A roundup of news briefs and calendar items from around coastal Orange County, this week including events in the cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.
The entrance of the bustling China Mall in Beacon Bay was cordoned off with police tape after two suspects were shot after allegedly attempting to rob the mall. One suspect was killed and the second was taken to hospital by paramedics for treatment. A regular shopping day for an East London resident took a traumatic turn when his vehicle came under fire while he was driving to a store next to the mall.
Protesting Nompumelelo residents placed four flaming barricades across the road in front of Beacon Bay crossing at 4am on Friday, disrupting early morning traffic. Witnesses said about 100 Nompumelelo residents had stopped traffic during a protest over a lack of service delivery and the slow progress of phase two RDP housing developments.