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This is why when OC Japan Fair hosted a lantern release as part of its three-day festival at Costa Mesa’s OC Fairgrounds last month, organizers opted for a safer alternative: lantern-shaped helium-filled balloons tethered by string and lit by lithium battery-powered LEDs.

I was among the hundreds of people who released their glowing boxy “lanterns” inside the OC Fair’s Hangar after a set by Japanese singer Minmi.

The team owned by Henry and Susan Samueli is also building an additional $4-billion entertainment entity known as the OC Vibe around Honda Center, which when completed will have items such as a performance hall, restaurants and food park with homes, hotels and offices.

OC Community Cats, a nonprofit organization that aims to help manage Orange County’s stray and feral cat population, posted about the event but told The Times it was not the main organizer.

According to OC Community Cats, the protest moved from the home identified as Acosta’s to a nearby one believed to be a family member’s.