Alternatives for improving the 405

The Orange County Transportation Authority will hold an open house to

present four alternatives for improving the San Diego (405) Freeway

corridor.

Residents and business owners who live near the freeway or who

have an interest are invited to attend any of six open houses.

Engineers and other employees will be on hand to talk about

recommended improvements and listen to recommendations.

The Costa Mesa open house will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday

in the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center Victoria Room at 1845

Park Ave. Others are being held in Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley,

Seal Beach, Westminster and Rossmoor.

For more information, go to https://www.octa.net/405MIS.asp.

Shellfish quarantine begins Sunday

The Orange County Health Care Agency announced the state’s Annual

Mussel Quarantine is set to begin Sunday. Harvesting mussels for

human consumption will be illegal along the entire coast of

California through October 31. The ban includes all bays and inlets.

From 1927 to 2004, 521 people have died in California from

paralytic shellfish poisoning, according to a the health care agency.

Mussels are potentially more hazardous than other shellfish. Cooking

is not an effective safeguard against poisoning.

Art sale to benefit education

Local community and business leaders will gather tonight for an

art sale to benefit Orange County’s Hispanic Education Endowment

Fund.

The sale, featuring paintings and sculptures by renowned artist

Victor Hugo Zayas, will take place at the Pacific Club, 4110

MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach, from 6 to 9 p.m. The funds will go to

benefit Hispanic students with an interest in pursuing arts careers.