Category: Orange County Community

Newport-Mesa Unified Candidate Kristen Seaburn Is an Advocate for Parents, Kids

September 22, 2022
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Prior to running for a seat in the upcoming Nov. 8 election for the Newport-Mesa Unified Education Board, Kristen Seaburn was an advocate for children. With two children of her own in school—including one in the district’s special education program—Seaburn said she quickly learned that she needed to fight to have her voice heard as…

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OC Vibe Hopes to Add Entertainment, Shops, Housing Around Anaheim’s Honda Center

September 22, 2022
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The Anaheim City Council will consider approving Sept. 27 a new, privately financed $4 billion OC Vibe entertainment, food, and housing project proposed by Anaheim Ducks hockey team owners Henry and Susan Samueli to be built around the Honda Center. The Samuelis’ H&S Ventures company hopes to start work at the end of this year…

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Housing Affordability, One Key Issue for Irvine City Council Candidate

September 22, 2022
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For some parents, the thought of their children returning home from college to start their adult life back in their hometown, seems an impossibility, due to the area’s high cost of living. One Irvine father hopes to change that if he is elected to the Irvine City Council in the upcoming Nov. 8 election. Scott…

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Laguna Niguel’s Stephanie Winstead: ‘An Advocate for Business Owners’

September 21, 2022
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Laguna Niguel resident Stephanie Winstead seeks one of the two open seats for city council in the upcoming Nov. 8 election. Her opponents are Melissa Caldwell, Ray Gennawey, Javad Mokhbery, Stephanie Oddo, and Jeff von Waldburg. Winstead has been active in the Laguna Niguel Chamber of Commerce, the city’s investment banking and audit committee as…

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Newport-Mesa Unified Candidate Reina Shebesta Is Ready to Serve Kids

September 21, 2022
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Reina Shebesta is a unicorn. Or so she’s been called by others for being both pro-public education and conservative. However, the candidate in the upcoming Nov. 8 election for Newport-Mesa Unified School District’s Trustee Area 5—which stretches along the majority of Newport Beach’s coast—maintains that it was 22 years of serving as a counselor at…

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Newport-Mesa Unified Candidate Michelle Barto Wants to Restart Where COVID Left Off

September 21, 2022
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Since being elected in 2018 as a trustee for the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, improving school safety and academic performance have been key concerns of Michelle Barto. But any advances in those areas, she said, were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that things are returning to normal, Barto, who has four children in the…

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Increasing Persecution Gives Way to a Need for Leaders

September 21, 2022
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Deep in the jungles of the Indian state of Odisha, a man stands on his newly rebuilt concrete balcony overlooking his neighbors in the patioed market just in front of his home in Kandhamal. It was these same neighbors who contributed to burning his home to the ground 10 years prior. “I actually have tea…

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Local Children’s Keepers and Heroes: Youth Centers of Orange

September 21, 2022
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Youth Centers of Orange in the City of Orange, California, has created a space where children and parents of all walks, including those struggling with homelessness and without needed support, have a place to turn. Founded by Edgar Garnica and Joanna Fermin, the organization does more than provide after-school care for low-income families. “We try…

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Pandemic Triggers Business Owner’s Candidacy for Laguna Niguel City Council

September 21, 2022
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Jeff von Waldburg, a business owner and 22-year resident, is running in the upcoming Nov. 8 election to fill one of the open seats from terming out Laguna Niguel city councilors. Waldburg’s opponents are Melissa Caldwell, Ray Gennawey, Javad Mokhbery, Stephanie Oddo, and Stephanie Winstead. Waldburg said he was close to moving out of state…

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Family’s Decades of Donations to Hoag Hospital Reaches $134 Million After Recent Gift

September 19, 2022
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Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has received a $106 million donation—the largest in its 70-year history—which will help fund research, expansion, and treatment capabilities. Officials announced Sept. 15 that the donation will boost the hospital’s growth, after Hoag became independent of Providence Health in January 2022 after a 10-year affiliation. According to Robert Braithwaite, president and chief…

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