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🌱 Winter Festival OC brings a giant new playground to Costa Mesa

Costa Mesa, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Winter Festival OC brings a giant new playground to Costa Mesa
  • Meet the Mexican coffee roastery inside Mercado González
  • Orange County's next building boom is looking up

Also on today's calendar: GameSchoolCon and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Very warm with sunshine, with a high of 80 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Thursday: Sunshine and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 63.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, showers around, with a high of 72 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Southern California's Largest Winter Festival Returns With 40+ Attractions and a Massive New Playground (edhat.com) — Winter Festival OC returns to Costa Mesa's OC Fair and Event Center November 27 through January 3, adding a giant inflatable playground to its holiday attractions. Visitors can also skate, play in real snow and explore light displays. The festival is cashless, parking costs $15, and some dates will be closed.
   

2. Mexican Coffee Finds a Welcome Home at Casa Libre in Southern California (dailycoffeenews.com) — Casa Libre is roasting exclusively Mexican-grown coffee inside Costa Mesa's Mercado González, giving shoppers a view of the process alongside their espresso drinks. Open since September 24 at 2300 Harbor Boulevard, the cafe plans to supply additional locations from its onsite roastery and bring whole-bean coffee into the market's grocery aisles.
   

3. In California's Orange County, the New Direction Is Vertical (commercialobserver.com) — Orange County developers are turning aging commercial sites and parking lots into denser neighborhoods as available land grows scarce. The regional shift comes amid continued housing-zoning friction in cities including Costa Mesa, where a planned 2027 Erewhon opening also reflects retailers' interest in younger, affluent customers.
   

4. Someone Spent $3 Million A Porsche 911 That's Even Gnarlier Than The Original Widowmaker (carbuzz.com) — A RUF-modified Porsche from a Costa Mesa collection sold for $3.05 million on Bring a Trailer in October. The 1981 car was one of just 25 customer-supplied Porsches built to CTR specification, linking it to the German manufacturer's celebrated high-performance cars. It was among 16 vehicles offered from The Iconic Collection.
   

5. Tony Gilroy Almost Walked Away from 'Behemoth!' Then He Met Pedro Pascal (latimes.com subscription) — Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Center for the Arts doubles as a Chicago concert hall in Tony Gilroy's upcoming film “Behemoth!” At a Newport Beach Film Festival screening discussion, Gilroy described how meeting Pedro Pascal saved the project after another actor dropped out. Pascal plays a symphonic cellist, and the film opens in limited release December 4.
   

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    Thursday February 18
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  • Currently working a part time job.
    I need more hours does anyone know of any jobs hiring ? In Costa Mesa / Newport area (Nextdoor Westside Costa Mesa)
  • Marriott International posted a job opening for Housekeeping Aid in Costa Mesa. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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