We Hope That These Efforts Will Help Our Community Through––and Always Remember the Tragic Loss of Nine Local Lives
There are so many numbers associated with Kobe Bryant—you might think of 8, 24, 60 or even 81. In our minds, Kobe will now be most commonly associated with the number nine. With so much attention being paid to Kobe Bryant (and with his contributions to sport, deservedly so), we hope that reading the names of the eight other people who died in the tragedy on Jan. 26 will be a reminder to the importance of all life. We also mourn the passing of John Altobelli, Keri Altobelli, Alyssa Altobelli, Gianna Bryant, Christina Mauser, Sarah Chester, Payton Chester and pilot Ara Zobayan. May you and your families find peace.
SOCIAL Kitchen + Craft Bar Kobe Bryant Tribute
A mural by Andaluz The Artist was commissioned by SOCIAL in Costa Mesa and will be completed on Feb. 24. The mural features a heartwarming and realistic impression of the nine lives lost.
SOCIAL Kitchen + Craft Bar
512 W 19th St
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949.642.2425
The Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation
FivePoint, The Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation and The City of Irvine are co-hosting a live broadcast of the memorial at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 24. The full broadcast and audio will be available on a big screen. The Great Park Balloon now showcases an emblem honoring the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation.
Championship Soccer Stadium at Orange County Great Park
8000 Great Park Blvd
Irvine, CA 92618
949.724.6000
El Toro Bravo Kobe Bryant Tribute
A lifelike mural of Kobe and Gianna wearing halos, titled “Together eternally” by the 44-year-old local artist Witnes, adorns the entire side of El Toro Bravo in Costa Mesa.
El Toro Bravo
562 W 19th St
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949.791.8183
Landmark Surf
A Banksy-esque Kobe Bryant mural called “KOBE-The Goat” (whose artist is yet to be identified) is on the side of Landmark Surf, located on the corner of Cress and PCH in Laguna Beach.
Landmark Surf
1294A S Coast Hwy
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
949.494.8585
Erik Hale is the visionary and publisher behind LOCALE Magazine. He launched the magazine in 2010, wanting to give the community of OC a premiere lifestyle magazine that knew all the native knowledge behind OC. “Six years ago Ashley and I sat at a table scratching the name LOCALE (among some other names) onto a sheet of paper,” says Erik, “coming up with story ideas and basically dreaming. Everything we imagined has happened and we have been blessed with so much more. I am so grateful as we start another year for my family, my two wonderful children, my health, our amazing writers, designers and photographers, our advertising partners and you.”
