Browse past news stories for Costa Mesa High School in Newport Beach, CA.

• Costa Mesa student dies after collapsing on campus (Daily Pilot)
  posted on March 15, 2010 at 11:36:32 am
  An eighth-grade student died Wednesday after collapsing while playing handball at Costa Mesa High School, Newport-Mesa Unified School District officials said Thursday.
• Student collapsed while playing his favorite sport (Orange County Register)
  posted on March 11, 2010 at 09:29:41 pm
  COSTA MESA – Eric Valdez may have been one of the biggest guys at his middle school, but he was more known for his friendly, humble soul. Students and teachers at Costa Mesa Middle School mourned for the 14-year-old 8th-grader who collapsed...
• Teacher held on drug suspicion (Daily Pilot)
  posted on July 12, 2009 at 11:20:38 am
  A Costa Mesa High School teacher who was on administrative leave after an arrest in April was arrested inside a Newport Beach hotel Tuesday on suspicion of drug possession, police said Wednesday.
• Student scholars (Daily Pilot)
  posted on June 29, 2009 at 11:48:05 am
  For the average student who will take a seat in a Costa Mesa Hilton ballroom this morning, being told they had achieved a 4.0 grade-point average would bring them to the depths of despair.
• A LOOK BACK:1933 quake shocked Newport-Mesa (Daily Pilot)
  posted on June 10, 2009 at 08:45:42 pm
  The shaking was felt in 10 Southern California counties. Bridges crumbled and roads up and down the coast split in two.
• English teacher arrested on suspicion of narcotics possession (Orange County Register)
  posted on May 27, 2009 at 07:27:30 pm
  Lisa Carlson Fertig, 39, is Irvine resident, instructor at Costa Mesa High.
• Hope now to see Obama in person (Daily Pilot)
  posted on April 30, 2009 at 11:36:50 am
  After spending the night at the Orange County Fair and Events Center to stake his claim to a ticket to see President Barack Obama speak this afternoon, Ryan McNamara walked triumphantly away from the ticket counter Tuesday morning jubilantly talking and laughing with what appeared to be 10 of his closest friends.
• Council picks pres., lawyer (Daily Pilot)
  posted on March 6, 2009 at 12:37:56 pm
  Real estate developer and Pop Warner Football President Steve Mensinger and construction attorney and Mesa North Community Assn. President Colin McCarthy were voted onto the Planning Commission early Wednesday morning.