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🌱 Heading to Lions Park for fish, rides and live music?

Costa Mesa, California Patch AM: a 5 min read

Good morning Costa Mesa! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Heading to Lions Park for fish, rides and live music?
  • What’s new inside Costa Mesa’s transformed UC Irvine Langson art museum?
  • How an OCC sailing instructor helped shape women’s sailing nationwide

Also on today's calendar: Mahj for Memory with Pacific View and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: It takes longer to run from 2nd to 3rd base than between the other bases,why? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Low clouds, then sunshine, with a high of 74 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Sunday: Clouds giving way to sun, temps: high: 71, low: 64.
  • Monday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 72 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Cod bless Costa Mesa — the Lions Club's annual Fish Fry & Carnival is this weekend (latimes.com subscription) — Costa Mesa’s Lions Park is hosting the 80th Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club Fish Fry and Carnival all weekend, with free admission and $15 cod dinners. Residents can enjoy rides, games, live entertainment, a beer and wine garden, and community booths today and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at 570 18th St.
   

2. New exhibitions open during season of change at Costa Mesa museum (latimes.com subscription) — Costa Mesa’s UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art is unveiling “Staging California in Early Hollywood,” exploring how plein air painters shaped classic film backdrops, now on view through Oct. 4. Following UCI’s takeover and the museum merger, the expanded show pairs historic scenic art with contemporary works, giving local visitors a fresh look at California’s cinematic landscapes.
   

3. NWSA Leadership Award; Schooners & Classics; Moonlighting Sailing (latitude38.com) — Costa Mesa is highlighted through Karen Prioleau’s long service teaching offshore sailing at Orange Coast College, experience that helped earn her a national women’s sailing leadership award. The piece also previews classic yacht regattas and encourages sailors to enjoy a full-moon Bay cruise, offering inspiration for local and regional sailing enthusiasts.
   

4. Newport Beach partners with Huntington Beach for shelter bed space (latimes.com subscription) — Newport Beach is ending its use of the Costa Mesa Bridge Shelter and shifting to 10 beds at Huntington Beach’s Navigation Center, a move officials say will save about $1 million annually. The change follows a sharp drop in Newport’s street homelessness and tougher anti-camping rules, and will end the city’s remaining Costa Mesa bed access after June 30.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • Update: Owner found!!
    Found dog!! No collar. He’s sweet and well trained. Can anyone help or know his family? I can’t take him in unfortunately. (Nextdoor Lower Mesa Verde)
  • Is this anyone’s cat?
    He keeps hanging out at our house and trying to get inside. He will not let us near him. He has a scar on his nose and is pretty much all black. I… (Nextdoor Mesa North)
  • Steven Madden, Ltd. posted a job opening for Stock Associate in Costa Mesa. Apply here.
  • KECamps posted a job opening for Summer Day Camp Counselor in Costa Mesa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Costa Mesa here.

Ok Costa Mesa! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: There is a Short-Stop in the middle (Thank you Dave L. for sending it in!)
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