David Grant

The Coast Community College District recently found itself in the crossfire of union and non-union advocates after a board member floated a broad labor agreement that quickly stalled. The sample agreement with local unions on how to spend $698 million in...

From the control room, the producer gave host Matthew Rodrigues the cue to launch into a celebrity news segment featuring a Valentine’s Day update on Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart -- she didn’t travel to Australia to visit him during...

The single-story ranch house at the end of Irvine Avenue offers a commanding view from its perch above West Coast Highway. The bay, Duffy boats and an enviable slice of coastline are visible from the 3,166-square-foot home built in 1965 at 2201 Cliff...

Verna Lee Bishop, age 77, of Hancock, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md. Born Nov. 12, 1935, in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Jesse E. and Ruth B. (Bishop) Bishop and the widow of Grant A. Bishop, who...

Michael Malenitza was called up to the microphone on the outside terrace adjacent to the Santa Ana Country Club Golf Course this week. A field of 120 golfers and another 120 guests gathered at gingham-covered tables at dusk Monday enjoying a dinner of...

People often say that following one's passion will lead to success. American entrepreneur Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA franchise, modifies that statement by offering "that success comes from following one's best effort." Last week in...

It was a good week in Newport Beach! I spent a lot of time in Newport, and it was most enjoyable. On June 13, there was an Interfaith Council Board meeting, followed by a meeting of the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa where Laird Hayes, an NFL line...

HUNTINGTON BEACH — Coast Community College District trustees have come out in support of a proposed statewide tax increase aimed at staving off cuts to classes, programs, services and staff. The Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution...

Orange Coast College students and faculty this week questioned pay and mileage allowance increases for six top administrators across the college district amid widespread class and budgets cuts. The Coast Community College District board of trustees,...

One of America's most celebrated restaurateurs and chefs, Charlie Palmer, this week fronted a gathering of culinary critics in a private dining room of his Costa Mesa establishment at South Coast Plaza. Palmer, joining his local master of the kitchen,...

Celebrating in great style the Chinese New Year 4710, the Year of the Water Dragon, hostess Elizabeth An of AnQi in South Coast Plaza invited some 50 local VIPs to a luncheon in her private dining room. An was joined by David Grant and Werner Escher of...

"On Display in Orange County: Modern and Contemporary Sculpture," an exhibition of 20th and 21st century works commissioned over a half-century by Henry T. Segerstrom and then placed on public sites to enhance the cultural equation of Orange County at...