Day: April 22, 2022

On the Agenda: Newport Beach City Council Meeting for Tuesday, April 26

Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Our next City Council meeting is Tuesday, April 26. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/68242/72?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery. 4 p.m.: Study Session. Agenda items include: Residential refuse program update. Staff from the Public Works Read More

Report shows robust growth in energy savings through GoGreen Home

Energy efficiency upgrades financed through GoGreen Home Energy Financing, a program in the State Treasurer’s Office, have averted the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions equivalent of 3.4 million car miles, according to a new report released this month. Administered by the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA), GoGreen Read More

Umberg legislation to protect Californians from predatory substance abuse treatment practices signed into law

Senator Thomas Umberg (D-Orange County)’s measure, The California Ethical Treatment of Persons with Addiction Act, (Senate Bill 349) was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. SB 349 is a critical and timely new law to protect California’s most vulnerable patients, those seeking treatment for substance use disorders, from predatory Read More

SteelCraft Garden Grove Celebrates National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day with Paws for a Cause Pop-Up Market and Adoption Event

SteelCraft, an outdoor urban eatery with locations in Long Beach, Bellflower, and Garden Grove teams up with I.C.A.R.E Dog Rescue a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating dogs, for Paws for a Cause, a pop-up market & adoption event. Join us for a paws-itively fun event to celebrate National Read More

OC Community Foundation Hosts ‘Help Them Home’ Giving Day April 27

On April 27, Newport Beach-based Orange County Community Foundation (OCCF) will host Help Them Home, a collaborative Giving Day aiming to raise $1.6 million for 24 OC nonprofits working to combat homelessness and its devastating impact on our community. As the wide-ranging fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact Read More