Morning Coffee: Friday, Feb. 5, 2010

Happy Friday! Here's the news of Newport-Mesa from Thursday gathered in one place for you. Check back often today for updates and the news as it happens.

• State borrowing from city has cost Newport Beach $89 million since 1993
• Costa Mesa to upgrade 55 Freeway end near 19th Street
• OC is going to have its own version of San Francisco’s famed Ferry Building
• Little Corona Beach Gets Post-Storm Clean-Up
• Newport winning fight with drug rehab homes
  
• Four arrested in marijuana dispensary raid
• Oasis Center Seeks Instructors
• Proposed coastal marinas permit could hit Newport Harbor marinas and mooring fields hard
• Lobdell to take a reduced role with Daily Voice
• Donation of $125,000 to the OCC baseball program will help build a new multi-purpose entry building that includes new concession stands and restrooms
• Columnist Lynn Selich writes why she loves the arts
• Costa Mesa firefighters get federal grant
• Looking for something to do this weekend? Click here

From the best calendar in Newport-Mesa (courtesy of the Daily Voice):

Today

"A Wrinkle in Time" at South Coast Repertory where you'll join Meg Murray and her little brother Charles Wallace on a quest across space and time to rescue their father from the evil, all-powerful "It." Meg and Charles have the magical help of three eccentric sisters named Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which and Mrs. Whatsit, but in the end they must rely on their own resources to accomplish their task. Adapted by John Glore from the book by Madeleine L'Engle, continues through February 27. Friday performances are at 7 p.m.; Saturdays at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m; and Sundays at 2 and 4:30 p.m. Prices vary. (714) 708-5555. www.scr.org

Davis Magnet School is holding a monthly campus tour at 9 a.m., hosted by principal Dr. Kevin Rafferty. This 4-6 grade magnet school focuses on a curriculum that emphasizes math, science and technology. It is located at 1050 Arlington Drive, Costa Mesa. (714) 424-7930. davismagnet.nmusd.us

Newport-Mesa Unified School District Non-School Day for grades 7-12. Prep day for 7-12 teachers. www.web.nmusd.us

Costa Mesa Playhouse's "Jake's Women" is written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Neil Simon and directed by Michael Dale Brown. This semi-autobiographical play takes a wildly comic and sometimes moving look at the relationships between men and women. Still obsessed with the idyllic first wife who died years earlier in an accident, Jake, a successful but narcissistic writer, faces a marital crisis with his second wife by conjuring up a series of imaginary encounters with the important women in his life, past and present – the two wives, his daughter both as a child and the young woman she is now, his boisterous and bossy sister, and his less-than-supportive analyst. Jake is a man lost in the most terrifying place a writer can imagine – his own mind. Continues through Feb. 28. www.costamesaplayhouse.org

Feb. 6

The city of Newport Beach in conjunction with Goodwill of Orange County is holding an E-Waste Collection drive at Mariners Elementary School from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Come and recycle your old electronics and do something good for the planet. The school is located at 2100 Mariners Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 644-3055.

Join the the Orange County Performing Arts Center for Super Heroes, as the symphony explores what kind of music sets the mood for fighting crime, using super powers, or rescuing a damsel in distress. You don't want to miss this action-packed concert. Dress up as your favorite super hero to enjoy the experience even more. www.ocpac.org

Friends of the Library Used Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (949) 759-9667. www.newportbeachlibrary.com