Opinion

From an appearance in Costa Mesa of the Israel Philharmonic to the 100th birthday celebration of a Newport Beach WWII veteran, there have been some exciting events in the area, and more are planned.

Readers share their responses to the upcoming June 10 special election in Huntington Beach that will decide the fate of the city’s public libraries.

Shuttering the U.S. Department of Education would be a devastating loss for U.S. education.

Grammar expert June Casagrande tackles the varied pronunciations of words that are considered accurate by linguists because, even if they sound wrong, so many people use them.

Letters to the editor of the Daily Pilot, this week from writers in Huntington Beach and La Palma, both of whom question the integrity of their respective city councils.

Many of the county’s most fashionable women turned out for the 39th annual O.C. Childhelp’s spring luncheon held at the Balboa Bay Resort, where fashions from South Coast Plaza were on the runway.

Daily Pilot and TimesOC readers share their thoughts about local news, issues and events.

An Orange County pediatrician worries that as a downward trend in vaccination rates continues she’ll see more children die of diseases that we know how to prevent, columnist Patrice Apodaca writes.

Grammar expert June Casagrande suggests that writers give some thought before they use the word “re” because it could be distracting to their readers.

Iranian Americans in Orange County and around the world welcomed the Nowruz, the Persian new yearr, on Thursday. A Newport Beach resident describes the meaning of the celebration.

Writer Tyler Stallings puts the spotlight on Tory D. Johnson, who organized Huntington Beach’s first Black Lives Matter protest that drew backlash. He continues to speak up at H.B. City Council meetings.

Made possible by patrons of the arts Elizabeth Segerstrom and Maria Manetti Shrem, two concerts plus some enrichment programs took place this week when the Vienna Philharmonic came to Costa Mesa.