Petals & Pistons car show at Sherman Library & Gardens What do horticulture and hot rods have in common? Plenty. You can get your fill of flowers and classic cars at the inaugural Petals & Pistons Car Show on Saturday, Aug. 16 from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Sherman Library Read More
Newport Beach Police mounted patrol interact with visitors at the 2024 National Night Out. Photo by Chris Trela. On Tuesday, Aug. 5, from 4 to 7 p.m., the Newport Beach Police Department will be celebrating National Night Out, an annual community-building campaign held at thousands of cities around the country Read More
Artist Debra Huse at last year’s Just Plein Fun event. If you see more artists than usual on Balboa Island during the week of July 28 through August 1, it’s because they are having Just Plein Fun! The Huse Skelly Gallery is celebrating the 20th annual Just Plein Fun event, Read More
The crew from Hoag’s Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center Mobile Kitchen. Photo credit Hoag Hospital Foundation. Newport Beach restaurants helped raise more than $528,000 at the 37th annual Hoag Summer Fest held at Newport Dunes, presented by Woodside Credit. The event, which was attended by more than 1,400 guests, Read More
NCI Founder and Artistic Director Molly Lynch Corona del Mar resident Molly Lynch is a Professor of Dance at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine. Now that school is out for the summer, Lynch can take a nice long vacation. Or maybe not. Lynch is the Read More
Christmas Boat Parade perennial winner The Last Hurrah / NB Indy file photo The Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce has announced the dates of December 17 – 21 for the annual Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade. Now, they need a theme for the boat parade, which Read More
Festival of Chefs 2024. Photo by Chris Trela Talented chefs from throughout Orange County including Newport Beach, along with other popular food service providers plus wine and libation sponsors, are set to participate in the 2025 edition of the Annual Festival of Chefs on Sunday, July 27 on the spacious Read More
Pacific Symphony musicians are well versed in classical music, and many of them play on motion picture soundtracks, which may be why they seem to love the pops and summer concerts that frequently dive into music from the movies. Sometimes the Pacific Symphony goes a step further and hosts evenings Read More
After a 30-year career in local government, Newport Beach City Manager Grace K. Leung has announced that she plans to retire in late December 2025. Leung has served as Newport Beach’s city manager since September 2018, guiding the City of Newport Beach through a period of fiscal stability, strategic infrastructure Read More
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager During the past few months, the Newport Beach Police Department has made Oceanfront Boardwalk safety a top priority in response to concerns about unsafe behavior, and violations of speed limits and other boardwalk regulations. Under the direction Read More
