Breakfast

When Hale Irwin sank a 45-foot-putt as part of his remarkableU.S. Open win in 1990 he erupted with high-fives and high-stepping in celebration. Many viewed that as a moment when Irwin was uncharacteristic. Irwin's wife, Sally, contends it was her husband showing his true self. These days, Irwin, at 66, is displaying himself more and more. After Irwin spoke to and entertained a packed banquet room at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa, he admitted that his personality has changed.

When Quinn Yanaga’s mother taught her to knit, she probably assumed it was a good skill to have, benefiting her daughter in a number of ways, not to mention the pleasure she would find in doing it. Yanaga’s mother probably never thought it would help her daughter get into college, but that’s what happened. Quinn, 17, was one of 32 students honored at the 2008 Academic All Stars breakfast that praised the top 15 scholars at Newport Harbor High and Corona del Mar high schools.

Women Helping Women will hold its annual fund-raising breakfast next month in an effort to gain support for programs that help women make the transition from dependence to economic self-sufficiency. The organization serves needy and abused women by offering clients free program services that include personal improvement classes, computer training, job search and business-readiness workshops. Women Helping Women is also the largest full-time provider of professional clothing and accessories for women in Orange County.

Lolita Harper COSTA MESA -- The coffee was hot, the food was delicious, and although the Costa Mesa Senior Center breakfast Thursday had a casual atmosphere, the price tag was high: $22,000. During the course of one meal, the senior center took large strides toward its $100,000 fund-raising goal for the year and increased its four-month total to more than $68,000, said Aviva Goelman, the center's director. Goelman thanked the breakfast audience for its generosity.

Lolita Harper As the sun made its ascent Thursday morning, local religious leaders and parishioners gathered to give praise to the higher power that made its climb possible and reflect on the many other blessings Americans have. People from more than 18 area congregations gathered Thursday for breakfast to recognize the National Day of Prayer, in which the theme "How America Prays" was explored. For its sixth year running, the prayer breakfast was hosted by the Newport Mesa Interfaith Council.

Last week it seemed as if the rain would never stop. Well it has! Naples is finally becoming the summer inferno that all the locals have been warning me about, and it's only going to get hotter! The room I sleep in (the breakfast room) is equipped with air conditioning. Unfortunately, that air conditioning will not be functioning for the whole of the summer due to construction work being done on the building. The dorms and private rooms, however, will not be affected by this problem and will maintain their air conditioning systems.

Fox News commentator and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will be the featured speaker at the 45th annual Orange Coast Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday. Breakfast is sponsored by a volunteer committee, lead by Pamela Curry, that includes Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach; Newport Beach Councilman Keith Curry and the Rev. Eric Heard of Mariners Church. The event begins with a private reception at 7 a.m. and breakfast at 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, 17900 Jamboree Road.

COSTA MESA - The Orange County Track Club will host its third annual Run/Walk and Pancake Breakfast June 11 at 8 a.m. at Fairview Park. The 5K run will wind through the dirt trails of Fairview Park with a final ascent of the infamous "puke hill." Medals will be given to the top three finishers in each age/sex division. Each age division will be every five years of age, with a 1K "fun run" for youngsters ages 12 and under. There will also be a raffle, with various merchandise available.

Toshiba Classic golf tournament officials announced Friday that Jay Haas will be the celebrity guest speaker at this year’s Breakfast with a Champion. Haas won last year’s Toshiba Classic by two strokes, setting a tournament record of 19-under-par 194 on his way to winning the 2007 Arnold Palmer Award for being the PGA Champions Tour’s leading money winner. Five hundred guests are expected to attend, according to tournament director Jeff Purser. The breakfast will be at 7 a.m. Tuesday, March 4 at the Marriott Newport Beach Hotel and Spa. Tickets can be purchased for $100 and they include a tournament grounds pass for the day and a ticket to the “Shot from the Top” event at noon.

Impressive. Incredible. Amazing. These are words to describe the scholars and student-athletes honored at the 33rd annual Les Miller Outstanding Student Awards presented by the Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce on Friday morning at the Costa Mesa Hilton. The words certainly fit Matthew Morgan. Those and one more: genius. Matthew, 15, is set to graduate from Costa Mesa High two years early with a weighted 4.68 grade-point average. In the fall, he'll attend California Institute of Technology to major in mathematics.

Christine Bonadonna AP and IB Classes Taken: AP Biology; AP World History; AP U.S. History; AP Calculus AB; AP Calculus BC; AP Physics; IB English; IB Chemistry; IB Psychology; IB Spanish; IB Theory of Knowledge School Activities/Clubs: Other than being a part of the IB program, I haven't significantly taken part in any activities or clubs, but I have attended several of the school plays and band recitals to support my friends....

Los Angeles-based healthy salads and sandwiches eatery Greenleaf Gourmet Chopshop will expand into Orange County with the April opening of a Costa Mesa location. Greenleaf opens April 30 on East 17th Street, between Orange and Santa Ana avenues, in a 4,200-square-foot space reflective of the restaurant-meets-farmstand atmosphere signature to its Beverly Hills and Century City locations, according to a news release. Developers submitted plans for the project, which is the largest of the Greenleaf locations, to city planners in May, according to Daily Pilot archives . The restaurant will open at 8 a.m. daily and offer breakfast, lunch and dinner items consisting of a variety of salads, wraps and sandwiches.

The Newport Beach Police Department on Thursday honored its staff for devotion and heroism in the field and the Orange County district attorney's office for closing an unsolved murder case. At the annual Police Appreciation Breakfast, the top honor, the Chief Citation, went to Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy, D.A. investigators Susan Frazier and Larry Montgomery, and paralegal Dena Basham. The prosecutorial team worked with police to convict former NFL linebacker Eric Naposki and his girlfriend Nanette Packard of killing Newport businessman William McLaughlin in 1994.

NEWPORT BEACH - When Hale Irwin sank a 45-foot-putt as part of his remarkableU.S. Open win in 1990 he erupted with high-fives and high-stepping in celebration. Many viewed that as a moment when Irwin was uncharacteristic. Irwin's wife, Sally, contends it was her husband showing his true self. These days, Irwin, at 66, is displaying himself more and more. After Irwin spoke to and entertained a packed banquet room at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa, he admitted that his personality has changed.

When Hale Irwin sank a 45-foot-putt as part of his remarkableU.S. Open win in 1990 he erupted with high-fives and high-stepping in celebration. Many viewed that as a moment when Irwin was uncharacteristic. Irwin's wife, Sally, contends it was her husband showing his true self. These days, Irwin, at 66, is displaying himself more and more. After Irwin spoke to and entertained a packed banquet room at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa, he admitted that his personality has changed.

President Obama swept through Corona del Mar on Thursday morning, raking in at least hundreds of thousands of dollars from supporters while rattling the sleepy village. Obama protesters and fans crowded intersections along East Coast Highway, near the entrance to the tony Shore Cliffs neighborhood, the site of a private breakfast fundraiser. Police said the event went smoothly, thanks in part to their heavy presence controlling traffic and crowds. People, dogs and a horse named Sinatra started arriving about 6 a.m. at the intersections between Morning Canyon Road and Poppy Avenue.

Though President Obama's Thursday visit to a breakfast fundraiser in Corona del Mar will be closed to the public, there will be plenty of signs that the Democratic president is visiting a Republican stronghold. Conservative protesters plan to get their points across with demonstrations, though it was unknown Wednesday night whether the presidential motorcade would pass by them. "Our goal is to hopefully get enough coverage that other Americans in other communities across the nation will do the same thing when the president visits their community," said Laura Dietz, a Cameo Shores resident who is organizing a protest on Poppy Avenue and East Coast Highway.

Hale Irwin is known as the only two-time champion of the Toshiba Classic. During the week of the 18th Toshiba Classic he'll be known as keynote speaker at the annual Breakfast with a Champion, presented by the Allergan Foundation on March 13. The annual event, one of the highlights during the tournament week, begins at 7 a.m. at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa. Irwin, a World Golf Hall of Famer, is the winningest player on the Champions...