Category: Orange County Community

Costa Mesa Receives $3.2 Million to Construct Café at Skate Park

The City of Costa Mesa will receive $3.2 million in funds from Orange County’s American Rescue Plan Act, created to help state and local governments recover from COVID-19. The money will be used to construct a café in the city’s Lions Park as well as expand the city’s skate park. Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley…


Costa Mesa Receives $3.2 Million to Construct Café and Upgrade Skate Park

The City of Costa Mesa will receive $3.2 million in funds from Orange County’s American Rescue Plan Act, created to help state and local governments recover from COVID-19. The money will be used to construct a café in the city’s Lions Park as well as expand the city’s skate park. Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley…


Placentia Approved to Build Senior Community Center in Tri-City Regional Park

The City of Placentia is set to build and operate a 35,000-square-foot senior community center in Orange County’s Tri-City Regional Park, after receiving approval Dec. 6 from the Orange County Board of Supervisors. The community center will be located on the park’s northeast corner at 2301 N. Kraemer Boulevard. Placentia Councilwoman Rhonda Shader told The…


Local Nonprofit Raises Over $3 Million For Newport Beach Animal Shelter

A new Newport Beach animal shelter will open next spring thanks to the fundraising efforts by the Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter, according to recently-elected Newport Beach City Councilor Robyn Grant. Funding for the new $3 million facility, which will be adjacent to the city’s current animal shelter on Riverside Drive, was exclusively from…


City of Orange Kicks Off Holiday Celebrations

ORANGE, Calif.—As thousands of people gathered around a 90-foot Christmas tree in Old Towne, the holiday spirit came into full effect Dec. 4, accompanied by carolers and orchestral musicians. “We are going to ask the audience to sing along with us on this one,” conductor Michael Short told the crowd as the band softly began…


Seal Beach Celebrates 44th Annual Christmas Parade

SEAL BEACH, Calif.—Stretching along Main Street, thousands gathered Dec. 3 to view an array of lights, decorated cars, and those dressed in Christmas themed outfits while watching the 44th Annual Seal Beach Christmas Parade. Produced by the Seal Beach Lions Club, the theme for this year’s parade was “Christmas Under the Sea.” True to form,…


Nixon Library Honors Military Heroes in Annual Decorating of Christmas Tree Ceremony

The Richard Nixon Library and Museum hosted its 12th annual “Hometown Heroes” ceremony Dec. 4, where ornaments with personalized dog tags honoring fallen service members were hung on its Christmas tree. Kathleen York, of Twin Peaks, CA, attended to honor her late son-in-law, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Patrick Lee Wade, who was deployed in…


Orange County Goes Democrat

Commentary For the first time in more than four decades, Democrats hold a majority on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, 3-2. Trending “purple” for the last two decades, OC now is moving directly into “blue” territory, the “red” increasingly being left behind. That’s after Supervisor Katrina Foley won reelection against former state Sen. Pat…


Orange County Board of Supervisors Goes Democrat

Commentary For the first time in more than four decades, Democrats hold a majority on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, 3-2. Trending “purple” for the last two decades, OC now is moving directly into “blue” territory, the “red” increasingly being left behind. That’s after Supervisor Katrina Foley won reelection against former state Sen. Pat…


Southern Californian Remembers Life as a Pan Am Stewardess in Vietnam

Renée Chenette, who lives in Laguna Beach, California, was a young 24-year-old Pan Am stewardess the first time she landed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in 1972. The flight attendant, who grew up just outside of Paris, flew for the airline for 17 years between 1970 and 1987—but it’s the flights into and out…