Today's Headlines
A roundup of news briefs and calendar items from around coastal Orange County, this week from the cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.
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Graduating Sea Kings from Corona del Mar High School totaled 371, school officials reported, and 90% are headed to four-year universities, many of whom collected honors, awards and scholarships.
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Families gathered Thursday at Davidson Field to celebrate Newport Harbor High School’s Class of 2025, with 525 graduates collecting their diplomas.
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The improvements include new sidewalks, drinking fountains, enhanced accessibility features, and upgraded draining and irrigation systems.
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A class of 94 graduates gathered Thursday at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach for a ceremony that lasted but a few moments but represented the culmination of years of work.
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 remembered 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.
The plaque recognizes E.H. “Bud” Loewenguth for fostering a welcoming environment to the LGBTQ+ community at the beach below his home decades ago.
The school held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday to celebrate completion of phase two of its reconstruction.
After some last-minute reconfiguration, Costa Mesa officials passed a budget that spares using reserves and funds needed capital projects, but stalls some IT infrastructure upgrades.
