Day: August 23, 2022

WalletHub study: California’s most and least equitable school districts

With low-income school districts underfunded by around $6,700 per pupil, WalletHub today released its report on the Most and Least Equitable School Districts in California. To find out where school funding is distributed most fairly, WalletHub scored the equitability of each school district in California based on two metrics: average Read More

VEA Newport Beach Unveils New Food and Beverage Experiences

VIEW Interior (Credit VEA Newport Beach) Last fall, Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa General Manager Debbie Snavely told the audience gathered for Newport Beach & Company’s annual Marketing Outlook Reception & Tourism Awards Ceremony that her hotel was undergoing a complete reimagining that will be transformational in scope. “It Read More

Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter Enter Final Phase of $3 Million Capital Campaign

Holding the “Topping Off” beam at the Newport Beach Animal Shelter are (left to right) FONBAS board member Sharon Esterley, FONBAS board member Sandy Meadows, Newport Beach Councilmember Joy Brenner, Newport Beach Fire Chief Jeff Boyles, NBPD Lt. Joe Cartwright, Newport Beach Chief of Police Jon Lewis, NBPD Animal Control Read More

State Treasurer Fiona Ma announces sale of $1.1 billion in revenue bonds for University of California

California State Treasurer Fiona Ma announced results of a $1.1 billion General Revenue Bond sale to benefit various projects overseen by the Regents of the University of California. The $702.3 million 2022 Series BK tax-exempt bonds and the $65.2 million 2022 Series BL taxable bonds will finance or refinance certain Read More

Supervisor Foley Highlights Fly Friendly Program Environmental Benefits with Tree Planting Ceremony in Newport Beach

From left to right: Newport Beach Council Member Joy Brenner, Lisa Swanson with Surfrider Foundation, Airport Commissioner Sue Dvorak, and Supervisor Katrina Foley plant a Coast Live Oak tree near the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center in Newport’s Back Bay. Photo Credit: Lily Fassnacht On Wednesday, Aug. 17, Orange Read More