Around Town: Mariners Church to host egg hunt, Easter services
Mariners Church in Irvine will host several Good Friday and Easter services and events Friday through Sunday.
In celebration of Good Friday, services will be held at noon and 3, 4:30, 6 and 7:30 p.m. Friday. Saturday services will be held at 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. Easter Sunday services will be at 8:15, 9:45 and 11:30 a.m.
In addition to the services, children will be able to search for 50,000 candy-filled Easter eggs during two free Egg Scrambles on Saturday at 2:45 and 6:45 p.m. The church will provide flashlights for the evening hunt.
Separate egg hunts will be held for children ages 1 to 4 and age 5 to fifth grade.
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Mesa Verde public-safety meeting Wednesday
Mesa Verde Community Inc. will present a public-safety meeting Wednesday evening featuring Costa Mesa Police Chief Rob Sharpnack.
Sharpnack will discuss ways to improve home and neighborhood safety.
Newport-Mesa Unified School District Trustee Vicki Snell also will be among the speakers.
The meeting will be held at United Methodist Church, 1701 Baker St., Costa Mesa. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with the presentation starting at 7.
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Short-term rental policy to be discussed
Short-term rentals in Newport Beach will be the topic of a community meeting Wednesday evening.
In light of substantial growth of the short-term lodging market spurred partly by the popularity of online platforms such as Airbnb and Vacation Rentals By Owner, city officials are asking residents to weigh in on the city’s current regulations.
The discussion will center on the growth of the industry and its effects on Newport residents.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center Community Room, 100 Civic Center Drive.
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Charter school named after Newport’s Henry and Susan Samueli
A public charter school in Santa Ana will name its campus after Newport Beach residents Henry and Susan Samueli for their financial contributions to the school.
The capital campaign to build the first phase of the Samueli Academy is complete, with $25 million raised.
A total of 189 gifts were received, including from the Samueli Foundation based in Corona del Mar.
The campaign for the first phase included the purchase of the school’s land, building the infrastructure, constructing a 30,000-square-foot academic building and opening a community center for school activities.
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Vanguard to use $50,000 grant for international collaboration
Vanguard University in Costa Mesa will use a $50,000 grant from the U.S. State Department to help women in higher education through a collaboration with Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, Iraq.
Vanguard’s Global Center for Women & Justice will lead the initiative. The goal is to build a working group within the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education to increase the number of women in higher education.
“We’re standing with the scholars of Iraq to ensure women’s voices are a part of education leadership to improve opportunities for all students,” Sandra Morgan, the global center’s director, said in a statement.
Vanguard will offer training workshops in July to seven students from Al-Mustansiriya University.