Newborns and teens can be treated at...

Newborns and teens can be treated at clinic

Newport-Mesa’s first after-hours, urgent-care clinic for children

opened Saturday.

UrgiKids operates from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and from

9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. It is in the Hoag Health Center

at 1190 Baker St., Suite 100 in Costa Mesa.

UrgiKids, which is staffed by pediatricians and nurse

practitioners, treats children from newborns to young adults age 18

for a variety of illnesses, including high fever, asthma, ear

infection, sinusitis and pneumonia.

It is also connected with Children’s Hospital of Orange County.

For more information, call (714) 668-2540.

Getting free answers to your water questions

Where does Newport-Mesa’s water come from? Who delivers it and

assures that it’s safe and pure? Is there any chance supplies will

run low?

Residents who want to learn the answers to these and many other

water-related questions can attend a free course offered by the

Orange County Water District.

The course, O.C. Water 101, will examine a looming global water

crisis, how water affects health, California’s water situation and

the future of water supplies in Orange County. The class will also

include discussions on high-tech solutions to alleviate water

shortages today and in the future.

Students can attend the two-hour class from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 28,

Feb. 25 or March 24. The course is at the water district’s Fountain

Valley headquarters, 10500 Ellis Ave. The class is free, but

reservations are required. For information and reservations, call

(714) 378-3217.