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Balboa Peninsula Trolley to Resume Operations Memorial Day Weekend Through Labor Day

Passengers disembark from the Balboa Peninsula Trolley. Photo by Chris Trela © The Balboa Peninsula Trolley will resume operations on Memorial Day weekend, with free service continuing throughout the summer on weekends and holidays. Beginning on Saturday, May 25, the trolley service will be available from 10 a.m. to 9:30 Read More

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53

 Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar-nominee who made food and American diets his life’s work, famously eating only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53. Spurlock died Thursday in New York from complications of cancer, according to a statement Read More

The Guilds of Segerstrom Center’s ‘All That Jazz Casino Night’ Raises $320,000 in Support of Education and Community Initiatives

Manna Kadar, Sohrab Tavakoli, Parisa Fischback, Jaime & Steve Hong The Guilds of Segerstrom Center for the Arts, the oldest and largest of the Center support groups, hosted their annual fundraiser on Friday, May 3, 2024, at the Avenue of the Arts Costa Mesa. The event raised over $320,000 to Read More