameh “Henny” Abraham is running for Assembly District 73 in the 2024 Primary Election to represent Irvine, Costa Mesa, and Tustin. Abraham, 36, was the campaign manager for former Republican Assemblyman Steven Choi, who lost the seat last year to Democrat incumbent Cottie Petrie-Norris. Over the past several months, Abraham has formed a group of…


Orange County Apartment Prices Soften After Decade of Increases

The price to rent an apartment in Orange County is on the decline, according to industry research firm CoStar Group, following steep increases over the past decade. Statistics show prices across the county peaking in August 2022 at approximately $2.97 per square foot before gradually beginning to fall. The downward trend accelerated in October, and…


Wildflowers Blossom at Peters Canyon Regional Park

TUSTIN, Calif.—Hiking trails along Peters Canyon Regional Park are filled with colorful arrays of wildflowers brought by intermittent rainstorms of California’s winter season. “The strong showing of wildflowers this year is due to the recent heavy rainfall, in which the rain triggers wildflower seeds to germinate,” OC Parks Resource Specialist Kelley Brugmann told The Epoch Times. “Peters…