Sara Cardine Staff

Since Costa Mesa began drafting local laws in 2014 to regulate sober living homes putting down stakes in residential neighborhoods, the city has been the target of numerous lawsuits that have been litigated in federal courts.

Sidestepping aspersions cast on the integrity of Orange County's electoral process, the Costa Mesa City Council Thursday certified the results of

Located in the Costa Mesa campus' College Center, Travel OCC lets the public find deals on trips, tours and packages, while giving travel and tourism students internship hours that are hard to come by these days.

Janet “Jan” Hilbert — whose passion for artwork that told meaningful stories about the Golden State and its denizens inspired her and husband Mark

Snoopy House at Costa Mesa's City Hall runs Friday through Dec. 20, while Orange County Model Engineers bring Santa to Fairview Park Dec. 21 and 22.

An apartment complex on Costa Mesa's west side, which for years housed low-income tenants but whose unpermitted units ran afoul of the city's municipal codes, is due to be demolished after a judicial ruling issued this week.

The free celebration takes place at the Newport Beach shopping center Sunday at 3 p.m., featuring holiday crafts, dreidels, doughnuts and free activities for kids.

Announced last week, the gift marks the largest single donation in the Costa Mesa campus' 77-year history, officials report.

Newport-Mesa Unified School District seeks to fill an open seat on its governing board left vacant by Michelle Barto, who joined the Newport Beach City Council earlier this month on the heels of a successful election campaign.

A year after Costa Mesa officials acquiesced to the state's plan to build a 15-acre regional emergency operations center on a corner of the 114-acre