Category: Love

Lisa Castetter: Framewerk Imaging

On this episode of the podcast, we welcome Founder + CEO of the Teen Leadership Foundation, Lisa Castetter, to the studio! Castetter is paving the path to adulthood for teens aging out of Orange County foster care. Not content to just help these young adults become functional, she’s setting her sights on shaping them to become the next generation’s leaders. As part of her vision – and buoyed by her background in the apparel industry – Castetter recently launched Framewerk Imaging here in Costa Mesa. It’s a local print shop that’s employing former foster youth…

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Day 172: OC Press Club Awards

I’ve decided Bradley Zint is our fairy godfather. A former Daily Pilot reporter, Zint has been a contributing writer at I Heart Costa Mesa for about a year – but his influence on our publication extends well beyond that! Over the course of these past four years, Zint has a way of showing up at just the right time, with just the right stuff, to make a big difference in our little project. Like all good stories – wishes, bears, billy goats gruff – his magic comes in threes…

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Rebekah Robeck: Let’s Be Kind

Costa Mesa High School 9th grader, Rebekah Robeck, is cultivating kindness here in our community. Check out our interview with this inspiring, local teen – a girl on a personal mission to bring more kindness and connection into the lives of Costa Mesa kids – then be sure to follow her on Instagram @letsbekindday to keep up with all she’s doing!

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Ian Stevenson: Love Costa Mesa Day

This week, on the podcast, we’ve got Ian Stevenson, Executive Director of Trellis and part of the team spearheading “Love Costa Mesa Day 2019.” Love Costa Mesa Day is an annual day of volunteering and service, happening on Saturday, May 18th, 2019. We get all the details on where to sign up, how to participate, what it means and why it’s happening – plus lots more about our beloved Costa Mesa. Check it out!

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Muriel Ullman: Network for Homeless Solutions

On this episode of the I Heart Costa Mesa podcast, we tackle the tricky topic of local homelessness with Muriel Ullman of the Network for Homeless Solutions. What is the state of our homeless situation in Costa Mesa in 2018? What is being done? What’s working and what isn’t? Listen in to find out…

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Filling The Need For Feed

Costa Mesa’s Eastside may best be known for its eclectic mix of charming Americana homes replete with white picket fences, manicured lawns and cool breezes sweeping upward from Newport Harbor. There is, of course, the occasional Spanish abode mixed in among the grids of tony neighborhoods laid out on a flat mesa, whose streets bear names like Orange Avenue, Robin Hood Lane and Woodland Place. Yet unbeknownst to most, save for the enthusiastic raiser of family-sized farm animals and household pets, is the knowledge that the Eastside is home to Costa Mesa’s unofficial “Chicken HQ.”

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