Daily Pilot front cover, August 3, 2014

www.dailypilot.com Growing up in Compton wasn't that bad, Chris Byrd said. He was said it was a "little rough," and he knew a few people who were gangbangers.

www.dailypilot.com About 30 people clad in red marched or biked down the Newport Beach boardwalk Saturday evening shouting to everyone they passed on the beach.

www.dailypilot.com I couldn't help feeling amused, and just a little vindicated, by a recent magazine article by an acclaimed journalist. The subject matter was serious, but what had me chuckling was a reference to an "extremely pregnant" woman.

www.dailypilot.com A tangle of deep green ivy surrounded the round anchor sign as if Toys Ahoy had been there for years, tucked among the high-end boutiques in Newport Beach's Westcliff Court.