Costa Mesa police arrest 19-year-old Huntington Beach man on suspicion of murder

The 2025 Queen, Nicole Vogt, selected a “Mellow Yellow” rose to be planted in her honor at City Hall.

In a ceremony Thursday at the school’s Jim Scott stadium, 243 graduating seniors were cheered on from the sidelines by loved ones as they received their diplomas and were recognized for special achievements.

Seventeen students enrolled in the Monte Vista independent study program, part of Newport-Mesa Unified School District, celebrated with family and friends during the program’s second graduation ceremony Thursday.

Costa Mesa High School’s graduating seniors ed the last four years together during the school’s 63rd Commencement.

The Newport Beach City Council gave initial approval of the tentative agreement on May 27, which paves the way for 12% pay raises through the life of the contract. A second vote is scheduled for June 10.

Siblings James, Audrey and Sadie Wilcox will run Sound Spectrum, which has served the Laguna Beach community since 1967.

Coming from a family of academic record holders, San Juan Capistrano resident Tycho Elling, 14, has earned his bachelor’s degree from UC Irvine and plans to attend USC in the fall to earn a doctorate.

The Orange County chapter of Community Associations Institute broke ground Thursday on an outdoor project at Bishop Manor.

Five works from the Hilbert Collection will be featured in the Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters, part of the annual Festival of Arts, this year.

The Tustin restaurant offers flame-grilled burgers influenced by the street food traditions of South Asia.

ed nurses represented by SEIU Local 121RN ratified their-first ever contract bargaining agreement with the hospital, which raises pay 19% over four years and outlines new safety measures.

Letters to the editor of the Daily Pilot, this week from writers in Irvine, Huntington Beach, Balboa Island and Newport Beach.