A roundup of news briefs and calendar items from around coastal Orange County, this week from the cities of Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Laguna Beach.
Now that the Valley is giant metropolitan region, good roads, air-conditioning, and all the other amenities that make life in an otherwise hostile desert make living here tolerable.
Candidate profiles: Lionel Garcia, candidate for Plainview mayor myplainview.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from myplainview.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.