Author: Christopher Trela

River Jetty Restaurant Group of Newport Beach Announce A PCH Restaurant Unveiling July 2023 on Coast Highway in Long Beach

Jordan Otterbein and Joseph “McG” Nichol, River Jetty Restaurant Group partners. / Photo courtesy of River Jetty Restaurant Group. River Jetty Restaurant Group partners Joseph ‘McG’ Nichol and Jordan Otterbein have earned an A—for their trio of Newport Beach restaurants with the moniker A (A Restaurant, A Market, and A Read More

David Ellenstein Named New Artistic Director and Bill Kerlin New Managing Director of Laguna Playhouse

David Ellenstein The Laguna Playhouse and its Board of Directors has announced that North Coast Repertory Theatre’s Artistic Director David Ellenstein has been appointed as Laguna Playhouse’s new Artistic Director. Ellenstein had been named as interim Artistic Director last August after Ellen Richard announced that she resigned her position as Read More

Local Immigrant Mother Inspires Successful Latina Business Owner Daughter who has Vanguard University Business School Named After Her

Patty Arvielo and her mother Carmen Golay Corona del Mar resident Carmen Golay came to California when she was 18 because she could not find work across the border in San Ysidro. She lived with an uncle in East Los Angeles and got a job in downtown L.A. bagging potatoes. Read More

25th Anniversary Tour of Tony Award-Winning Musical ‘Chicago’ Comes to Segerstrom Center May 16-21

Logan Floyd and the company of “Chicago” / Photo Credit Jeremy Daniel The musical “Chicago” has had a fascinating and storied history, starting with its original Broadway production in 1975—choreographed and directed by the legendary Bob Fosse. With music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb Read More