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Laguna Beach fire units monitor a location on South Coast Highway between Legion and Laguna streets after an electrical vault fire caused a power outage and sent smoke into the air Sunday. The outage effected local businesses and homes in the area. The highway was reopened about 11:30 a.m. after problem was solved.
A large crowd gathers on the end of Balboa Pier to view the 63rd annual Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race under clear skies and breezy conditions. Usually boats from Newport Harbor don’t sail so close to the end of the pier, but the boat race made for a unique opportunity for the public to see the boats up close.
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Capri Paz, left, and Riley Holt turn and dash with sponges full of water as they compete in a Soak A Sponge game during the Team Kids Carnival at Harbor View School on Friday. The carnival marked the end of a month of charitable activities where kids took action on important community issues and raised more than $1,500 in the process for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Fourth-graders at Andersen School honor Cesar Chavez by picking green onions in the Incredible Edible Fields in Irvine. The vegestables are then donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank.
Andersen School fourth-grader Conner Dean crawls on his hands and knees to pick radish in honor of Cesar Chavez Day at Incredible Edible Fields in Irvine. All the pickings go to Second Harvest Food Bank. Along with radish, Dean and several of his classmates picked green onions and cauliflower.
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Sage Hill students paint their faces to promote upcoming Multicultural Fair this Saturday.
Estancia’s Cheyanne Flores takes aim and winds up another fastball en route to a shutout against Corona del Mar during Thursday’s nonleague showdown.
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Ninth-grader Max Alaghband gets into the spirit of upcoming Sage Hill Multicultural Fair by having the flags of Iran, left, and Mexico, painted on his cheeks during lunchtime. The ninth annual fair runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and includes world music, international food and entertainment for all ages.
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Corona Del Mar’s Weston Neilson hits the ball past Huntington’s Nick Iorfino, No. 16, and Andrew Tenbrink, No. 10, in the O.C. Championships at Edison High Monday.
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A California sea lion named Pablo, rests in the sun while receiving much needed rest and rehab at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach. According to center officials, many sea lions that have arrived at the center in critical condition. Volunteers are working to nurse the sea lions back to health and have seen progress with many, such as Pablo.
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A section of railroad tracks in south Orange County where two people were struck and killed by a Metrolink train Thursday is near a park that is frequented by teenagers and young adults drinking and taking drugs, a neighbor said.
“Kids are always drinking and partying down there. It’s been a problem,” said Keith Ball, [...]
Seniors participate in the Orange County Activity Directors’ Association’s 22nd Annual Senior Games at the Orange County Fairgrounds Wednesday, Sept. 8.
COSTA MESA — A graduate of Orange Coast College’s culinary arts program won first place this week in a contest in which four top chefs went up against one another to see who could create a chocolate vehicle that actually moved.
Award-winning Las Vegas pastry chef Chris Hanmer, a former resident of Costa Mesa, won $10,000 [...]
Marina High School football players practice Tuesday, Aug. 31 in preparation for the upcoming season.
Ocean View High School players practice Tuesday, Aug. 31 in preparation for the start of the season.
Project Self Sufficiency hosts a back-to-school celebration with free backpacks and school supplies at the Edison Community Center Monday, Aug. 30.
Weston Scott Kruger, a Newport Harbor High School graduate, was sentenced to 25 years to life Tuesday, and will be eligible for parole in 21 years because of credit for time already served.
The defense is planning an appeal based on certain jury instructions, including those to consider that a homicide occurred at the same time [...]
Newport Harbor High incoming senior Tracy Beblie won the 11th annual Safe Passage Summer Junior Open tennis tournament Thursday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, beating Jake Hoeger of Redondo Beach, 6-0, 6-4 in the final.
Beblie had knocked off No. 1-seeded Anthony Lee of Gardena in a semifinal, 6-0, 6-2.
Beblie, who played No. 1 [...]
Oktoberfest at the Old World Village in Huntington Beach will start on Sept. 5 and run through Oct. 31 on Wednesdays through Sundays.
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