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Estancia High this weekend stages “Little Shop of Horrors,” the last production of the school year before a $42-million arts complex opens on the Costa Mesa campus this fall.
Forbath, 95, died early Monday in her Mesa Verde home surrounded by family and loved ones, who noted the devout Catholic passed shortly after the death of Pope Francis in Vatican City.
Coroner’s officials released details on a man and a woman who died Wednesday in a crash involving a pedestrian and an apparent suicide on the beach, while a third person died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a local park Monday.
Officials overturned commission approval of a dispensary at 1912 Harbor Blvd., citing an over-proliferation of shops in the area and accusations from a property owner about the applicant’s moral character.
The Laguna Beach resident said she will stay at OCMA until Dec. 31, at which point she will focus on her media company HZ Inc. and its “About Art” podcast.
A 45-year-old Stanton man was struck by a vehicle near Beach Boulevard and Talbert Avenue near midnight Wednesday. Seven hours later, a woman was found dead on the beach from what police believe is a suicide.
Citing a “business decision,” the Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce revoked an “Excellence in Healthcare & Innovation” award intended for Planned Parenthood in January. Last week, Irvine City Council members presented their own recognition.
City leaders agreed in 2021 to dedicate one-half cent of the 7-cent-per-dollar retail cannabis tax toward implementing an Arts & Culture Master Plan. Now, the relatively modest sum is the primary source of funding for arts programming — and it’s coming up short.
Since 1956, Gisler Avenue’s west end has been eyed by for a road bridge to Huntington Beach’s Garfield Avenue. But after decades of local pushback, the idea could be scrubbed from OCTA’s highway master plan.
Timed to coincide with Costa Mesa’s annual Earth Day celebration on April 26, the four-day challenge asks participants to record observations of wild animals and plants via smartphone app from April 25 through 28.
