Carol Cormaci

1 week ago | latimes.com | Carol Cormaci

An investigation is underway after the fatal shooting of a motorcyclist who died after a confrontation with Newport Beach Police Department officers during a traffic stop. The shooting occurred around 9:15 p.m. on April 17 on Pacific Coast Highway, between Superior Avenue and Hoag Hospital. Police today are investigating the fatal shooting of a motorcyclist who died after a confrontation with Newport BeachPolice Department officers during a traffic stop.

1 week ago | latimes.com | Carol Cormaci

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, April 16. I’m Carol Cormaci, bringing you this week’s TimesOC newsletter with a look at some of the latest local news and events from around the county. The rich oil pools lying beneath Huntington Beach have, since the first oil well began operating on its shores in May 1920, produced billions of barrels of oil as well as many more billions of cubic feet of natural gas.

2 weeks ago | latimes.com | Carol Cormaci

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, April 9. I’m Carol Cormaci, bringing you this week’s TimesOC newsletter with a look at some of the latest local news and events from around the county. With anxieties rising and the markets sliding again late yesterday, hours before high tariffs on China and other countries were set to be imposed at midnight, it seemed there’s no time like the present to distract ourselves from nervously checking our 401(k)s.

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Carol Cormaci

Community members get in line to weigh in on an item concerning the future of homeless services in Laguna Beach on March 25. Good morning. It’s Wednesday, April 2. I’m Carol Cormaci, bringing you this week’s TimesOC newsletter with a look at some of the latest local news and events from around the county. One of the stories filed last week that caught my eye was written by my Daily Pilot colleague Andrew Turner, whose beat includes the city of Laguna Beach.

1 month ago | latimes.com | Carol Cormaci

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, March 26. I’m Carol Cormaci, bringing you this week’s TimesOC newsletter with a look at some of the latest local news and events. Rancho Santiago Community College District, which oversees Santa Ana and Santiago Canyon colleges, has been at the center of recent reporting by my colleague Sara Cardine, who for just over two years has been unraveling some eyebrow-raising actions — and relationships— between a vendor and a couple of former district administrators.