Coasting through California on skateboards

Cousins Mason Bennett and Kenton Durfee are skateboarders on a mission.

SANTA ANA — An Orange County supervisor objected Wednesday to the possibility of a Costa Mesa teen who got lost in Trabuco Canyon being permitted to participate in a first-time drug offender program.

Newport Beach will not hold a public hearing with a South Coast Air Quality Management board member on the fire ring debate similar to one held in Huntington Beach, a city official said Thursday.

Gomez named Daily Pilot managing editor

Veteran journalist Alisha Gomez has been named managing editor of Los Angeles Times Community News (TCN) in Orange County, Editor John Canalis announced Wednesday.

Wi-Fi service expands in harbor

Boaters in Newport Harbor will now be able to more easily surf the web from the water, thanks to an expanded Wi-Fi service.

More history found in H.B.

More than 100 new names were added to Huntington Beach's list of historically significant sites, including several Wintersburg farm properties, according to a study session Monday.

A state legislative proposal unanimously approved Tuesday by the Orange County Board of Supervisors would allow governments to be reimbursed for search-and-rescue costs resulting from people displaying "wanton or reckless conduct."

Samantha Chan has signed a national letter of intent with the UC Irvine women's golf program, Anteaters coach Julie Brooks said recently.

UC Irvine senior women's tennis player Kristina Smith won the Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award for the Southwest Region of the Intercollegiate Tennis Assn.

Chloe Kellum of Long Beach Poly High has signed a national letter of intent to play women's basketball at UC Irvine, Anteaters women's basketball coach Doug Oliver recently announced.

Sophomore Itos Aikhionbare and junior Lacey Surak will represent the UC Irvine women's track and field team in the NCAA West Preliminary Round at Austin, Texas.

The second annual Sailor Basketball Camp, directed by Newport Harbor High coaches, will have two sessions this summer.

Three members of the UC Irvine men's track and field team have qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas.

Newport Harbor High product Blake Davey, a sophomore at Cypress College, went four for 10 in three games, all wins, to help the Chargers win the state baseball championship over the weekend at Fresno City College.

UC Irvine senior Ronnie Shaeffer is one of 15 semifinalists for college baseball's 2013 Johnny Bench Award.

Vanguard sophomore Nina Pudar earned second-team All-American recognition in women's tennis.

Vanguard University sophomore Roger Muri and freshman Stefan Kilchofer earned first-team All-American status in men's tennis.

Individual match night tickets for the Orange County Breakers 2013 home matches are on sale.

The Toshiba Classic, which will have its 20th anniversary in 2014, has announced dates for the Champions Tour event.

Corona del Mar High alumni John Mann and Tumua Anae are on the No. 1 senior national teams for the FINA World League Prelims that start Friday at Los Alamitos Air Force Base swimming pool.

High Schools: CdM's Adamson an All-American

NEWPORT BEACH — It has been a long journey in high school tennis for Corona del Mar High senior Alec Adamson.

A special coach

Outside a bowling lane, in the background, snapping pictures with his camera stood Alan Webb, an elderly man.

The Costa Mesa Sanitary District's contract for solid waste and recycling services is acceptable, but there is room for improvement, particularly when it comes to rates, according to an independent audit presented Tuesday to the district's board.

Earlier this month, USC students and alumni were gloating about how their school had hired two top neuroscientists from UCLA, and UC system officials said they were upset by the loss. This week, however, UC announced that it has wooed away a prominent USC faculty member and former administrator at that campus.

Laguna Beach police arrested a homeless man on suspicion of assaulting a 71-year-old woman in a wheelchair, according to authorities.

Newport Beach police arrested four people on suspicion of stealing from vehicles in the Port Streets area, police announced Tuesday.

Two people were injured — with one of them cut free from her car — in a two-vehicle collision near John Wayne Airport, authorities said Tuesday.

Weenie Roast goes medium-rare

As the sun beamed on the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine on Saturday, a sold-out sea of indie music fans danced and sang along to some of today's biggest rock artists at the 21st annual KROQ Weenie Roast.

Injured warrior breaks down barriers

Still feeling the effects of the nerve damage suffered when her arm broke in half while she was serving in Afghanistan, Marine Sgt. Lorie Yrigoyen stood on the podium on the first day of the Warrior Games, gold medal in hand.

Crystal Cove starts junior lifeguard program

Jesse Heydorff likes to call the inaugural Crystal Cove State Park Junior Lifeguard program "outdoor science camp meets junior lifeguard training."

L.A., O.C. firefighters to aid in Oklahoma tornado rescue

Firefighters from Los Angeles and Orange counties were being dispatched Monday night to help with rescue operations in Oklahoma, where a massive tornado left at least 51 people dead and many others injured.

Where's a campfire when you need it?

Four students took home $2,500 at THINK Together's End of Year Celebration at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach on Friday. In all, 16 students graduated from THINK's three community sites: Shalimar Teen Center in Costa Mesa, Highland Teen Center in Orange and Noah Teen Center in Santa Ana.

Just days before the new season of "Arrested Development" finally debuts on Netflix, the re-creation of the Bluth's Original Frozen Banana stand that cropped up in New York City last week is making its way to the West Coast.

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton (top row, fourth from right) with the cast of "Flashdance" at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on Sunday.

2013 was the year indie finally conquered KROQ-FM.

Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis.

Australia and New Zealand again dominated this year's Governor's Cup invitee list for international teams, as the Selection Committee for the 47th Annual Governor's Cup International Junior Match Race Championship has completed work on selection of the 12 international and U.S. teams.

Two-time Olympian Chris Oeding, a Newport Beach resident and former Corona del Mar High standout, has been named assistant coach for the USA Water Polo Women's Senior National Team, Head Coach Adam Krikorian has announced.

A new health epidemic looms on the horizon like a ticking time bomb. It is the spectre of cumulative brain damage suffered from repetitive sub-concussive hits to the head in football and other sports.