A roundup of news briefs and calendar items from around coastal Orange County, this week from the cities of Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach. A May 1 proposal to repurpose $160,000 in arts funding ...

Retail sales inched up in March after two straight months of declines, but gains remained moderate amid consumer concerns about rising tariffs. Delve into the state of AI in the retail sector ...

An American Pope Emerges as a Potential Contrast to Trump on the World Stage Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values from ...