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4 unusual facts about Costa Mesa


Fairgrounds Grandstand Arena

The Fairgrounds Grandstand Arena is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Costa Mesa, California.

Hans F. Bauer

Hans F. Bauer (1932 in Hollywood, California – 6 February 2009 in Costa Mesa, California) was an American research chemist.

Marcus Kaufman

In 1995, he joined the newly formed Albert, Weiland & Golden in Costa Mesa, California, where he was of counsel and did consulting work on appeals.

Pyrrhuloxia

An individual of the species has reportedly been seen as far away from its dominant range as Costa Mesa, California in Orange County.


Blake Anderson

While working as a pizza delivery driver, Anderson attended Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, where he met future co-star Adam DeVine.

Debbie Dobbins

There she became an aerobics instructor and played volleyball for Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa.

Doris Payne

On Friday, January 22, 2010, Payne was arrested in Costa Mesa, California for removing the tags from a $1,300 Burberry trench coat from a Saks Fifth Avenue store and subsequently leaving the store with the coat.

Experian

The company now employs 17,000 people with corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and operational headquarters in Nottingham, United Kingdom, Costa Mesa, California, US, São Paulo, Brazil, and Heredia, Costa Rica.

Jimenez Arms

It produced firearms variously branded as Jennings Firearms at its Irvine, California facility, as well as under the brand name of Bryco Arms at its former Carson City, Nevada facility, and at its Costa Mesa, California facility.

Mike Erre

Before this he was lead pastor at Mariners Church Mission Viejo Campus, August 2010 through June 2012, after being the lead Teaching Pastor at Rock Harbor Church, an evangelical Christian megachurch located in Costa Mesa, California.

Newport-Mesa Unified School District

Newport-Mesa Unified School District is a school district in Orange County, California, United States, that mainly serves the cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.

Nick Waterhouse

In 2002, the band entered the Distillery in Costa Mesa to record a radio broadcast and a 7 inch single, beginning a friendship between Waterhouse and owner-engineer Mike McHugh.

Ramakrishna's influence

It premiered on September 16, 2006 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California, performed by Orange County’s Pacific Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carl St. Clair with the Pacific Chorale directed by John Alexander.

Robert B. Weide

In 1978, while taking film production courses at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, he announced his intention to produce a documentary film on the Marx Brothers.

Wahoo's Fish Taco

Wahoo's was founded in Costa Mesa, California in 1988 by Chinese-Brazilian brothers Eduardo Lee, Mingo Lee and Wing Lam, who mixed traditional Chinese and Brazilian flavors with dishes they encountered while traveling in Mexico.


see also

Ahmad Kasravi

Ahmad Kasravi, History of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Tārikh-e Mashrute-ye Iran, Volume I, translated into English by Evan Siegel, 347 p. (Mazda Publications, Costa Mesa, California, 2006).

Bill Kernen

He moved on to coach at Orange Coast College in 1976, leading the Pirates of Costa Mesa for a season.

Brawley Guitars

Some Southern California stores such as Johnny Thompson Music in Monterey Park showed great success with Brawley instruments, including Costa Mesa's "Cobra Music".

History of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution

Ahmad Kasravi, History of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution: Tarikh-e Mashrute-ye Iran, Volume I, translated into English by Evan Siegel, 347 p. (Mazda Publications, Costa Mesa, California, 2006).

Meg Linton

She was co-founder and curator of Griffin Linton Contemporary Exhibitions in Venice Beach and Costa Mesa, California, and has also worked at The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Laguna Art Museum, Newport Harbor Art Museum (now Orange County Museum of Art), and The Severin Wunderman Museum.

Roger Rueff

His stage play Hospitality Suite premiered at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California in 1992 and has been subsequently produced internationally.

South Coast Repertory

Within two years, artistic and financial momentum had picked up and SCR looked toward its Third Step: a converted Sprouse-Reitz Variety Store on Newport Boulevard in Costa Mesa.

Wayne Lemon

South Coast Repertory Theater of Costa Mesa, CA hosted the Chance Theater's production, Winter 2010, the first time since the early days of the theater that a smaller theater company has been invited to perform at SCR.