Patrice Apodaca
columnist
Patrice Apodaca is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer and is coauthor of “A Boy Named Courage: A Surgeon’s Memoir of Apartheid.” She lives in Newport Beach.
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Daily Pilot columnist Patrice Apodaca was leaving a leisurely visit to Fashion Island when a stranger warned her of a shooter nearby. The incident resulted in the death by vehicle of a woman visiting from New Zealand.
July 9, 2024
The recent minor temblors in coastal O.C. triggered anxiety but also awareness of our the uncertain ground beneath our feet.
June 26, 2024
We’ve descended into a certain kind of hell, writes Daily Pilot columnist Patrice Apodaca, and there doesn’t seem to be any way out.
June 11, 2024
The conservative majority of the City Council faces a groundswell of opposition to its policies, especially its exploration of library privatization.
May 29, 2024
For many, allergy symptoms are starting earlier in the year and lasting past spring. Is a warming planet to blame?
May 15, 2024
In-person learning is crucial to student development, but chronic absenteeism remains stubbornly high since the start of the pandemic, and many students are falling behind.
May 1, 2024
The conservative majority on the Huntington Beach City Council is wresting control from library officials.
April 16, 2024
“Vaccines are the greatest public health success story of modern times,” writes Daily Pilot columnist Patrice Apodaca, but a growing number of people appear to doubt their usefulness.
April 3, 2024
Though the origins of a roughly 2.5-mile-long oil slick off the coast aren’t clear, the threat of another disaster is a call to action, writes Daily Pilot columnist Patrice Apodaca.
March 20, 2024
Modern-day seniors want to be active in the lives of their grandchildren, but they might not want to be called “Grandma” or “Grandpa.”
March 6, 2024