At the headquarters of 24 Carrots, a high-end Irvine-based catering company, there’s a flurry of activity. Meetings are taking place; flowers, décor and various wedding paraphernalia are being hustled to and fro; and in the background, the sounds of construction – walls being torn down, offices built – signal the company
The Newport Beach Police Department is enthusiastically married to NIXLE.Costa Mesa PD is engaged.San Clemente is kind of dating.The OC Sheriff decided not to pursue NIXLE, preferring to embrace Twitter and Facebook. And other coastal cities have been watching and weighing their options.NIXLE is a
For many Southern California residents, real cold is a foreign concept. Even saying the word “snow” can strike fear into the hearts of beach-goers along the coast. There are some, however, that love the outdoors and adventure, despite any freezing conditions they may bring. One of these adventurers is Fountain Valley resi
Hi, I’m Shawn and I’m a snake. Apparently, this is my year. Whew! What a relief. It’s about time. This comes as news to me, since I tend to think astrology is nonsense. Using animals as stand-ins for people is only valuable in children’s stories and allegorical adult fiction, and I’m as Chinese as a bottle of Scotch
It’s undeniable that the sonic cycling boom along the coast is real, the relentless by-product of our fitness culture, the attraction and challenge of our topography, the visual appeal of our coastline, and a shift in reasons why people are mounting up.Today’s two-wheel mix includes serious, long-distance “road warr
Suza Scalora used to live with an emotional abuser – someone close to her who constantly told her she wasn’t good enough. This must have been true, she thought, because it came from the person who knows her best: herself. As a “recovering perfectionist,” Scalora, a life coach and co-founder of the workshop-bas
Imagine the worst loss you could experience. Now imagine that same tragedy transmitted in every newspaper, every news show and streamlined all over the Internet for all to see. Such is the plight of Eve Miller, the main character of Aria, a novel by Orange County author and Coast Magazine Editor at Large Susan Segal. Segal is also