Two girls critically hurt by alleged drunk driver in Santa Ana
Two 2-year-old girls are in critical condition after an alleged drunk driver drove onto a sidewalk in Santa Ana and struck nine pedestrians, police said. … Continue Reading
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — A reward fund was being set up Tuesday to help find an Orange County woman who has been missing in Hawaii since September 1st.
45 year old Nola Rebecca Thompson disappeared on the island of Kauai.
Friends and relatives said the Rancho Santa Margarita woman flew to the Hawaiian island on Aug. 28, where she was planning on spending her birthday on Aug. 31.
Orange County Dist. Atty. Tony Rackauckas has fired the man he was grooming to succeed him and, in a departure from what he promised voters earlier this year, will run for reelection in 2014.
Rackauckas had previously announced that 2010 would be his last term. Five years ago, he said the same thing about the 2006 term.
Todd Spitzer, a former assemblyman and Orange County supervisor, was at one point Rackauckas’ hand-picked successor and has worked at the prosecutor’s office since last year, moving between assignments apparently to get on-the-job experience.
From Corona del Mar Today
Harbor View’s largest student body in recent years arrived at school Tuesday morning for the first day of the new year. Camera-toting parents escorted them to class, then gathered in the school’s multi-purpose room for coffee and volunteer sign-ups.
“I couldn’t sleep because I was so excited about the first day of school,” said Principal Charlene Metoyer. “The first day has been wonderful. The children are happy, the parents are happy and the teachers are happy.”
Marc Schnell is a fixer.
Companies such as Quiksilver Inc. and Smashbox Cosmetics have hired his logistics firm to take care of problems with incoming goods. He has, to cite some examples, hired temporary workers to replace too-small snaps on a shipment of 10,000 shorts that came into a company from Asia, repair 200,000 kids’ lamps with faulty wiring and shrink-wrap thousands of individual boxes of cosmetics for distribution to exacting retailers.
But now Schnell needs a fixer himself.
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Border agents arrested 20 illegal immigrants Tuesday morning who were attempting to enter the country by sea at Calafia State Beach in San Clemente.
When the small craft the immigrants were riding in land landed, the occupants attempted to flee. Agents with the U.S. Border Patrol arrested 17 men and three women, all from Mexico.
A 36-year-old woman suffered a broken leg while jumping from the boat, according to a statement from the U.S. Border Patrol in San Diego. She was taken to a hospital for treatment. The others were taken to a Border Patrol station for processing.
No further details were immediately available, but the Associated Press said the incident occurred about 3 a.m.
COSTA MESA — Mayor Allan Mansoor and businessman Phu Nguyen, his opponent in the 68th Assembly District race, will appear at an event in Anaheim later this month hosted by an Arab American networking group.
The Network of Arab American Professionals Orange County chapter, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that brings together Arab Americans, whose professions range from the fields of law and medicine to business and engineering, will host the two politicians at a Sept. 29 mixer.
Rashad Al-Dabbagh, a NAAP board member, said the 68th Assembly District has a large Arab American community, one that comes out to vote.
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From Corona del Mar Today
The Corona del Mar Residents Association has created a survey seeking members’ opinions and knowledge about recommended changes in the city’s Zoning Code, and how those could affect the Flower Streets.
The survey, which can be found here, must be turned in by Sept. 7. The results will be tabulated by an independent research company.
Opening
French children’s clothing company Catimini opened its first Southern California boutique on Friday at South Coast Plaza. The clothes (prices range from $40 to $70) feature fun colors, prints and kid-friendly themes that changes with the seasons. You can find clothes here for babies, toddlers, boys and girls.
3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. (800) 782-8888. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.
Firefighters were gaining the upper hand Saturday night on a 10-acre fire in Yorba Linda that initially threatened homes but is now controlled, according to Orange County Fire Authority Captain Greg McKeown.
The fire was reported at about 7:50 p.m. in a residential neighborhood in the hills of Yorba Linda bordering Chino Hills State Park.
Initially, about 100 firefighters fought the blaze, but as of 9:50 p.m., the blaze had calmed and about 40 firefighters had been released.
The cause of the fire was still under investigation.
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.
CORONA DEL MAR — A Lynwood man was arrested this morning after police said he got behind the wheel drunk and, from a review of a police account, essentially played bumper cars down a Newport Beach street before coming to a stop on a front lawn.
Joshua Mario Muniz, 24, was arrested on [...]
COSTA MESA — Heather Ellis can’t help but get teary-eyed when talking about how it feels to wait while lawyers and judges argue over the fate of same-sex marriage rights in California.
“I don’t really know how to say it,” Ellis, 38, said. “It’s really odd that we have to go through this.”
Ellis and [...]
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