Todd Marinovich arrested again: The former high school and college phenom ran afoul of the law again and was picked up by Newport Beach police on drug charges.
Newport Beach man’s sail around the world trip is aborted: Ken Barnes hoped to sail around the world, but that trip was cut short after a 25-foot wave hit his boat Privateer and snapped its mast.
Piecemakers leader Marie Kolasinski jailed: The 85-year-old owner of the country store on Adams Avenue was ordered to serve 10 days in county jail after failing to adhere to county health laws.
She later wrote an essay about her experience.
Rabbit Island a casualty of the mortgage crisis: Selling an island wouldn’t seem to be such a hard thing to do.
But OCC officials are feeling the pinch of the real estate slowdown and credit crunch as buyers drop out of mortgage after agreeing to purchase the parcel.
Fluoride hysteria at Newport Beach city hall: It didn’t rise to the level of the rehab home debate, but when MWD, the major supplier of Newport Beach water announced it was putting fluoride into the water supply, a donnybrook began that would have made John Birch proud.
Rapper Snoop Dogg gets community service: The rapper, real name Calvin Broadus, was sentenced by an Orange County judge after he pleaded guilty to bringing a weapon to John Wayne Airport.
Costa Mesa woman who killed son sentenced to four years in prison: In what was probably the saddest story of the year, Julie Smith, 46, was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs when she crashed her car, killing her 6-year-old son Trevor.
Anti-Semitism fears at UCI: Clashes between Muslim student groups and Jewish student groups prompts an investigation by the Hillel Foundation as to whether the campus has a problem with anti-Semitism.
