Brush up on area history with pioneer event

Celebrate Costa Mesa’s pioneer families from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at an event sponsored by the Costa Mesa Historical Society at Estancia Park. Tours of the Estancia adobe will be offered, Patty Boardman will talk at 1 p.m. about early city residents buried in area cemeteries, pioneer crafts such as wool spinning and leather work will be demonstrated, and kids can make an adobe brick.

The celebration will take place at Estancia Park, 1900 Adams Ave. For information call the historical society at (949) 631-5918 or send an e-mail to [email protected].

— Alicia Robinson