Around Town: Costa Mesa family dress as Winnie the Pooh and friends to stay warm for Rose Parade

For one Costa Mesa family camped on Colorado Boulevard on New Year’s Eve, staying warm overnight meant wearing Winnie the Pooh-themed onesies.

Ana Rosete was dressed as Pooh, her pajama hood pulled over her long hair. Her husband, Daniel Camacho, bounced around as Tigger. Their daughters Desiree Camacho, 19, and Diana Camacho, 16, were Eeyore and Piglet, respectively. But this Eeyore and Piglet kept their toes warm with Ugg boots.

The family camped on air mattresses and got a lot of smiles from passersby who liked their jammies, which they wore for Christmas too. It was a fun change from having to doll up with perfect hair and makeup, Rosete said.

The last time they camped for the Rose Parade was a decade ago, when the kids were small. It reminded her of that time, she said.

The family staked out their spot at 11:30 a.m. Sunday and kept entertained with a Disney-themed Monopoly game and a deck of cards.

— Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times

Bride World Expo returns to O.C. fairgrounds Saturday

Bride World Expo — a bridal show with an array of vendors, seminars and other wedding-centric offerings — returns Saturday to the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

The expo will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive. Vehicles can enter through Gate 10 off Newport Boulevard.

Online tickets cost $6. General admission is $12 at the door and free for children 12 and younger. Parking is $8.

For more information, visit brideworld.com.

Day of the Kings festivities set at Segerstrom Center

The Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa will host a Dia de los Reyes, or Day of the Kings, celebration Saturday at its Julianne and George Argyros Plaza.

The free event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., will feature live music, kings’ cake, food trucks, a parade and performances by Santa Ana High School’s mariachi, choir and theater ensemble.

Dia de los Reyes represents the day the three wise men gave gifts to Jesus.

The Segerstrom Center is at 600 Town Center Drive.

Winter Fest presents Three Kings’ Day parade

The community is invited to attend Winter Fest’s Three Kings’ Day parade Saturday at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

The event, at 88 Fair Drive, will include food and a traditional parade with a live camel at 5:30 p.m. Entertainment and camel viewing will take place all day.

Winter Fest, which began Dec. 21, will end Sunday. Tickets start at $10 and are available at winterfestoc.com.

Basketball clinic Saturday at Estancia High School

Estancia High School is hosting a basketball clinic Saturday to help raise funds for Costa Mesa resident Wes Kahkosko, who is battling Stage 4 colon cancer.

The clinic, which runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., is open to boys and girls in third through eighth grade. Students must bring their own basketballs. Admission is $30, and all proceeds will go the family.

Estancia High is at 2323 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa. To register, email fight4wes@gmail.com or call (714) 785-9095.

Newport fire chief to discuss wildfires and disaster preparedness

Newport Beach Fire Chief Chip Duncan will discuss California’s recent catastrophic wildfires and how Newport is prepared for natural disasters when he speaks Jan. 11 at the Good Morning Corona del Mar discussion group.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will run from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, 1601 Bayside Drive.

H.B. school gets $1,500 grant for campus garden

Lake View Elementary School in Huntington Beach has been awarded a $1,500 grant for a new school garden from Irvine-based nonprofit Western Growers.

With campus gardens, students can learn the “science of how seeds become salads, the engineering behind farm equipment and the math to calculate how much water is needed,” according to a news release.

The school is one of 20 in California and Arizona that received the grant.

Brunch to celebrate Laguna Beach Patriots Day Parade honorees

A brunch celebrating Laguna Beach’s Patriots Day Parade honorees will be held Feb. 4 at Tivoli Terrace.

The brunch will be from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at 650 Laguna Canyon Road. Reservations can be made by Jan. 22. The cost is $30 per person.

For more information, email shworthy@cox.net or call (949) 494-6016.

The honorees for the March 3 parade are Gloria Fickling, grand marshal; George Ciampa, honored patriot; Heidi Miller, citizen of the year; Marisa Schatz and Joseph Ravenna, junior citizens; Laguna Art Museum, artist of the year; and Laguna Beach Water Polo Foundation Girls Junior Olympics champions, athletes of the year.