Author: Christopher Trela

Ueberroth Family Foundation of Newport Beach Gives $15K Grant to Beyond Blindness

(L to R): Meredith Cagle, Beyond Blindness Senior Director of Programs; Angie Rowe, Beyond Blindness President and Executive Director; Vicki Ueberroth Booth, President of the Ueberroth Family Foundation. They are posing with the new optometry lane exam station made possible by the Ueberroth Family Foundation’s recent grant award that will Read More

Laguna Beach Filmmaker Releases 50th Anniversary Edition of Classic Surf Film ‘Five Summer Stories’

Quicksilver co-founder Bob McKnight, former Surfing Magazine senior editor Sam George, filmmaker Greg MacGillivray at the premiere of the 50th anniversary screening of “Five Summer Stories” at the New Port Theater in Corona del Mar. Before Laguna Beach resident Greg MacGillivray was nominated for Academy Awards for his IMAX films Read More

Backhausdance Named Resident Dance Company for Temecula Presents

Backhausdance piece “the Margin” – photo by Jack Harton Backhausdance, Orange County’s award-winning contemporary dance company led by Newport Beach resident Jennifer Backhaus, has performed in traditional theater venues such as the Irvine Barclay, and they’ve created site-specific dance programs at such venues as Sherman Library & Gardens in Corona Read More

Newport Beach Arts Commission Dedicates Phase VII of the Sculpture Exhibition in Civic Center Park

(Clockwise from top left): “To the Moon” by Alex G, “Pluma Sculptura” a.k.a. “The Feather” by Kirk Seese, “Pathway Parabola” by Greg Mueller, “Archeology of the Every Day” by Tyler Burton, “A Novel Idea” by Craig Gray, “Prey” by Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson. Photos by Chris Trela. Newport Beach may Read More

Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce CEO Offers Perspective on Possible Recession

Steve Rosansky in the Chamber of Commerce video from July 28 On Thursday, July 28, Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Steve Rosansky released a video announcement to Chamber members and other businesses and community members discussing the possibility that the U.S. economy is headed towards a recession. Read More