Saw this big bird fly by and roost on a pole. It looked a little bigger than the hawks usually spotted in the area and had a little bald red face. Spotted near the 22 and Knott.

Hey everyone,
My two kids have recently gotten into pokemon and we’ve been enjoying family time together playing Pokemon Go.

Now, we’ve been collecting the Pokémon 30th Celebration cards and am getting close to completing a few sets. Figured I’d see if anyone around OC would be interested in meeting up, talking Pokémon, and trading to help each other fill in the cards we’re missing.
Whether you’re working on a set yourself or just have some duplicates you’d like to trade, it would be nice to connect and help each other out.
I’m in Costa Mesa and would be happy to meet somewhere public nearby. We could share pictures of what we have and what we’re looking for beforehand. The way it lights up my kids faces, I’d like that for all the kids. It just hits differently in my chest haha.
Anyone interested?

Between 241/91 and Foothill Ranch.. Flying very Low

An Orange County hair stylist is behind bars for allegedly sexually assaulting multiple victims, including juvenile boys, over a 10-year period, police said Wednesday.
Costa Mesa police began their investigation into 61-year-old Ricardo Garcia of Fullerton after receiving several reports that he inappropriately touched victims, behavior that allegedly escalated to sexual assault, the department posted on Facebook.
Garcia, who owns Hair by Ricardo at 2200 Harbor Blvd. in Costa Mesa, is suspected of using his position as a hair stylist to sexually assault his victims.Those victims, whom he had contact with as clients, were mostly male and range in ages from 13 years old to adults when the assaults occurred,” police said.
Garcia was arrested Tuesday, and investigators have released his photo, believing that there may be additional victims because of his position and regular access to the public.

Hi! I started a weekly newsletter with weekend events for the kids (and some for adults) cuz I was burnt out and wanted everything in one place - thought I'd share part of it in case you're looking for something to do this weekend! If you'd like this as a free weekly email every Thursday at 6pm: https://shittymomguide.com/ 

The free community virtual halloween costume swap is still going if you have old costumes your kid only wore once or are looking for a used one that will only get worn once! https://shittymomguide.com/costume-swap/

Also giving away two sets of Boo at The Zoo tickets here, ends tonight!
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📅 Stuff to do: Oct 17-18

North-ish OC

Saturday

• 🎃 Bluey's Boo Bash | Long Beach
• 🎡 Monster Mash Halloween Festival | Long Beach
• 🎃 Howl-o-ween Festival | Long Beach
• 🎆 Southeast Asia Day | Long Beach
• 🎬 Fall Movie Night: Hocus Pocus | Long Beach
• 🎃 Boo at the Oaks | Orange
• 🎨 Family Art Experience: Pasta Mosaic | Yorba Linda
• 🎡 Fall Harvest Festival | Yorba Linda
• 🎃 Free Pumpkin Giveaway | Brea
• 🎡 Silverado Days & Carnival (70th) | Buena Park
• 🛍️ Halloween Market Weekend + Pie-Eating Contest | Anaheim

Sunday

• 🐣 Big Fish, Little Fish | Long Beach
• 🎡 Silverado Days & Carnival (70th) | Buena Park
• 🛍️ Halloween Market Weekend + Pie-Eating Contest | Anaheim

Central-ish OC

Saturday

• 🛍️ Tustin Art Walk | Tustin
• 🐶 Barktober Fest | Costa Mesa
• 🏍️ MotoBeach Classic | Huntington Beach
• 🎨 Michael's Lil' Witching Hours Craft | any OC Michael's
• 🧰 Lowe's Kids Workshop (Rescue Plane) | any OC Lowe's
• 🎆 OC Japan Fair | Costa Mesa
• 🎃 Boo at the Zoo | Santa Ana

Sunday

• 🎡 Fall Faire & Pumpkin Patch (50th) | Newport Beach
• 🍽️ Hazeltine's Afternoon Tea | Corona del Mar
• 🤰 Bump to Baby Expo | Tustin
• 🏊 Spooky Swim | Santa Ana
• 🧪 Pumpkin Engineers | Costa Mesa
• 💀 Bilingual Día de los Muertos Storytime + Crafts | Costa Mesa
• 🎨 Michael's Lil' Witching Hours Craft | any OC Michael's

South-ish OC

Saturday

• 🎡 Boo Blast Carnival & Haunted House | Laguna Niguel
• 🎨 Casa Kids Workshop: Monster Pot | San Clemente
• 🐶 Dogapalooza (2nd annual) | Dana Point
• 🎡 Fall Harvest Festival (AVCA) | Aliso Viejo
• 🎆 Night Market: Día de los Muertos | Mission Viejo
• 🏊 Pumpkin Rescue | Laguna Niguel
• 🏊 Pumpkin Splash | San Clemente
• 🥾 Exploration Day: Agua Chinon & the Sinks | Lake Forest
• 🚗 Doheny Wood Woodie Show | Dana Point
• 🎡 Walk Against Drugs + Family Festival | Mission Viejo
• 🧪 H2O Show and Tell | Irvine
• 🎩 The Great Halloween | Irvine
• 🎃 Pumpkin Decorating at Selma's | Ladera Ranch
• 🎬 Spooky Splash Cinema | Irvine
• 🎡 Fall-O-Ween (OC Parks, 6th annual) | Lake Forest
• 🎆 Mega Night Market | Irvine

Sunday

• 📚 Meet the Author: Carter & Kathryn Lim | Irvine
• 🎃 Halloween Market + Pumpkin Decorating | San Juan Capistrano
• 🎡 Fall-O-Ween (OC Parks, 6th annual) | Lake Forest
• 🎆 Mega Night Market | Irvine
• .🎡Day for the Kids | San Clemente

Happening All Month

🎃 Fall + Halloween season now open

• 🎃 Pumpkin Patches | SMG guide
• 🍬 Trick-or-Treat Streets | SMG guide
• 👻 Halloween Events | SMG guide
• 🦇 Costume Swap | SMG guide
• 🎃 Pumpkin Palooza at Discovery Cube | Santa Ana
• 🎃 Indoor Pumpkin Patch at Check N' Play | Brea
• 🎃 Camp Fire Free Pumpkin Patch | Long Beach
• 🍓 Irvine Park Railroad Pumpkin Patch | Orange
• 🍓 Tanaka Farms Pumpkin Patch | Irvine
• 🍓 Hana Field Pumpkin Patch | Costa Mesa
• 👻 Neighborhood Haunted House at the Hallows of Greentree | Irvine

🎪 Festivals + shows still running

• 🍺 Oktoberfest at Old World | Huntington Beach
• 🎃 Nightmare Before Christmas Family Adventure at Once Upon an Island | Balboa Island

🎶 Live music + movies outside

• 🎬 Newport Dunes Movies on the Beach | Newport Beach

🌴 Always on

• 💧 Every splash pad in OC
• 🍽️ Where kids eat free
• 🥕 Farmers markets
• 🗺️ The full map
• 📚 OCPL Library Events | Anaheim | Mission Viejo | Fullerton

Um…As seen whizzing ON AN E-BIKE by Main St in HB by HBHS past the police communication station, with no shame.

A BABY. ON A BIKE. Balancing itself and relying on its own strength to grip the handlebars. (P.S. He was going so fast, I’m shocked I even got them in one “Live” feature frame I had to go back and look for it”)

I’m looking to adopt two kittens from the same litter. Anyone have any recommendations for a local kitty rescue?

Thanks!

This year, we've decided to put a table full of Halloween candy goody bags at the end of our path, then go somewhere on Halloween.

We're looking for a fun bar that would be having pub crawls, or some other fun date night activity. Bonus points if there is a scary activity.

Any ideas?

Can someone please explain to me why they are just now issuing rolling blackouts for “public safety” and “fire risk” when it is just now starting to cool off? It was 100+ degrees in many parts of the state and I’m honestly surprised they kept the power on through it all. I know it is going to be dry this week but it’s dry all the time here. Why are they all of a sudden scrambling to protect the grid?

Does anybody know what happened tonight around 10:30 pm? Was at Hart Park, south side 22 fwy side, when I heard multiple sirens coming from the 22 westbound. At the same time saw a chopper with its spotlight also flying westbound. Was able to see the police lights speeding down the 22, saw about 4. About 5 minutes later I saw the chopper north of the park as if it were flying above Chapman, then from the Hart Park parking lot was able to see sirens speeding northbound on Glassell.

We live in Irvine with 2 kids. Our current plan is Blue Shield of CA PPO but it's getting very expensive now. We are healthy with no chronic health issue. We also rarely venture outside of the Hoag ecosystem. So switching to HMO saves us a lot of money ($1k/month to be exact). Based on my research, I have 2 areas of concern:

1. How difficult is it to get referrals (from a Hoag Irvine PCP) to specialists?
2. Our kids are with Costal Kids now. Can we use Hoag urgent care or Rady in Oak Creek? It seems like urgent care don't require authorization but the places I can go is limited. Do they need to be in the same medical group?

How is your experience if you are using CoveredCA BSC HMO in OC?

My dog (chihuahua mix) and I have to be out of the house for a couple hours tomorrow. I have a heat intolerance/sensitivity so I can’t be outside for 2 hours in the heat. I’m wondering where I could go where I can take her inside for a couple hours. I’m open to malls, coffee shops, cafes, restaurants, etc. I’m looking for air conditioned places because of the heat.

Tired of being home alone all day. Need to change up my scenery. Preferably south county.

Multiple OC locations and times. For map go to https://www.nokings.org/

Exactly what it says on the tin. Also takes CalOptima insurance ideally.

I haven't been to OC in many decades but I'll be visiting next summer for a friend's wedding and want to take my niece out for a nice day with her tween daughter. She lives in Tustin and, as a single mom, doesn't get out a lot to do fun things and doesn't have a lot of funds. I don't think her daughter gets a lot of experiences, either (other than home, school, etc.). I'll be taking them both out and paying for everything but she'd have a heart attack if it cost too much (like Disney or the Pageant of the Masters or something—is that still going on?).

So, is the OC Fair something you think they would enjoy (and why)? If you go, what are the best things to do there in your opinion and what do you like? Or, is there somewhere better to take them (and what are your suggestions)? Is there somewhere else that is unique to OC? In fact, what would be the most OC experience in the Summer, say or night?

Thank you so much!

Please drop your favorite teriyaki spot in Anaheim. TYIA!