INSIDE SCOOP
WHERE’S THE SPIRIT?
A search to find one block or neighborhood completely lit up with
Christmas lights in Newport-Mesa may have failed for one Daily Pilot
reporter.
Reporter Greg Risling has been looking for the past several days for a
neighborhood that shows the Christmas spirit, Las Vegas-style. But after
driving around at nighttime looking for a possible story candidate, none
was found.
Newport may have its boat parade, but the Pilot is looking for a
neighborhood that puts forth a group effort during the holidays by making
the streets bright. Call the Pilot if you think your neighborhood
qualifies.
DOWN TO THE WIRE
If you dared venturing to South Coast Plaza this past weekend, you would
have been hard-pressed to find a parking spot. From dawn to dusk, drivers
jockeyed for a coveted space anywhere remotely near the shopping mall.
Most had to park over at Metro Pointe and hike over to South Coast Plaza,
prompting one irate motorist to scream “Bah Humbug!” at the top of his
lungs. Rumor has it, he is still waiting for a parking spot.
GOOD NEWS TO E.R.
Jason Hoffman of Newport Beach proposed to longtime girlfriend and
Daily Pilot news assistant Amy Spurgeon Friday at their apartment. Before
accepting, she insisted he ask her father first. Caught up in the moment,
he hastily paged her father, Lincoln Spurgeon, to seal the deal. It turns
out Linc -- who is Chief of Internal Medicine at Kaiser Permanente in
Anaheim -- was in the middle of working with patients in the emergency
room. He gave Hoffman his blessing, but said he’d have to call back to
chat at a more convenient time.
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