COSTA MESA (June 16, 2025) – The OC Fair & Event Center (OCFEC) Board of Directors announced today that James Canfield is OCFEC’s new Chief Executive Officer. Canfield brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in venue management, live events and large-scale projects. Most recently, he served as Senior Read More
Some of the Hall of Fame inductees with the OC all-stars Wednesday night at Deanna Manning Stadium. (PHOTOS: Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone). Eleven prominent Orange County softball figures were inducted into the 2025 OC Coaches Hall of Fame last week between games of the annual all-star games at Deanna Read More
Police detectives are attempting to identify two suspects who fired illegal fireworks indiscriminately into a large crowd of people, according to the SAPD. On Wednesday, June 11, at approximately 10:30 p.m., the suspects aimed the fireworks downward toward individuals in the crowd near the area of 4th Street and French Read More
On Thursday, a man reported that his locked mountain bicycle had been stolen from Target on Barranca, according to the Irvine Police Department. IPD bike officers pedaled into action and spoke with the victim. Thankfully, the bike had a hidden AirTag and was tracking near Creekside High. Patrol officers switched Read More
We previously reported about a recycling fire this past Sunday at the Goodwill in Santa Ana. It turns out there was another large fire that day just south of us in Costa Mesa. It’s no wonder the air quality in Santa Ana was so poor on Sunday afternoon! Just after Read More
Yesterday afternoon, a young community member reported his e-bike had been stolen from outside a local restaurant, according to the Fountain Valley Police Department. The police officers obtained a clear description of the suspect, and the business assisted by supplying high-quality surveillance images and video footage. The FVPD day shift Read More
Frank Martell, who headed two major Irvine-based publicly traded companies, was announced as the new chief executive and president of SmartRent Inc., a Scottsdale, Arizona-based software provider for the rental housing industry. Martell resigned earlier this month as CEO of LoanDepot Inc., one of the nation’s largest providers of mortgages. Read More
