Hot tamale train delivers again

By Candice Baker

It's flashy, sensual … and fabulous.

Churches move food services, end Sunday service for homeless

COSTA MESA — Area churches and church coalitions have agreed to move their "food sharing activities" away from Lions Park to appease...

The county Board of Supervisors is set to vote Tuesday on about $11 million worth of work for John Wayne Airport's improvement project.

A Costa Mesa man accused of yelling racial slurs at and physically attacking two men while drunk is set to appear at his pretrial Thursday...

By Miles Clements, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Bear Flag Fish Co. is the seafood wonderland we all long for on idle summer days, a fish market-cum-restaurant where brilliant slabs of tuna...

A man suspected of shoplifting at South Coast Plaza died after developing a medical problem during a struggle with police outside the...

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O.C. Bargainista: Get just a little something at Sunday flea market By Candice Baker Gods and Heros will hold its second Petite Flea Market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at its store at 2991 Randolph Ave., Costa Mesa....	My Pet World: Therapy dog Lucy lived to make people laugh, smile By Steve Dale "Wha hoo," said Lucy, our miniature Australian Shepherd, as she walked into the gymnasium-sized room at the Rehabilitation Institute of...
The Crowd: Performance artist speaks at event By B.W. Cook Chris Burden received his master's in fine art from UC Irvine in 1971. For his thesis, he locked himself in a school locker for...	Classically Trained: Brickman delights with his best-selling hits, anecdotes By Bradley Zint If you're missing the musical family gene, there's still hope for all you would-be sensationally romantic piano players out there. That's...

Green Team saves school thousands By Britney Barnes, britney.barnes@latimes.com NEWPORT BEACH — Mariners Elementary School's effort to lower electricity use by turning off lights and unplugging unused gadgets has...	Challenger astronaut to receive posthumous award By Britney Barnes, britney.barnes@latimes.com West Coast University will posthumously recognize an alumnus who was aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on the 25th anniversary of its...
Garrison has plans to step out on his own terms By Britney Barnes, britney.barnes@latimes.com COSTA MESA — When Tom Garrison left the Navy, he had to decide between becoming a physician, or a teacher.	Up-close look at web of life By Britney Barnes, britney.barnes@latimes.com COSTA MESA — Animal pelts covered a table littered with the jaw bones of different animals, a stuffed opossum, ferret and bird, and...

Police Files Area 1	Newport Beach fields closed due to rain All public athletic fields were expected to remain closed to sporting activities until Thursday or Friday because Tuesday's morning rain...
TSA discovers handgun in employee bag at JWA Authorities at John Wayne Airport stopped an American Airlines employee when they found a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag during a...	Police do not plan to investigate Andy Dick film festival incident Police do not plan to investigate a report of alleged lewd behavior by actor Andy Dick at a Newport Beach Film Festival party last month...

Three staffers win at LAT Editorial Awards From staff reports LOS ANGELES — Three Times Community News (TCN) South journalists won Los Angeles Times 2010 Editorial Awards on Tuesday in recognition...	McCarthy receives corporate award Newport Beach-based McCarthy Building Cos. was honored last week with a 2011 Corporate University Xchange Award for Excellence and...
Origins reopening in South Coast Plaza Editor's note: This corrects the day the new store opened.	It's good to be the mattress king By Sarah Peters, sarah.peters@latimes.com COSTA MESA — Before he became Southern California's mattress king, Larry Miller was broke.

Committee passes Solorio bill on O.C. Fairgrounds	Costa Mesa projects a $3.3-million deficit
Judge denies injunction request for now	Businessman willing to buy ABLE helicopter identified