Patrick Purpose Foundation News Today

Mayor Will O'Neill served as mayor of Newport Beach in 2020 and returned to the role last December in what will be his final year on council.

A roundup of news items and calendar events from around coastal Orange County including fundraisers and a panel discussion on the future of local media.

"Nobody can understand what people might be going through," wrote the late Patrick Turner, who died by suicide in 2017. "Be nice to everyone, and most importantly be inclusive."

A roundup of local news briefs and calendar items, this week from Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Santa Ana.

It's the first in a number of benches that the Patrick's Purpose Foundation plans on installing with the Exchange Club of Newport Beach.

"The idea behind the buddy bench is that it's a way to send a silent message that there is a student who is feeling lonely, isolated or might be new to the environment," says Kim Turner, founder of Patrick's Purpose Foundation.

The books went to the district's 22 elementary schools.