Developer breaks ground on Great Park homes

By Sarah Peters

IRVINE — Standing on a grassy hilltop overlooking the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, filled with overgrown fields and...

Fair Board to look for new chief

By Joseph Serna

COSTA MESA — The Orange County Fair Board decided Thursday to begin a nationwide, 45-day search for its next chief executive.

By Mona Shadia

A relative of Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad, who has been an outspoken critic of the regime's brutal crackdown on protesters, is scheduled...

By Mike Reicher

NEWPORT BEACH — As the city embarks on dredging long-neglected areas of the harbor, required federal funding and approvals may not...

By Lauren Williams

NEWPORT BEACH — At the base of Spyglass Hill, past the mortuary, sits a 20-acre reservoir filled with enough water to supply the...

By Mike Reicher

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Corona del Mar Today: Five Crowns' marketing manager to retire By Amy Senk Five Crowns' longtime marketing manager Margo Brask will retire on Feb. 2 — 46 years after she began working at the Corona del Mar...	On Faith: An obligation to live and speak the truth By Msgr. Wilbur Davis Years ago, while I was visiting a South American city's cathedral at a time when the country was under a brutal military regime, I overheard...
Apodaca: Serendipity saves a young life By Patrice Apodaca This is a story about a family crisis, medical professionals who showed the care and professionalism we all desire but don't always see, and...	Classically Trained: Making music to a silent film By Bradley Zint The university where he teaches once dubbed him the "man who found the rock in Bach."

Irvine among honorees in environmental contest The Orange County Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council named Anaheim the winner of its inaugural sustainable cities contest Thursday....	Society files lawsuit against Fair Board COSTA MESA — A grass-roots group wants a court order to stop the Orange County Fairgrounds from remodeling the Pacific Amphitheatre.
Costa Mesa firm in fight for RDA funds A Costa Mesa-based law firm on Feb. 1 is representing a coalition of cities hoping to block the December decision to dissolve the state's...	Daigle requests for Newport to reexamine 19th Street Bridge Despite passionate public outcry from Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa residents about revived talks of the proposed 19th Street Bridge,...

Water district hosts study group By Sarah Peters COSTA MESA — Mesa Consolidated Water District officials are looking for a few good water ambassadors.	Off to a good running start By Britney Barnes NEWPORT BEACH — The kindergartners began the event with cheers and big smiles on their cute-as-a-button faces.
State data: OCC transfers most students By Britney Barnes COSTA MESA — Despite budget cuts, fewer class offerings and an influx of students, Orange Coast College set a record last year for...	Scientist say 'party atmosphere' gives clue to galaxy creation By Joseph Serna A team of astronomers that includes a leading UC Irvine scientist has found a missing link that shows how the universe's most active star-...

Police: Man sold iPhone boxes filled with tiles A San Marcos man was arrested on suspicion of selling iPhone boxes stuffed with tiles to unsuspecting customers he met on Craigslist, police...	Teacher gets 8 years for molesting two girls An Irvine man was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for molesting one of his students and a girl at Walmart.
Cement truck rolls on 405 near Sand Canyon An overturned cement truck slowed traffic on the San Diego (405) Freeway in Irvine on Thursday, authorities said.	SUV hits light pole, blows out transformer An SUV driven by an alleged drunk driver in Costa Mesa on Thursday night struck a light pole, which sheared it and also blew out a nearby...

Valhalla Table restaurant closes at the Camp COSTA MESA — Gourmet sausage and Belgian-style French fry restaurant Valhalla Table closed in the Camp earlier this month.	Hurley, Costa Mesa team up for charity By Joanna Clay Jason Maloney's art is no stranger to the city of Costa Mesa.
Target seeks later closing hours By Joseph Serna COSTA MESA — Target wants permission from the city to stay open until 11 p.m. — something it did until recently without an...	Helping her look her very best By Sarah Peters NEWPORT BEACH — Andrea Popa Williams knows 22 points on every woman's body that hold the potential for fashion greatness or disaster.