John Campbell

I am writing to ask that each Costa Mesa City Council member let the voters decide on whether our city should adopt a charter. When this idea first came about a year ago, the pundits claimed the June ballot was too rushed. They claimed they supported a...

A group of volunteers cruised Corona del Mar early on the Fourth of July, installing about 120 flags along East Coast Highway to celebrate Independence Day. "God bless America," Ray Kilz of Balboa Island said while he jogged in a fine mist to install...

The attorney representing a majority of Harrisburg City Council Members blames both Republican and Democratic state lawmakers for the power struggle over city finances that's now heading into a federal courtroom.  "I think this is a corrupt state and I...

The Newport Beach Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission on Tuesday postponed a decision to establish a five-year expiration date on benches donated to the city, asking that staff expand the proposal to include existing benches as well benches donated...

The $2-million Buck Gully erosion control project is nearly complete and already has proven to work as intended, slowing down this spring's storm waters that streamed toward Little Corona Beach. But some neighbors along the gully say the system, which...

The following is from the March 20 City Council meeting. * EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS The 100th anniversary of the Girls Scouts of America was recognized at the meeting, Mayor Jane Egly, who was once a Girl Scout, read a proclamation extolling the...

About 250 people jammed Sherman Library & Gardens on Wednesday evening for the Corona del Mar Annual Town Meeting, which included time to socialize, learn more about civic issues as well as hear updates and a speech from Mayor Nancy Gardner. The...

Assemblyman and former Costa Mesa mayor Allan Mansoor gained more endorsements Thursday in his bid for reelection to the 74th Assembly District. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. Political Action Committee, Lincoln Club of Orange County and California...

Federal Aviation Administration officials told a group of Newport Beach city leaders and residents Wednesday that the FAA would not make any additional adjustments to a contentious John Wayne Airport departure path. Residents upset about the year-old...

Rep. John Campbell (R-Irvine) failed to get the endorsement of the Orange County GOP this week when a tea party faction refused to vote for him because he supported federal stimulus spending during the recession. "For many people, it was a protest vote,"...

NEWPORT BEACH — As the city embarks on dredging long-neglected areas of the harbor, required federal funding and approvals may not materialize before a critical deadline. The obstacles threaten the city's first significant harbor dredging in more...

The battle between two Republican congressmen for a local seat in 2012 will not happen, according to the state's new legislative maps finalized Monday by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) said...