Newport Mesa Unifed School District

Some University of Southern California alumni on Monday accused a Newport-Mesa Unified School District board candidate of sending a last-minute campaign mailer that misrepresents their alma mater and wrongly implies that USC endorses her candidacy. But candidate Jo Ellen Allen of Corona del Mar defended the mailer, which was done in the school colors of cardinal red and gold and went to hundreds of USC alumni living in the Newport-Mesa enrollment area of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.

Some University of Southern California alumni on Monday accused a Newport-Mesa Unified School District board candidate of sending a last-minute campaign mailer that misrepresents their alma mater and wrongly implies that USC endorses her candidacy. But candidate Jo Ellen Allen of Corona del Mar defended the mailer, which was done in the school colors of cardinal red and gold and went to hundreds of USC alumni living in the Newport-Mesa enrollment area of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.